As of this writing, 800,000 federal workers are basically being held hostage by the President of the United States. The government shutdown is at 16 days because of a dispute between President Trump and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. As we heard throughout Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, he wants to build a “big beautiful wall’ […]

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Amariyanna Copeny --- the 9-year-old girl who famously asked Barack Obama to help with the water emergency in Flint, Michigan during his presidency last year --- called out President Donald Trump for neglecting to help end the crisis as well as his immigration actions.

A day after President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address, five members of the House Democrats' Faith Working Group came together to respond to the speech that one leader says failed "to offer solutions to poverty, unemployment or economic insecurity."

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The Senate voted 58-41 to confirm Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and presidential candidate, as the leader of HUD.

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Carson, like Betsy DeVos, was nominated to head an agency where he holds no actual past job experience.

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President Donald Trump doubled down on a few of his controversial policies and outlined his agenda for Americans during his first joint address to a bitterly divided Congress Tuesday night.

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Trump's address will broadcast shortly after 9 p.m. ET and his invited guests personify each section of his speech's agenda.

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The photo of Kellyanne Conway sitting with her feet on the oval office couch dominated the conversation on social media.

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Michelle Obama's facial expressions on Donald Trump's Inauguration Day were those of a Black woman who’d had enough trying to pretend the corroded lemons in front of her could be turned into lemonade.

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Press Secretary Spicer's details surrounding Flynn's resignation countered initial information from the White House.

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Senate Democrats plan to hold a marathon 24-hour session leading up to the vote of Education Secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos.