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White House correspondent covering immigration & foreign affairs for . Running = good stuff.

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    3 hours ago

    This isn’t about the Wall, everybody knows that a Wall will work perfectly (In Israel the Wall works 99.9%). This is only about the Dems not letting Donald Trump & the Republicans have a win. They may have the 10 Senate votes, but we have the issue, Border Security. 2020!

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  2. 4 hours ago

    The White House releases statement demanding stronger border security and blaming Democrats for shutdown. Interestingly, the statement makes no mention of the wall. Is this a sign.

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    9 hours ago

    MCCLATCHY SCOOP: Cell phone signal puts Michael Cohen in Prague area in late summer 2016, via Peter Stone &

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  4. Retweeted
    Dec 21

    Why some on the right are grateful to Democrats for opposing Trump’s border wall (via )

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  5. Dec 26

    Trump said he wants to visit the border wall before the State of the Union, per pooler

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  6. Dec 26

    On trip to Iraq, Trump described how he gave “the generals” multiple six month “extensions” to get out of Syria. They asked for more time. Trump said: “‘Nope.’ You can’t have any more time. You’ve had enough time. We’ve knocked them out. We’ve knocked them silly.’l

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  7. Dec 26

    Trump: “I want to come and pay my respects most importantly to the great soldiers, great troopers we have here.” While in Iraq, Trump met with U.S. military leaders and spoke to troops. A scheduled in-person meeting with Iraq’s prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi was cancelled.

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  8. Dec 26

    Asked why he wanted to come to Iraq, Trump told reporters before a meeting with military leaders on base: “It’s a place I have been talking about for many years, many many years,” he said. “I was talking about it as a civilian. ”

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    Dec 26

    President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas.

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  10. Dec 24

    President Erdogan invited President Trump to visit Turkey in 2019. While nothing definite is being planned, the President is open to a potential meeting in the future. - White House press official.

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    Dec 21

    For my final story, I talked to about the difficulties disabled travelers face while flying.

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    Dec 21

    I just ran into Gen. Kelly, who was wandering around the West Wing, moments ago. He said a deal is in the works & he believes a shutdown will be averted. "I think they'll work something out," he told me.

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    Dec 21

    What just happened on the Senate floor is an agreement not to keep voting on measures that can't pass. They won't take another vote until there's an agreement among Dems, GOP and the WH. Meanwhile House won't vote until the Senate votes SO...

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  14. Dec 21

    Israel confounded, confused by Syria withdrawal, Mattis resignation

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  15. Dec 21

    Trump just called it the "democrat's shutdown." This after a few days saying he'd be proud to own the shutdown.

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  16. Dec 21

    Gen. Mattis leaving reflects a dilemma other concerned Trump officials have faced. Whether staying means defending the ideals they believe in or does staying mean they're contributing to its erosion. One of my top stories from 2018.

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  17. Dec 21

    One of my favorite stories from 2018.... US government plays games with top Venezuelan officialshttps://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white.../article215251450.html

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  18. Dec 20

    Steve Miller says on CNN that his understanding is that Trump will remain in Washington if the government is shutdown tomorrow.

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  19. Dec 20

    Why the right is grateful to Democrats for opposing Trump’s border wall

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  20. Dec 20

    Ryan said Republicans are going back to members to try to work out a deal for more border security that Trump would said... Threat of government shutdown is back on

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