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White House Bureau Chief at The Washington Post | Political Analyst for MSNBC & NBC News | philip.rucker@washpost.com

Washington, DC
Joined July 2009

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    Trump swore so frequently during today’s immigration meeting that he ended up apologizing to Pelosi. He griped about impeachment. And he called the shutdown a “strike,” drawing puzzlement in the room.

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    A freshman, a viral video and a profanity revive Trump impeachment talk Via and

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    10 hours ago

    Someone impersonating an aide to Vice President Mike Pence sent texts seeking lawmakers’ whereabouts, prompting an FBI probe via

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  4. interesting selection by the White House for the official snapshot of today's meeting

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    In one tense exchange during the White House meeting today, Pelosi interrupted Nielsen while she was reciting border stats. “I re­ject your facts,” Ms. Pelosi said. “These aren’t my facts,” Ms. Nielsen claimed. “These are *the* facts.”

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    Warren gets a Q about abortion from someone she actually knows in the audience, who warns she can't win red states if she's pro-choice. "The role of the government here is to back out... the woman chooses, and that's what respects all of us the most."

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    11 hours ago

    The Guy Who Privately Told Trump A Helpful-to-Trump Thing is a staple character of Trump‘s fables. The guy only very occasionally exists.

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  8. ‘I can do it if I want’: Trump threatens to invoke emergency powers to build border wall, & report

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    New tonight: Legal experts are split on whether Trump must name a new permanent Pentagon chief. Meanwhile, the administration says Shanahan could stay in an acting role indefinitely, and Trump denies reports that Jim Webb is under consideration.

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    Time to start following , who is officially on the campaign beat.

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    14 hours ago

    NEW: Paul Whelan, the American detained in Russia, was convicted of trying to steal more than $10,000 from the US government while deployed to Iraq as a Marine. With :

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    FWIW: Asked about Trump's claim, Bill Clinton's spokesman says: "He did not. In fact, they’ve not talked since the inauguration."

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    Pence says he won’t accept his raise if the government is still shut down. He and several Cabinet secretaries are scheduled to get one tomorrow.

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  14. Trump says he is considering calling a “national emergency” to construct the border wall without congressional approval. “I am allowed to do that,” president says.

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    Trump on Rashida Tlaib, freshman congresswoman who referred to him as a mother-f***er: “I thought her comments were disgraceful….I think she dishonored herself and dishonored her family….I thought it was highly disrespectful to the United States of America.”

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  17. “You can’t impeach somebody that’s doing a great job, that’s the way I look at it” — Trump says in Rose Garden This is false. Congress can begin impeachment proceedings if and when it wants, irrespective of what some people think of the president’s job performance.

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  18. So much to chew over in Trump’s Rose Garden speech, but I’m stuck on this: He claimed previous presidents have told him they wish they’d built a border wall. Really? Obama? Bush 43? Clinton? Bush 41? Carter? None has signaled in any way that he is pro-wall.

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    Whoa. WSJ editorial board rips into Trump, saying his comments on Afghanistan were a "slander against every ally that has supported" the US effort in the country and adding, "We cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President."

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    Jan 3

    Lawmakers hail a new ‘sisterhood’ as more than 100 women take their seats in the House Via

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