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Donald Trump Leaves ‘Chuck and Nancy’ Seats Empty: ‘All Talk and No Action’
President Donald Trump publicly humiliated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for bailing on a meeting they arranged to discuss end of the year budget issues.
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Trump on North Korea Missile Launch: ‘We Will Take Care of It’
While speaking on Tuesday, President Trump reacted to North Korea’s missile launch by stating the situation will be taken care of and handled and that he had a “long discussion” on the matter with Defense Secretary James Mattis. Trump said, “As you probably have heard, and some of you have reported, a missile was launched a little while ago from North Korea. I will only tell you that we will take care of it. We have General Mattis in the room with us, and we’ve had a long discussion on it. It is a situation that we will handle.” Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
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Benghazi suspect convicted on three lesser counts, does not face death penalty
A federal jury found Ahmed Abu Khattala guilty on just three of 18 charges related to the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, precluding him from facing the death penalty.
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Schumer, Pelosi no show bodes ill for fiscal, tax bills
What will this do to the legislative agenda?
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Media twist tax plan studies to claim it hammers middle class
Many media outlets loudly claim that both the House and Senate versions of tax reform harm the middle class and poor.
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Following insolent Trump tweet, Dem leaders blow off White House
Donald Trump and his Republican allies won’t like it, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi showed some spine today.
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White House slams Dem ‘pettiness’ as Pelosi, Schumer pull out of meeting
The White House on Tuesday shot back at the top congressional Democrats — Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi — for pulling out of White House meeting with President Trump, saying the president wants them to “put aside their pettiness” and “get to work.”
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Trump lobbies holdouts as tax bill debate heats up in Senate
President Trump heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as part of a careful campaign to win over key Senate Republicans holding back their support for a comprehensive tax reform plan — with a floor vote expected in days.
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Pence: Trump ‘actively considering’ moving embassy in Israel
Vice President Mike Pence says President Donald Trump is “actively considering when and how” to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a decision opposed by the Palestinians.
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