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WASHINGTON — When T-Mobile announced its intention to buy Sprint last April, the prospects for the $26 billion deal winning regulatory approval appeared strong. Although a similar deal had been effectively blocked a few years earlier, Trump administration officials voiced far less concern. But the merger has faced harsher scrutiny in recent weeks, as Democratic lawmakers, empowered by their House […]
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In its common definition, the job of president of the United States is to deliver peace and prosperity. Donald Trump is doing well on both fronts, so let’s impeach the bastard! As insane as it sounds, that and only that is what many Democrats have in mind. Impeachment, or death by a thousand investigations, is the heart of their plan. […]
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But polling on the subject seems to indicate that more Americans will blame the president and Republicans than Democrats. With the deadline for a government shutdown fast approaching, President Donald Trump on Friday morning tried his best to blame Democrats for the fallout should a spending deal not be reached by midnight tonight. The president has made funding for a […]
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Defying threats from President Trump, House Democrats on Friday unveiled their first bill for the new Congress — part of which would require Trump and future presidents to disclose their tax returns. “We believe it will have great support,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said, effectively thumbing her nose at Trump, who told The Post this week that he would declassify documents […]
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A third of respondents said they would be “extremely disappointed” if a loved one married a Republican. Most Democrats believe that Republicans are racist, sexist, bigoted, possibly even evil, or any combination thereof, The Hill is reporting. Republicans by and large feel the same way about Democrats, but not to the same extent. According to the results of a new […]
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Washington: Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the US House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump's ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.Credit:AP Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a day after […]
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Democratic resistance to President Trump is going to shift from rhetoric to reality in the wake of the midterm results. With Democrats set to take control of the House of Representatives next year, Trump will suddenly find himself vulnerable to congressional investigations and hearings on everything from his relationship with Russia to his personal finances. Nancy Pelosi, the previous and […]
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With Democrats taking control of the state Senate next year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed Wednesday to move quickly to pass reforms blocked by Republicans: tighter ethics laws, early voting, the Dream Act, gun safety legislation and strengthening the state’s abortion law. “We need ethics reform and there’s no reason not to pass it,” Cuomo said on Westchester radio station WVOX, […]
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The general consensus is that wasn’t a great night for Republicans, but Donald Trump disagrees. It wasn’t all bad news for the Republican Party as the midterm elections drew to a close. The GOP managed to flip three seats in the Senate, assuring their hold on that crucial branch of Government. Losing the Senate would have been a major upset […]
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After Democrats secured at least 219 seats and ensured a majority in the House of Representatives, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said he plans to request President Donald Trump’s tax returns, The Week magazine is reporting. With Democrats holding a majority of the House, Neal, as the ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, will become the committee’s chair, […]
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