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GOP Sen. MORE's raising and then re-lowering American flags to mark McCain's death.  The White House on Monday afternoon re-lowered its flags to half staff after facing widespread pushback for returning them to full staff less than 48 hours after McCain's death on Saturday.  In response to a question about the flag controversy, Inhofe, who is expected to succeed McCain as the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the former GOP presidential nominee was not "courteous" to Trump. Trump reportedly nixed a statement praising McCain following his death, op

MORE said Monday the U.S. has reached an agreement with Mexico amid contentious talks on revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trump declared the name "NAFTA" would be scrapped for an updated North American agreement, saying it has "bad connotations." "It’s a big day for trade.

MORE's (R-Ariz.) public service and ordered flags to fly at half-staff following a widespread criticism of his response to the Senate icon's passing.  "Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment," Trump said in a statement released by the White House.  Trump said he has asked Vice President Pence to speak at a memorial service for McCain at the Capitol on Friday and approved military

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The TAKE with Rick Klein So truth isn't truth, a crime isn't a crime, knowing about something "later on" actually means before the fact, and doing "nothing wrong" includes paying off a porn star who wanted to go public about an alleged affair. The verbal gymnastics and flexible standards displayed by President Donald Trump and his White House are causing allies to squirm, and are leaving Republicans

The TAKE with Rick Klein A week with so many game-changers didn’t actually appear to change the game very much at all. It did clarify the stakes – with President Donald Trump capable of raising them dramatically at any moment. Republicans have mostly ducked questions, but haven’t abandoned or denounced the president in the days since his former longtime lawyer implicated him in a crime for which he plead

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The moves stoke speculation that the Elizabeth Warren may be preparing for a presidential run in 2020.   The state’s first openly transgender candidate for Congress, Alexandra Chandler, says she intends to put another voice to November’s closely watched ballot measure on transgender rights.  The TV spot — which disclosed that the RGA was a donor but didn’t divulge how much it contributed — began running in local markets last week,  Before you dismiss H.

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