The U.S. military could hit the streets of Chicago as early as today, after a federal judge refused to immediately block Trump’s National Guard deployment, the Chicago Tribune reports.


The U.S. military could hit the streets of Chicago as early as today, after a federal judge refused to immediately block Trump’s National Guard deployment, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Asked by the BBC about Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s call for a two-state solution, President Trump replied: “You’re talking about a different plan. I’m talking about rebuilding Gaza. I’m…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on MSNBC that Republicans are “nowhere to be found.” Save to Favorites
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“President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s latest tit-for-tat showdown has both countries claiming the ball is now in the other’s court, with the clock ticking toward another escalation…
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) told Fox News the only reason one would protest President Trump is if one had a “deranged hatred” of Trump. Said Mullin: “I’m kinda curious what…
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“President Trump wants to quickly pivot from a Gaza cease-fire to the thornier problem of a broader peace in the Middle East, betting that two years of war transformed the…
“President Trump is trying to publicly de-escalate tensions with China to soothe markets while privately keeping up pressure on Beijing—a difficult balancing act that is being closely watched by Wall…
“President Trump scored a major foreign-policy win in Gaza by brokering the release of hostages from captivity and securing an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas,” the Wall…
“The Trump administration is moving to fortify U.S. skies against potential drone threats ahead of next summer’s World Cup and other marquee mega-events, casting the technology as necessary both to…
“North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with a likely aim to secure another GOP seat within…
Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) dashed the dreams of Democrats who hoped he would jump into next year’s U.S. Senate race, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Edwards said…
“An investment fund run by prominent Trump supporters tried to sell sponsorships for a conference it pitched to companies as the ‘Inaugural U.S. Treasury A.I. Summit,’ during which it said…
During a photo op in Egypt, President Trump pointed at a United Arab Emirates official and said: “A lot of cash. Unlimited cash.”Save to Favorites
“GOP strategist Karl Rove predicted that deploying National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities, over the objections of their respective states’ governors, will ultimately be a losing issue for President Trump,”…
“This took 3,000 years to get to this point. Can you believe it? And it’s gonna hold up, too. It’s going to hold up.” — President Trump, while signing a…
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Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
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