Watch live: Trump gives remarks at House GOP retreat

President Trump will meet with House Republicans at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday morning as part of the GOP retreat. His comments come just days after the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who have been charged with narco-terrorism. Maduro pleaded innocent during his first appearance in court on Monday… Source link

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GOP fears Trump's foray into nation-building in Venezuela

Republicans are concerned that President Trump might pursue a new round of nation-building in Venezuela, which he shunned earlier in his political career. The prospect of the United States occupying Venezuela is causing a backlash among MAGA allies, and lawmakers in both parties have many questions about the level of U.S. military involvement… Source link

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Trump critic George Conway launches Democratic bid for Nadler seat in New York

Former conservative lawyer turned Trump-critic George Conway on Tuesday officially launched his Democratic bid for New York’s 12th Congressional District, joining an increasingly crowded field to represent the Manhattan-based seat. “We have a corrupt president, a lying president, a criminal president who has masked agents disappearing people from our streets, who is breaking international law,…

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Grassley, Durbin protest exclusion from Venezuela briefing, given 'law enforcement' justification

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), respectively chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, criticized the Trump administration for not including them in Monday’s briefing on the operation in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores. Both senators cited the administration’s argument that the mission… Source link

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