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Dem who Zinke attacked as a drinker says his departure is ‘no kind of victory’ | TheHill – The Hill
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Despite federal judge’s ruling, Obamacare exchanges are open for business, CMS official says – Fox News
Video Federal judge strikes down Obamacare A spokesperson from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told Fox News early Saturday that open enrollment for Affordable Care Act’s health insurance will continue despite the federal judge’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional and must be “invalidated in whole.” U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, a federal judge in Texas appointed by President George W. Bush, ruled that last year’s tax cut bill…
Special counsel slams Michael Flynn’s criticism of FBI interview – CNN
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Michael Cohen didn’t tell the whole truth about the hush payments in ‘GMA’ interview – Washington Examiner
It should come as a surprise to precisely no one that what Michael Cohen said Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about Trump and the now-famous 2016 hush-money payments was so inaccurate that you have to wonder if he’s still lying. Cohen, newly convicted felon and former lawyer to President Trump, asserted that Trump directed the payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal specifically to influence…
CNN Poll: Looking to 2020, Beto O’Rourke on the horizon – CNN
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US military sends $331 million bill to Saudis, UAE after refueling ‘accounting error’ – CNN
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Corruption investigators probing Trump’s inaugural committee – Washington Examiner
President Trump’s inaugural committee is under investigation for potentially misspending some of the $107 million it received to organize a string of events celebrating the start of the president’s term, according to a report. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are also probing whether some of the committee’s biggest contributors donated money in order to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration in violation of anti-corruption laws, the Wall Street Journal reported…
Trump may want a shutdown, but voters don’t – Washington Examiner
Negotiation in politics is a fine art. What the public witnessed between President Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was the political equivalent of the food fight from “Animal House.” Trump presented himself to the public as part of his campaign as a master negotiator, one who mocked his Republican opponents in the primary as a bunch of amateurs, who could get…
Michael Cohen’s sentencing could make it harder for Nancy Pelosi and Democrats to stave off impeachment – Washington Examiner
Former President Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s sentencing to three years in jail, whatever its tangible implications, could make it more difficult for Nancy Pelosi to stave off impeachment once Democrats assume control of the House of Representatives next month. Even as Trump’s legal challenges accumulate, Pelosi and the Democratic leadership are in a bit of a bind of their own. Polls have shown opposition to impeachment among the general public,…
In Fight With ‘Chuck And Nancy,’ Trump Says He’d Be ‘Proud’ To Shut Down Government – NPR
Updated 12:32 p.m. ET In a testy Oval Office exchange with the two top congressional Democrats, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer, President Trump made clear he would be “proud” to shut down the government in less than two weeks if he doesn’t get funding for his border wall. “I’ll be the one to shut it down. I will take the mantle. And I will shut it down for…
Pelosi, Schumer to reportedly refuse Trump’s border wall demand, raising possibility of shutdown – AOL
Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer won’t cave to President Trump’s long-held demand for a border wall when they meet with him at the White House on Tuesday, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Pelosi (D-Calif.), who’s vying to become the next House speaker, and Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate minority leader, plan to make it clear to Trump during the Oval Office sit-down that they are willing…
Why Theresa May delayed Parliament’s Brexit vote – Washington Examiner
Addressing the House of Commons on Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed a vote on her Brexit withdrawal or transition agreement with the European Union. The vote was originally planned for Tuesday but will now take place at an as yet undetermined date before Jan. 21, 2019. May’s delay of this vote is a big deal. It proves that her plan lacks the support of the House of Commons….
Million-dollar homes and a battle against cancer: What court papers reveal about Huawei’s jailed CFO – CNN
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Poland’s ‘Solidarity’ union joins forces with US climate change skeptics – Washington Examiner
Poland’s Solidarity labor union has joined forces with climate skeptics from America to call for “a restoration of the Scientific Method and the dismissal of ideological dogma” in the study of climate change as part of a joint declaration the union has submitted to the United Nations in partnership with a U.S.-based free-market think tank. This is the same labor union founded under the leadership of Lech Walesa, the Nobel…
Britain’s Brexit chaos: On the road to nowhere – Washington Examiner
Reading this “from across the pond” message, be grateful that you do not have to suffer the bitter Brexit debate underway in Britain. Having lived and breathed Brexit for several years now as a political consultant, it is hard to remember life before. To summarize, Britain currently faces three basic options. First, to remain in the European Union after a second referendum to that effect. Second, to leave under the…
Nick Ayers, who was considered candidate for White House chief of staff, ‘departing’ at year’s end – Fox News
Video Ayers implies he will not be Trump’s chief of staff In a tweet, Ayers announces that he will be leaving at the end of the year. Vice President Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, who was considered a front-runner to replace John Kelly as White House chief of staff, announced Sunday: “I will be departing at the end of the year.” Ayers revealed the news in a tweet. Its…
Trump’s next chief of staff may be walking into a nightmare – CNN
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John Kelly: Uniquely worthy of the nation’s gratitude – Washington Examiner
As John Kelly leaves his position as White House chief of staff, it’s worth considering just how much this good man has given to the nation. Because it’s just about everything. A Marine who chose to enlist during the Vietnam War, Kelly then went onto college to complete his education. After graduating, Kelly took a commission as an infantry officer. He would wear the uniform of the Corps for the…
Comey says Trump wasn’t among ‘four Americans’ targeted in FBI probe – Fox News
Former FBI Director James Comey, with his attorney, David Kelley, right, speaks to reporters after a day of testimony before the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 7, 2018. (Associated Press) An FBI counterintelligence probe into Russia meddling in the 2016 presidential election initially targeted “four Americans,” but not Republican nominee Donald Trump nor his campaign, according to former FBI Director James Comey. The news was…
Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have ‘little choice’ but to begin impeachment proceedings – CNN
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