Democrats “just want to use this issue — and I like the issue for [the] election, too,” President Trump said while stumping for Republican Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada. But the strategy could be risky, especially for vulnerable candidates in diversifying swing states, such as Heller.
The legislative futility has created an opening for aggressive presidents, Democratic and Republican, who have acted unilaterally in setting policy.
The false implication was clear: The former Arkansas governor was another of many Republicans once again trying to stick the House minority leader with the image of an MS-13 gang sympathizer.
With no talks underway between the world’s two largest economies, prospects for a deal that averts imposition of the levies appear dim. If they take effect, the political pain will mount for the president, analysts say.
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She was constantly tired and suffered severe respiratory problems. An ear, nose and throat specialist had his interest piqued when technical writer Diane Bates mentioned her allergy to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, including ibuprofen.
Lexington, a town of 7,000 that voted overwhelmingly against Donald Trump, sits in the middle of a rural county that largely voted for him. The owner of the 26-seat Red Hen restaurant asked Sanders — who had already been served — to leave, saying she thinks her business has to uphold “honesty and compassion and cooperation.”
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Saudi Arabia’s women are finally allowed to drive, but many of the feminists at the center of the long struggle for that right will not be around to celebrate. Here is a look at four imprisoned activists who have been fighting to bend the will of a harshly conservative and often obdurate state.
The three-day truce may have opened doors once thought closed for negotiations about potentially ending the long conflict.
A campaign spokesman said Arrington and a friend were in a car that was struck by another vehicle traveling in the wrong direction. She was reported to be alert after surgery.
But because the president is not bound by the same conflict-of-interest laws as most federal employees, the top government ethics official said Congress — and ultimately the voters — are responsible for holding Trump in check.
Cedella Roman, 19, who lives in France and was visiting her mother, told CBC News she thought Border Patrol officers might let her go with a warning. That was not to be the case.
As with all things Brexit, the march by tens of thousands seeking another vote on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union seemed to do little to bring clarity to Britain’s messy exit from the European bloc.
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The defending champion staved off elimination after an opening loss to Mexico.
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