FULL SPEECH: President Trump Announces National Emergency
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Trump’s border wall joins 31 other national emergencies currently in effect
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President Trump’s “national emergency” declaration to complete construction of his multibillion-dollar wall along the U.S.-Mexico border Friday came as a shock to some Americans. There is less than $1.4 billion in the budget deal the Senate and House approved on Feb. 14 — enough … Read More
Legal challenges to Trump emergency declaration face uphill battle
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(Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers, states and others mulling legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to obtain funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall face an uphill and probably losing battle in a showdown likely to be decided … Read More
Trump says that the US will grow its way out of the $22 trillion debt
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President Trump said on Friday that the U.S. would grow its way out of the $22 trillion national debt, rather than by cutting government spending or raising taxes. “It’s all about growth,” said Trump at a Rose Garden announcement of … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 15 February 2019
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Greetings from Tyler, They can’t seem to get Brexit done. Britain is having a mighty hard time leaving the European Union. The sticking point seems to be the Irish “backstop.” Any Brexit deal with the EU would … Read More
Exclusive: Pentagon prepares options to build border wall as Trump weighs emergency declaration
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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is preparing options to build barriers on the southern border in the event that President Donald Trump declares a national emergency there, the latest indication such a move is gaining traction within the administration. “The Department … Read More
Tucker: There was no Russian collusion
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Pompeo says ‘confronting Iran’ key to Mideast peace
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Front row third from left, United States Vice President Mike Pence, fourth from left, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, fifth from left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sixth from left, United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, pose for a … Read More
House Democrats planning expansive Trump probes, even after Mueller report
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No matter when and how Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe ends, House Democrats are planning to aggressively ramp up their own Trump-related investigations that will include a network of committees and high-profile public hearings likely to last well into the 2020 … Read More
EU needs to stand together against foreign powers like US, China: Dutch PM
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Mark Rutte. (Photo: Berolina/DepositPhotos) If the European Commission and the European Union Member States make one fist together, Europe can become one of the most important players on the world stage, according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. With countries … Read More