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Could the nuclear option get rid of the filibuster entirely? Checking Trump’s tweet

January 22, 2018

As lawmakers and the White House struggled to resolve the differences that produced a government shutdown, President Donald Trump revived an idea on Twitter that he had proposed in the past -- eliminating the filibuster in the Senate.
 

Donald Trump’s team misleads in tying international terrorism report to immigration

January 22, 2018

President Donald Trump claims a report on international terrorism convictions bolsters the need for changes to the U.S. immigration system. But there is significant missing context, however, in both the report and its promotion by the White House.

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Claims about prison price-gouging decry $17 soup, $18 tampons

January 22, 2018

Claims about prison price-gouging decry $17 soup, $18 tampons

Taking the measure of the federal workforce under Donald Trump

January 22, 2018

The size, scope and nature of the federal workforce is often misunderstood. So we dove into the data to try to provide a greater understanding.

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Everything you need to know about a government shutdown

January 19, 2018

President Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate and House and the congressional Democratic minority are fighting over how to extend spending for federal operations after the current authority expired on Jan. 19. The key roadblocks are not so much differences on spending levels, but rather on separate issues, notably a renewal of legal status for "Dreamers," people who had been brought illegally to the United States as children. Here’s what happens when government funding expires.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘results’ from his fake news awards

January 18, 2018

As part of his much-hyped "fake news awards," President Donald Trump offered 10 pieces of news he said the media was ignoring. "While the media spent 90 percent of the time focused on negative coverage or fake news, the President has been getting results," he wrote. We took a closer look at the 10 items Trump mentioned.

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Beto O’Rourke tweets at Sarah Huckabee Sanders about El Paso’s safety ranking

January 16, 2018

President Donald Trump's press secretary says expanded border fencing explains El Paso's relative safety. A local congressman disagrees.

Las promesas de inmigración de Donald Trump en su primer año

January 16, 2018

Desde el primer día de su campaña, Donald Trump le garantizó a sus votantes un cambio dramático al sistema de inmigración de la nación, denunciando a Mexicanos como "asesinos" y "violadores" y prometiendo construir un muro en la frontera sur.

Ampliamente, Trump está cumpliendo con sus fuertes palabras. Él hizo lo que pudo ejecutivamente, entregando cambios sustanciales a inmigrantes y sus familias, refugiados y nacionales de varios países musulmanes.

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Trump backtracks on Mueller meeting, resurfaces misleading Clinton claim

January 12, 2018

Facing questions from the press, President Donald Trump on Jan. 10 appeared to backtrack on a previous commitment he made to meet face-to-face with investigators probing his campaign’s possible ties to Russia.

Donald Trump’s ‘s—hole countries’ remark and its policy history

January 12, 2018

President Donald Trump has shocked people for using disparaging language during a meeting about protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries.

"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" Trump asked.

What happened at the immigration meeting between Trump, bipartisan lawmakers

January 9, 2018

President Donald Trump offered a surprising look into his talks with bipartisan lawmakers on immigration policy, allowing television cameras to capture about 54 minutes of discussion at a Jan. 9 White House meeting about the fate of immigrants known as "Dreamers."

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