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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

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

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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied late Thursday to close up 260 points after falling by as many as 650 points earlier in the day. The gain comes just one day after a historic rally of more than 1,000 points.  The Dow erased a steep plunge by Thursday’s closing bell, a day after the index rose 1,086 points— the most ever gained in a single day of trading.

The White House on Thursday stepped up its argument that Democrats are responsible for a six-day partial shutdown of the government that has no end in sight, arguing that MORE is in Washington while his congressional rivals are not even in town. "The President and his team stayed in Washington over Christmas hoping to negotiate a deal that would stop the dangerous crisis on the border, protect American communities, and re-open the government.

MORE’s embrace of isolationism has been a hallmark of his presidency. It is now at the center of a foreign policy that will remove troops from Syria and cut the U.S.

The partial government shutdown will drag into next week after the Senate adjourned until Monday and House GOP leaders said they did not expect a vote this week to reopen the government. On day six of the shutdown, House Majority Whip MORE were unable to reach a deal on funding over demands from the White House for $5 billion in funding for a wall on the Mexican border.  Little progress has been made in negotiations since as Democratic lawmakers and the

Newsweek reported on a former Obama staffer’s comments on Trump’s visit and the troops’ support for the president, calling it “truly disgusting.” “I took down a tweet about what Trump did on his trip to Iraq because I’m worried about the chance that someone might blame the soldiers. It’s not their fault,” Shaub tweeted. “Trump’s engaging in campaign activity during this trip is on Trump and Trump alone. Disgusting. Truly disgusting.

“If these brave young people ask me to sign their hat, I will sign,” Trump wrote on Twitter, defying CNN and other media reports complaining about his token of appreciation for soldiers overseas. Trump signed dozens of campaign MAGA hats for soldiers who brought them during his surprise visit to troops in Germany and Iraq. “Can you imagine my saying NO?” Trump asked. He denied that he brought the hats to the troops, as some media outlets suggested. “We brought or gave NO