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Trump talks economy, immigration in first State of the Union

President Donald Trump urged Congress to lift budget caps to fully fund the military and said he signed an order to keep the military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay open during his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Donald Trump and Steve Wynn evolved from rivals to friends — ANALYSIS

President Donald Trump and casino mogul Steve Wynn have been bitter competitors who have bad-mouthed each other, sued each other and poached each other’s top employees in a decades-long faceoff as they jostled to be top dog in the high-stakes casino-friendly Atlantic City.

State of the Union tickets reissued after misprint

Tickets inviting guests to President Donald Trump’s first official State of the Union address Tuesday had to be reissued after a misprint.

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Trump to make the case for an improved economy in State of Union

President Donald Trump will try to strike a bipartisan and optimistic tone, but remind the nation of his economic accomplishments when he delivers his first State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Fallout continues over Steve Wynn sexual misconduct allegations

Fallout over sexual misconduct allegations and the resignation of Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn as Republican National Committee fundraiser mounted Sunday as calls increased for lawmakers and groups to return contributions and disavow support.

Trump prepares for his first State of the Union address

Seeking to move past the shadow of the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump is aiming to use his first State of the Union address to note the economic progress under his watch while pushing for bipartisanship with Democrats on issues such as rebuilding roads and bridges.

Trump ordered Mueller fired, backed off, report says

President Donald Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but he backed off the order after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to resign, according to a report Thursday in The New York Times.

Trump plan offers citizenship path to 1.8M immigrants

President Donald Trump proposed an immigration plan Thursday that provides a path to citizenship for 1.8 million undocumented immigrants and seeks a $25 billion trust fund for a border wall system and restrictions on legal immigration.

Israeli president calls Pence a ‘mensch’ as VP concludes Mideast trip

Reuven Rivlin bestows the Yiddish honorific for “upright man” on the vice president by way of saying think you for Pence’s speech to the Knesset on Monday in which he said the U.S. embassy would be moved to Jerusalem by next year.

Pence visits troops in Jordan before traveling to Israel

On their way to Israel, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife visited U.S. troops near Jordan’s Syrian border, where Pence slammed a minority in the Senate for playing “politics with military pay” – and that was the easy part of this quick-stop three-nation Middle Eastern tour.

Las Vegas women’s rally to kick off voter registration effort

While scores of people throughout the U.S. march on Saturday, Las Vegas will host a rally on Sunday — the official one-year anniversary of the Women’s March — to kick off a nationwide voter registration tour dubbed #PowerToThePolls.

Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump’s travel ban

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the legality of the latest version of President Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the United States by residents of six majority-Muslim countries.

 
Last-minute efforts fail to stop government shutdown

Despite last-minute efforts to forge a compromise, Senate Democrats blocked a stopgap spending bill Friday that punctuated President Donald Trump’s first year in office with a government shutdown.