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Shutdown talk recedes after White House eases wall threat
A partial shutdown that could occur at midnight Friday risks disrupting government operations and leaving hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay over the holiday season. Costs would be likely in the billions of dollars. Federal contractors would be affected, too. But it didn’t used to be be like this. The House and Senate used to pass annual appropriation bills, and the president signed them into law. But in recent years the shutdown scenario has become so routine that it raises the question: Have shutdowns as a negotiating tool lost their punch?
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Officials baffled by large migrant groups at remote crossing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Large numbers of Guatemalan families and unaccompanied children are surrendering to U.S. immigration agents in an extremely remote and dangerous stretch of New Mexico desert, a new smuggling route that has baffled…
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Kushner credited for pushing rare bipartisan bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the first time many liberal advocates had set foot inside President Donald Trump’s White House. And they came at the invitation of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner — a top White…
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Judge delays Flynn sentencing, ‘not hiding disgust’ at crime
Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, will likely walk out of a courtroom a free man due to his extensive cooperation with federal prosecutors, but the run-up to his sentencing hearing Tuesday has exposed raw tensions over an FBI interview in which he lied about his Russian contacts.
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US reverses policy on migrant children’s sponsors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is reversing a policy that required fingerprinting for all adults living in a household where a migrant child would live. Parents and other sponsors have said the fingerprinting rule…
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Trump’s safety panel seeks to revoke school discipline rules
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to roll back an Obama-era policy that was meant to curb racial disparities in school discipline but that critics say left schools afraid to take action against potentially dangerous…
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Trump administration moves to ban bump stocks
The Trump administration is moving to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms.
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The Latest: NRA ‘disappointed’ by bump stock ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration’s move to ban bump stocks (all times local): 3:55 p.m. The National Rifle Association is “disappointed” with the Trump administration’s plan to outlaw bump stocks, which…
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As a gov’t shutdown looms, here’s a look at the border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic lawmakers are in a standoff over funding the government, and the main sticking point is Trump’s demand for $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico…
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The Latest: Panel wants ‘no notoriety’ for school shooters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s school safety commission (all times local): 3:45 p.m. President Donald Trump says one of the nearly 100 recommendations from his administration’s School Safety Commission is an…
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The Latest: Dems shun wall money from other parts of budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on negotiations over funding President Donald Trump wants for a U.S.-Mexico border wall and the possibility of a partial government shutdown (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Senate Democrats say President…
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The Latest: Officials wanted say in Trump charity closure
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a deal to dissolve President Donald Trump’s charitable foundation (all times local): 3:20 p.m. The New York Attorney General’s Office says it blocked President Donald Trump’s foundation from…
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President Trump to attend economic forum in Switzerland
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be attending the World Economic Forum next month in Davos, Switzerland. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Tuesday that Trump will be at the…
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The Latest: WH says Flynn was ambushed in FBI interview
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and the Russia investigation (all times local): 2:25 p.m. The White House says it is not backing down from its criticism of…
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White House announces President Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next month for second time.
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House announces President Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next month for second time.
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