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Ocasio-Cortez raises eyebrows after comparing Trump's border wall to Berlin Wall

Ocasio-Cortez raises eyebrows after comparing Trump's border wall to Berlin Wall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised eyebrows after comparing President Trump’s border wall plans to the Berlin Wall separating communist Germany from the free world  Read more

Bernie Sanders says he will run for president again in 2020

Bernie Sanders says he will run for president again in 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced on Tuesday that he was jumping into the 2020 presidential race, putting to rest months of speculation over whether he would once again seek the Democratic nomination after an unsuccessful bid in 2016  Read more

Alleged Chicago hate crime hoax a bad look for many

Alleged Chicago hate crime hoax a bad look for many

As Jussie Smollett’s account of his alleged assault falls apart, it is important to note that politicians, the media and influential voices did their best to fan the flames of outrage, based on nothing but the dark premise that conservatives and Trump supporters are evil  Read more

National emergency declaration — a legal fight Trump is likely to win

National emergency declaration — a legal fight Trump is likely to win

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer claim that President Donald Trump’s Southern Border National Emergency Proclamation is an unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist, and that it steals from urgently needed defense funds — that it is a power grab by a disappointed president who has gone outside the bounds of the law to try to get what he failed to achieve through the constitutional legislative process  Read more

Yes, the economy is thriving and you can thank President Trump

Yes, the economy is thriving and you can thank President Trump

Anyone listening to President Donald Trump and to Democratic presidential hopefuls hears an almost Dickensian tale of two very different Americas  Read more

Rift Between Trump and Europe Is Now Open and Angry

Rift Between Trump and Europe Is Now Open and Angry

European leaders have long been alarmed that President Trump’s words and Twitter messages could undo a trans-Atlantic alliance that had grown stronger over seven decades. They had clung to the hope that those ties would bear up under the strain  Read more

Trump Courts 2020 Latino Vote in Miami With Venezuela Remarks

Trump Courts 2020 Latino Vote in Miami With Venezuela Remarks

President Donald Trump will demand that Nicolas Maduro leave power during a speech in Miami directed at two audiences: the generals keeping Venezuela’s authoritarian leader in office, and the tens of thousands of Venezuelan expatriates who may be key to the president winning Florida in 2020  Read more

Graham Vows to Investigate Whether ‘Bureaucratic Coup’ Tried to Oust Trump

Graham Vows to Investigate Whether ‘Bureaucratic Coup’ Tried to Oust Trump

Senator Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, vowed on Sunday to investigate whether the top officials at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. plotted an “attempted bureaucratic coup” to remove President Trump from office, and said he would subpoena the former F.B.I. director and the deputy attorney general if necessary  Read more

The populist sledgehammer kills Amazon jobs that Middle America would love to have

The populist sledgehammer kills Amazon jobs that Middle America would love to have

Tito Brown can’t imagine driving a perfectly good thing out of a town that hasn’t had a perfectly good thing come its way in a very long time  Read more

 Trump Declares U.S.-Mexico Border Emergency

Trump Declares U.S.-Mexico Border Emergency

Defiant in the face of a stinging budget defeat, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to get more federal dollars for his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, relying on a broad interpretation of his powers that was certain to trigger stiff legal challenges  Read more

The three 2020 Democrats Trump's campaign is watching most closely

The three 2020 Democrats Trump's campaign is watching most closely

The president's campaign is collecting opposition research on Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker. Trump himself has his eye on Joe Biden  Read more

O’Rourke meets with Schumer to discuss 2020 Senate bid

O’Rourke meets with Schumer to discuss 2020 Senate bid

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke last week to discuss a possible 2020 Senate campaign against GOP Sen. John Cornyn, according to a source familiar with the meeting.  Read more

Of the three major scenarios for Venezuela, U.S. military intervention is the least likely

Of the three major scenarios for Venezuela, U.S. military intervention is the least likely

There are three main scenarios for Venezuela following the decision by the United States and dozens of major world democracies to recognize Juan Guaidó as legitimate president, and to demand free elections to end that country’s humanitarian crisis  Read more

Blocking Scalise Testimony Shows Democrats' True Colors

Blocking Scalise Testimony Shows Democrats' True Colors

The Democrats seem to think they have all the answers, because they just blocked a victim of gun violence from testifying about gun control legislation — and it just so happens to be one of their own colleagues  Read more

What Trump policies are Democrats running against?

What Trump policies are Democrats running against?

As the Democratic race for the 2020 presidential nomination gets underway, the contenders are trying to determine how to best distinguish themselves  Read more

Mark Kelly launches Senate bid in Arizona

Mark Kelly launches Senate bid in Arizona

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly on Tuesday said he will run for a Senate seat in his adopted home state of Arizona, giving Democrats an early chance at a seat they have not held since the late Sen. Carl Hayden (D) retired in 1969  Read more

 Trump Not 'Thrilled' With Border Deal But Leaning Toward It

Trump Not 'Thrilled' With Border Deal But Leaning Toward It

Under mounting pressure from his own party, President Donald Trump appeared to be grudgingly leaning toward accepting an agreement Tuesday that would head off a threatened second government shutdown but provide just a fraction of the money he’s been demanding for his Mexican border wall  Read more

 Dems' Struggle With 'MeToo' Charges Extends to California

Dems' Struggle With 'MeToo' Charges Extends to California

Nearly a week has passed since the first of two sexual-assault charges surfaced against Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, and national Democratic leaders are still grappling with how to respond amid the fallout  Read more