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Closing the U.S. border with Mexico, which MORE threatened to do in a Friday tweet if Democrats do not approve funding for his wall, could cost the economy billions of dollars, say analysts who have studied the issue. “It would affect the U.S.

Democrats are getting their special committee on climate change next year, but it won't be the plan climate activists and Rep.-elect MORE (D-N.Y.) championed. Likely future House Speaker MORE (D-Fla.). “She will bring great experience, energy and urgency to the existential threat of the climate crisis,” Pelosi said in a statement announcing Castor’s new role.

White House officials and congressional Republicans are seeking to blame the partial government shutdown on House Speaker-designate MORE (D-Calif.), as the standoff over funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border appears likely to extend into the new year. Acting White House chief of staff MORE in an Oval Office meeting with Democrats. “She cannot be seen by her party as being weak on negotiating with Donald Trump,” Mulvaney said on Fox News Friday, suggesting that if P

The Humboldt County organizers had planned to host the rally in Eureka, California on Jan. 19th to honor the third anniversary of the original Women’s March in Washington, D.C., in 2017 after President Trump was inaugurated.

The Humboldt County organizers had planned to host the rally in Eureka, California on Jan. 19th to honor the third anniversary of the original Women’s March in Washington, D.C., in 2017 after President Trump was inaugurated.

Calling the deaths of Alonzo-Gomez and Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin “unconscionable,” House Minority Leader and Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Democrats will investigate their deaths in the next Congress. “Democrats call on Homeland Security’s Inspector General to immediately open an investigation into Felipe [Alonzo-Gomez’s] death,” Pelosi said.

Newman, California Corporal Ronil Singh, 33-years-old, was shot and killed by the illegal alien suspect, whose name has not been released by law enforcement officials. According to law enforcement, Singh stopped the illegal alien during a routine traffic stop to check if the suspect was driving drunk in the city of Newman, about 100 miles out of San Francisco. Over his police radio, Singh called out “shots fired” and as police arrived at the scene of the traffic stop, they found the officer on the ground with a gunshot

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine’s outgoing Republican governor is signing off on the results of a disputed congressional contest, but not before getting the last word with a handwritten note calling it a ‘‘stolen election.’’ A federal appeals court filing Friday showed all parties agreed to the dismissal of Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s lawsuit over the November election without any award of legal fees. The filing makes formal Poliquin’s Christmas Eve announcement he’d abandon the suit. Gov.

With marijuana legalization sweeping through New England, cannabis consumers in the “Live Free or Die” state are now surrounded by places where residents are, at least in one sense, more free.  A statement from the National Security Council’s spokesman contradicts reports that the president directed the military to pull 7,000 troops out of a conflict he’s long criticized.  Trump escalated his threats as up to 800,000 government workers were left in limbo and with Congress not set to take up the issue again until after the new year.  Steve Aylward lamented how the party has not capitalize