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Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

Last year, at age 21, I was far from my native Bhutan in Singapore studying film and searching for a topic for my thesis documentary before graduating. I scoured the city and encountered an article about a photo studio in the city’s sprawling Little India neighborhood that catered to the thousands of migrant workers in Singapore, mostly young men from India and Bangladesh who form the low-paid backbone of the city’s work force.

Vice President Mike Pence is taking heat on social media for not standing for the North and South Korean teams marching together under a united flag during Friday's Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, tweeted, “Why does Pence hate the opening ceremonies? Oh wait… he’s a using ceremony at a sporting event to protest something else.

A Democratic congressman who was a staff secretary in the Clinton White House said President FBI's scrutiny of prospective White House staff for security clearance is so thorough that Trump administration officials must have known that Porter had been accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives. “That process is incredibly exacting,” Maloney said. “And these guys knew in the first month of the administration about a fact pattern that would have permanently disqualified him from doing the job.

The White House Monday will unveil the main objectives it wants Congress to include in a legislative plan to try to tackle the nation’s crumbling infrastructure. A senior administration official told reporters Saturday that President Donald Trump will call for $200 billion in new federal funds that the administration anticipates will “stimulate $1.5 trillion in new investment in infrastructure” – with states, local governments and private partnerships expected to bear the brunt of the financial burden for achieving one of the p

President Donald Trump is proposing a $4 trillion-plus budget for next year that projects a $1 trillion or so federal deficit and — unlike the plan he released last year — never comes close to promising a balanced federal ledger even after 10 years. And that's before last week's $300 billion budget pact is added this year and next, showering both the Pentagon and domestic agencies with big increases. The spending spree, along with last year's tax cuts, has the deficit moving sharply higher with Republicans in control of Washington. The original plan was for Trump's new budget to slash domes

Jennie Willoughby, the ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, lashed back at President opinion piece posted on Time.com, Willoughby writes, "President Trump will not diminish my truth." "The truth exists whether the President accepts it or not," she wrote. Willoughby responded to comments Trump made in the Oval Office Friday and to his tweet Saturday morning expressing concern about lives being "destroyed" because of “a mere allegation.” “Some are true and some are false,” the president tweeted.

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capital source Holly Robichaud is senior campaign consultant to state Representative Geoff Diehl.  CAPITAL SOURCE Its board of directors made the decision after investigating a complaint of “inappropriate behavior” by its executive director.  capital source On Wednesday, the former city councilor put some of the guesswork to rest.

In his bid for reelection, Bruce Poliquin is attempting to maintain a low profile and avoid the inevitable questions about President Trump.  adrian walker The departure of the state’s only black state senator — and one of only two senators of color — feels like a substantial loss at the State House.  Analysis The latest case of the president’s risky remarks: calling into question the validity of the #MeToo movement.  In his bid for reelection, Bruce Poliquin is attempting to maintain a low profile and avoid the inevitable questions about President Trump.  The president seemed to frame the