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In a follow-up tweet posted later Sunday, Trump reiterated his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States -- even though the Orlando gunman was an American citizen, born in New York.
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Doyle, too, suggested that could be the solution: “I think when you’re in an area with 30 or 40 members, where anyone can walk through, we need to re-think that—but I think most members would tell you they feel fine and they’re not looking for any security.”
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The tightening was reflected in the candidates' attitude onstage Thursday, each loath to give the other too many seconds of speech-time without a challenge.
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“I could do the wall over a longer period of time ― I didn’t need to do this,” Trump said in a televised speech, even as he contended the situation on the southern border amounted to a national emergency.
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But Mr. Cummings also admonished his Republican colleagues.
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He added that the report found that "local school authorities are in the best position" to determine their own school security measures, "specifically whether an armed security guard is necessary and supported by the education and citizen community."
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“This vote is an opportunity to be on the right side of history,” Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said.
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I’m not going to say that I’m not going to finish it. I’m not saying that I am going to finish it.”
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The source told Fox News that home arrests typically take place early in the morning with a team of FBI agents in protective gear, adding that Stone’s situation was “nothing out of the ordinary.”
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WASHINGTON — President Obama this week will embrace a comprehensive plan to reduce gun violence that will call for major legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases and lay out 19 separate actions the president could take by invoking the power of his office, lawmakers who were briefed on the plan said Monday.
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WASHINGTON — Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. senior counterintelligence agent who disparaged President Trump in inflammatory text messages and helped oversee the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations, has been fired for violating bureau policies, Mr. Strzok’s lawyer said Monday.
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In a heated congressional hearing last month, Mr. Strzok expressed “significant regret” for the texts and rebutted the president’s attacks on the Russia inquiry.
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“Who is making the choices, because I can already tell you that too many mistakes are being made.
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Mr. Emanuel’s deputy, Jim Messina, suggested a possible administration job to Andrew Romanoff to get him to not challenge Sen. Michael Bennet in a Colorado primary, The Denver Post has reported, citing unnamed sources.
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“Hiya, it’d be great if you guys could comment on/push this story,” WikiLeaks said in a message to Mr. Trump on Oct. 3, 2016, that included a quote from Mrs. Clinton in which she said she wanted to “just drone” Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder.
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Brennan is an MSNBC and NBC contributor.
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The records listed Mr. Sayoc’s occupation as “manager.”
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Weiner's spokesman said that the congressman's Twitter account had been hacked and dismissed the episode as a prank, but this week the congressman hired a lawyer, prompting additional rumors to swirl.
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The flight is ultimately going to be $1 million, the official said - a media-tracking source said about $400,000 has been placed so far.
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White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, a Trump aide before he won the presidency, announced her resignation in February.
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Republican lawmakers have argued that the State Department and the White House were attempting to alter the talking points for political reasons and ignored suggestions and language put forward by the CIA.
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“When the dust settles, he will be vindicated.
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In the meantime, they are planning to open multiple investigations into accusations of wrongdoing around the president, his campaign and his administration.
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So who is Dave Brat, and how did he pull off such a stunning win?
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"It's clear the President realizes that by closing the government and hurting so many American workers and their families, he has put himself and the country in an untenable position.
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WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee will issue subpoenas to Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, the committee’s senior Democrat said on Wednesday, escalating Mr. Flynn’s troubles with Congress.
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“So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, don’t want him to testify,” he wrote.
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His most prominent moment in the public spotlight occurred in April when he handled briefings on Trump’s decision to conduct targeted airstrikes against Syria in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Assad’s regime in that nation’s civil war.
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That means same-sex couples would receive benefits as long as they are legally married, regardless of where they live.
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has repeatedly targeted the Obama administration for not taking a firm enough stance against Iran, claiming on many occasions that the president has “thrown Israel under a bus.”
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) made this point abundantly clear when he pointed to the series of 5-4 decisions made under Roberts’ leadership that have changed laws to help Republicans get elected, big donors gain more influence in politics through campaign contributions and corporations gain more economic and political power.
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That proposal went nowhere.
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Lieberman’s law enforcement experience stems from his two-term tenure as Connecticut’s attorney general, spanning from 1983 until his resignation in 1989 when he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
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Is the photo of him? I can't say with certitude" he told Russert.
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He raised just over $200,000 for his campaign, while Cantor spent more than $1 million in April and May alone to try to beat back his challenge.
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Fox News’ Matt Richardson and John Roberts contributed to this report.
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Elections, after all, are won when candidates broaden their appeal to the voters responsible for electing them.
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Farenthold said after the reports broke that he would repay the $84,000 to the Treasury Department, but has not made good on that promise.
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Democratic campaign officials accused Republicans of exploiting the Sept. 11 attacks, noting that their outrage over the Islamic center came just weeks after many House Republicans opposed a new medical program to monitor and treat emergency workers and others suffering ill effects from exposure to hazardous materials at ground zero.
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The four-term New York senator and the dozens of other Democrats who initially voted Friday to block the spending bill had been lauded by their progressive base even as nearly 1 million federal workers were furloughed without pay.
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The president this morning says 'I feel badly for General Flynn.'
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“These are the issues that we will take to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in July,” Mr. Sanders said, declining to answer reporters’ shouted questions about whether he would leave the race.
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"If somebody tells you how to exercise discretion, you don't have discretion," he said.
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The comments from Fox echo those of his successor, Felipe Calderón, who a week ago asserted that Mexico will not pay for a border wall.
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She doubled down late Monday, telling CNN: “He is a faker.”
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Mr. Blocker said that he would not change his mind even if there was proof that Mr. Moore was guilty.
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Trying to claw his way back to the top of the Republican field, Mr. Christie took a pointed swipe at his rivals who are in the United States Senate, like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, who have never run a state government.
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He told him to “man up” and make a decision so that the case will not be further delayed.
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... How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns?
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"We disclose user data to government in accordance with the law, and we review all such requests carefully," the spokesperson said.
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Glenn Beck, the hero of the political right and the closing speaker of a three-day conservative conference, ripped the roof off a Washington hotel Saturday with a sweeping denunciation of progressivism.
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But I am talking about his world view or his -- the way he approaches problems in this country.
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This is hardly the first time Shields' photos have caused uproar.
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Mr. Trump signed the package into law on Friday anyway to avoid a second government shutdown after the impasse over border wall funding closed the doors of many federal agencies for 35 days and left 800,000 workers without pay.
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The resurgent controversy over the Obama administration's initial story-line on the Benghazi attack underscores State Department concerns about the leadership's failure to act on documented warnings and security incidents.
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“WikiLeaks loves its pending publications and ignores those who ask for details,” Mr. Assange said, adding that thousands of people had asked the group about the emails it had published.
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As the partisan brawl over Medicare continued on Tuesday and threatened to become the focus of the race, the Obama campaign said that Mr. Ryan’s budget plan — broadly endorsed by Mr. Romney — “would end Medicare as we know it” and shift costs to beneficiaries.
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A day earlier, on another ball field some seven miles southwest, a gunman had opened fire on members of the Republican congressional baseball team, striking four people — including Steve Scalise, the majority whip of the House of Representatives — who were there for a practice.
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In a succinct speech heavy on populist themes, the new president told Americans across the country they will “never be ignored again” and promised concrete results.
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Even before Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, Ms. McCaskill inadvertently drew the ire of liberal activists by expressing support for “a full confirmation hearing process and a vote,” before making clear she believed in a 60-vote threshold.
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Trump fired Flynn in February because he misled Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador about potentially easing economic sanctions.
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Thursday’s showdown came, ironically enough, during a hearing with four subject experts on “Putin’s Playbook: The Kremlin’s Use of Oligarchs, Money and Intelligence in 2016 and Beyond.”
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"We are currently fighting proposals to cut Social Security to pay the nation's bills," he said.
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See the Bachmann cover below, and tell us whether you think it crosses a line.
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Prosecutors sealed details of the case because they feared that public disclosure would increase the risk of Mr. Stone fleeing or destroying or tampering with evidence, according to court documents.
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Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, moving to address a growing political firestorm over a religious freedom law enacted last week, said over the weekend that he would seek legislation to clarify the intent of the law, and rejected assertions that it sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians.
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Rep. Loretta Sanchez won the competition for vice Democratic Caucus chairman, defeating fellow California congresswoman Barbara Lee.
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"Too many voices are being destroyed, some good & some bad, and that cannot be allowed to happen," he tweeted.
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He also affirmed that he does not plan to testify against Trump, but would not say if he seeks a pardon from the president.
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“He really just didn’t have very much money, but what he did have was a lot of heart,” she said of Mr. Brat.
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But the Treasury decision could have ramifications for many gay couples’ tax liabilities, said Roberton Williams of the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Washington.
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Though the administration faced some criticism for involving children in the program, they were positioned off to the side while Obama spoke.
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His health care plan would cut Medicare by $800 billion -- that means a 22 percent cut in benefits.
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Martha Raddatz of ABC News was the moderator, and she made a point of speaking forcefully, pushing the candidates to be specific and changing subjects abruptly.
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The Democrats’ argument was instead directed at both their base and their caucus to provide a clear rationale for opposing the nominee ― no matter his qualifications.
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The relationship between Mr. Mattis and Mr. Trump had deteriorated for months.
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In Tuesday's arguments, several justices suggested they were troubled by the case and lower court decisions against Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart.
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As governor of Arkansas in 2002, he called for lifting the economic embargo of Cuba, which would have helped rice farmers in his state.
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This is far from the only declared national emergency.
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“It’s an invasion,” he added. “We have an invasion of drugs and criminals coming into our country.”
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In their letter to Ryan, the scholars make clear they are not objecting to his speaking on campus, but rather his recent comments defending his budget on Christian grounds.
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In 2015, LePage was forced to apologize to the son of a cartoonist for The Bangor Daily News because he told him he’d “like to shoot” his father.
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“We do not deem it illegal. We do not believe that it was illegal, what they did,” he said.
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When the teacher didn’t do something right, the principal had to jump in.
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Some called the article a partisan plot, even as the reporters behind it described in detail how they had uncovered the story and corroborated the allegations.
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Shot by celebrity photographer and director Tyler Shields, the comedian stares the camera down in one photo, as she holds what resembles the bloody head of President Donald Trump.
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Mr. Rubio, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations and Senate Intelligence committees, has used his time in Congress to burnish his foreign policy credits and cast himself as a defense hawk: a position that could help him stand out in a crowded primary field.
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"Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business?
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The article said the aide, Huma Abedin, forwarded some government passwords to her private Yahoo email account in 2009, when Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state.
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Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, whose loss to Trump marked one of the biggest upsets in modern political history, attended and tweeted shortly before Trump took the oath that she came to “honor our democracy & its enduring values.”
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Mr. Trump was among those Republicans who criticized President Barack Obama for using his executive authority to spare millions of illegal immigrants from deportation after failing to persuade Congress to do so.
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Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency, which will make additional resources available for local authorities.
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“The world is at its safest when America is at its strongest,” Rubio said.
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Mr. Santorum also defended his criticism of a requirement in the president’s health-care policy that insurance companies to cover prenatal testing.
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He has complained that marijuana arrests have strained his jail budget.
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That hope was short-lived.
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As Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., put it, "Libya has to have been one of the hottest of hot spots around the world."
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Mr. Blumenthal, 64, is known as a brilliant lawyer who likes to argue cases in court and uses language with power and precision.
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President Obama and Democratic lawmakers want to extend the cuts to all Americans except those with income above $250,000, while Republicans want tax cuts extended to Americans at all income levels.
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When Mr. Trump formally announced during the spring of 2015 that he was running for president, Mr. Stone was one of the first to join his campaign.
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