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“If these brave young people ask me to sign their hat, I will sign,” Trump wrote on Twitter, defying CNN and other media reports complaining about his token of appreciation for soldiers overseas. Trump signed dozens of campaign MAGA hats for soldiers who brought them during his surprise visit to troops in Germany and Iraq. “Can you imagine my saying NO?” Trump asked. He denied that he brought the hats to the troops, as some media outlets suggested. “We brought or gave NO

Newman, California Corporal Ronil Singh, 33-years-old, was shot and killed by the illegal alien suspect, whose name has not been released by law enforcement officials. According to law enforcement, Singh stopped the illegal alien during a routine traffic stop to check if the suspect was driving drunk in the city of Newman, about 100 miles out of San Francisco. Over his police radio, Singh called out “shots fired” and as police arrived at the scene of the traffic stop, they found the officer on the ground with a gunshot

Tactics used in a special election for a US Senate seat from Alabama last year might have violated state campaign laws, the state’s attorney general said.  House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka are already among the highest-paid legislative leaders in the country.  Political Notebook The pay raise Trump authorized this year amounted to 2.6 percent, not 10 percent.  Republican leaders gave up hope Thursday of reopening the government before the new year, leaving the border wall impasse to House Democrats.  NAMES Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Thursday that his office is exploring whether disinformation tactics deployed against Republican Roy Moore during last year’s special election violated state campaign laws and said he was worried that the operation could have affected the closely fought Senate race. ‘‘The information is concerning,’’ Marshall, a Republican, said in a phone interview.

Tactics used in a special election for a US Senate seat from Alabama last year might have violated state campaign laws, the state’s attorney general said.  House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka are already among the highest-paid legislative leaders in the country.  Political Notebook The pay raise Trump authorized this year amounted to 2.6 percent, not 10 percent.  Republican leaders gave up hope Thursday of reopening the government before the new year, leaving the border wall impasse to House Democrats.  NAMES Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday

Tactics used in a special election for a US Senate seat from Alabama last year might have violated state campaign laws, the state’s attorney general said.  House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka are already among the highest-paid legislative leaders in the country.  Political Notebook The pay raise Trump authorized this year amounted to 2.6 percent, not 10 percent.  Republican leaders gave up hope Thursday of reopening the government before the new year, leaving the border wall impasse to House Democrats.  NAMES Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday

Tactics used in a special election for a US Senate seat from Alabama last year might have violated state campaign laws, the state’s attorney general said.  House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka are already among the highest-paid legislative leaders in the country.  Political Notebook The pay raise Trump authorized this year amounted to 2.6 percent, not 10 percent.  Republican leaders gave up hope Thursday of reopening the government before the new year, leaving the border wall impasse to House Democrats.  NAMES Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday

MORE said Wednesday that he wants to visit the U.S.–Mexico border wall before he gives his State of the Union address next month. Trump, speaking with reporters during an unannounced trip to Iraq, said he planned on "going to the wall" for a "groundbreaking" event before his State of the Union address, which will be held in late January.  Trump has pushed for a wall to be built along the southern border, but Congress has yet to pass funding for the wall. The federal government entered a partial shutdown on Saturday after lawmakers were unable to agree on the president

Democrats are worried that they have a problem: The three people leading polls in the very early stages of their presidential race are all white men. The party traditionally battles over identity politics and wants to be seen as promoting diversity. Its last three nominees have been MORE, the first woman to win the popular vote. Vice President MORE (I-Vt.), and Rep.