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NEW LONDON, Wis. — Once it was clear that an evangelical Christian such as Ben Carson or Ted Cruz was not going to be the Republican nominee in 2016, Linda Behm prayed. Behm is evangelical, too, with curly gray hair and a calendar filled with volunteer shifts at a thrift store and a food pantry in this small community an hour away from Green Bay. She wasn’t sure about supporting Donald J.

China on Thursday warned it would retaliate against the U.S. after signed legislation offering support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.  The Chinese Foreign Ministry threatened to take “firm counter measures” in response to the move and said the U.S. should consider the consequences of China’s retaliation if it continued to “act arbitrarily.” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng also summoned U.S.

After a summer dip, consumer spending has roared back to life heading into the holiday shopping season, giving the stock market a boost and fending off recession fears with less than a year until the 2020 elections. The improving economic picture could be a boon for MORE, who has made the economy a central argument for his reelection. Recent economic data stands in contrast to just a few months ago, when economists were worried that consumer spending would be the next shoe to drop after 

Lawmakers are struggling to strike a bipartisan deal to reboot the Export-Import Bank as impeachment and the 2020 election threaten to derail a fleeting window for the major reform bill. The White House and Congress were poised to pass a long-term extension and expansion of the Ex-Im Bank, sparking optimism among manufacturers battered by MORE’s trade conflicts.  But the collapse of a bipartisan House deal on an institution that provides loans to the country's exporters has thrown its future into doubt as the Senate searches for its own solution. Senators are seeking

Former President Obama has emerged as a key player in the Democratic presidential primary race. He hasn’t put his thumb on the scale for any one candidate in particular.

MORE on Thursday made a surprise trip to Afghanistan, his first to the nation as president, to visit troops for the Thanksgiving holiday. Trump held a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, during which he announced that he has restarted peace talks with the Taliban, and that he’d like to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to 8,600, down from a current total of less than 14,000. Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field, the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, and was expected to be on the ground for roughly 2.5 hours.

Chaffetz, in an appearance on Fox & Friends on Thursday, said the New York Times article was “true to script” for the Democrats. “By its very definition, a FISA application is a warrant to spy on somebody,” Chaffetz said. “This person, Carter Page, happened to be on the Trump campaign.

I was only half-joking when I said those words at last year’s Thanksgiving dinner. I’m not joking at all now. It’s only a matter of time before they “cancel” Thanksgiving because it’s “founded on racism.” The Wokesters are hard at work rewriting our history one school kid at a time.

According to the data, 623,471 abortions were reported for 2016 from 48 reporting areas – 47 states and New York City. Areas that did not report abortion data to CDC are California, Maryland, New Hampshire, and the District of Columbia. In the decade between 2007-2016, abortions decreased 24 percent (from 825,240), the abortion rate dropped 26 percent (from 15.6 abortions per 1,000 women), and the abortion ratio decreased 18 percent (from 226 abortions per 1,000 live births). Within the year between 2015 and 2016, the number of abortions reported dropped two percent, from 636,902.

The president arrived at Bagram Air Field around 8:30 p.m. local time and spent roughly two-and-a-half hours in the war-torn country.