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Congress has a lengthy list of priorities, but the week has been dominated by the Trump administration's operation in Venezuela and what to do next. Geoff Bennett spoke with Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic perspective.
While the War Powers Resolution to limit further action in Venezuela advanced in the Senate, its future in the House is less certain. For the Republican perspective, Amna Nawaz spoke with Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke.
... a beacon for liberals as an example of a state that expanded the public safety net even as the nation swung to the right. Since Trump’s first election, the state has seen large increases in education spending, free school breakfasts and lunches, and improved protection of abortion rights. Trump ...
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the U.K. joined Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday in defending Greenland’s sovereignty in the wake of Trump’s comments about Greenland, which is part of the NATO military alliance. After Vance’s visit to Greenland ...
President Donald Trump lashed out at the five Republican senators who voted for the war powers resolution that would limit his ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela. WATCH: Senate advances war powers resolution to limit Trump after Venezuela raid Trump said “Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley ...
... $400 million — double the original estimate. The White House had announced few other details about the project but has said it would be completed before Trump's term ends in January 2029. Trump has said the ballroom will be big enough for future presidential inaugurations to be held there. He ...
... like Nick Shirley, the right-wing influencer who claimed he'd found rampant fraud at day care centers operated by Somali residents in Minneapolis. The Trump administration has cited his viral video in its decision to cut off certain federal funding streams. Grants provide a lifeline for parents Even with ...
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close Trump ally who traveled with the president aboard Air Force One on Sunday, said he would be comfortable with Trump taking over other countries without congressional approval, including Greenland. “The commander in chief is the commander in chief. They can use ...
Gina McCarthy, former White House National Climate Adviser, called the move “shortsighted, embarrassing, and a foolish decision.” “As the only country in the world not a part of the UNFCCC treaty, the Trump administration is throwing away decades of U.S. climate change leadership and global collaboration,” McCarthy, who co ...
... war with Greenland." What do you say to that? Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: The Republican majority has been nothing but compliant as it relates to Donald Trump's extreme agenda. And so I don't expect that we'd hear anything out of Republican leadership. But what we do know is ...
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