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Trump slams Pelosi, Schumer after Rose Garden remarks: ‘You can’t investigate and legislate simultaneously’ (FOX Business)
President Trump Opens a New Window. slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday following his remarks in the Rose Garden where he said he wouldn’t work with Democrats on issues while they pursued investigations about him.
Trump’s string of comments on Twitter came on the heels of a very brief meeting between himself and top Democratic leaders Opens a New Window. that was intended to be focused on infrastructure but was ultimately cut short. [Read More]
Patrick Shanahan: Iranian threats against America ‘on hold’ (Washington Examiner)
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Tuesday that America’s deployment of additional military forces to the Persian Gulf might have given the Iranians second thoughts about attacking U.S. interests in the region. For now, he said, the threat from Iran is “on hold.”
“Our prudent response, I think, has given the Iranians time to recalculate,” Shanahan told reporters before meetings with presidents of the freely associated states of Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.
“That doesn’t mean that the threats that we’ve previously identified have gone away,” Shanahan added. “I think our response was a measure of our will and our resolve that we will protect our people and our interests in the region.” [Read More]
Trump on Pelosi’s prayers: Thanks, ‘I know you truly mean it’ (The Hill)
President Trump on Wednesday tore into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) after he abruptly ended a meeting with the Democratic leaders.
Trump argued in a series of tweets that congressional Democrats can “continue the Witch Hunt which has already cost $40M and been a tremendous waste of time and energy for everyone in America, or get back to work.” [Read More]
Eastern Virginia Medical School released its report into a photo depicting two individuals — one wearing blackface and the other a KKK robe — that appeared on the 1984 yearbook page of Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday but said they could not “conclusively determine” the identity of either person shown. [Read More]
Two teens arrested last week on charges stemming from a horrific killing in Maryland were supposed to be deported last year, but local authorities didn’t turn them over to ICE, the immigration agency said Tuesday.
Prosecutors say the teens, Josue Rafael Fuentes-Ponce, 16, and Joel Ernesto Escobar, 17 — suspected of being MS-13 gang members — feared they would be ratted out for an April robbery, so they and an accomplice snuffed out a 14-year-old suspected snitch. They made her strip before beating her with a baseball bat and chopping her with a machete. [Read More]
ICE Previously Sought to Detain 2 Suspects in Homicide of Maryland Girl (NBC Washington)
Two teenagers charged in the death of a 14-year-old Maryland girl were arrested by Prince George’s County police in another case last year and should have been detained, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Salvadorans Josue Fuentes-Ponce, 16, and Joel Escobar, 17, were in the country illegally when they were arrested May 11, 2018, on several charges, including attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and participation in gang activity, ICE said. They were released on an unknown date despite an ICE detainer, according to ICE. [Read More]
