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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Tipsheet: Dems ready aggressive response to Trump emergency order, as GOP splinters

 
 
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Dems ready aggressive response to Trump emergency order, as GOP splinters
BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG 
House Democrats are vowing an aggressive response to President Trump's emergency declaration at the southwest border, mulling ways to block his go-it-alone approach with legislation, legal action, or both.
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Unscripted Trump keeps audience guessing in Rose Garden
BY JORDAIN CARNEY AND JORDAN FABIAN
President Trump leaned on his signature freewheeling and unscripted style Friday during his announcement of a national emergency at the border.
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Business, conservative groups slam Trump’s national emergency declaration
BY NIV ELIS
Business and conservative groups typically aligned with the GOP came out strongly against President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency over the border, underscoring opposition to the move from traditional Republican circles.
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Mueller recommends Manafort serve at least 19 years in prison
BY LYDIA WHEELER
Prosecutors working in special counsel Robert Mueller's office are recommending a federal judge in Virginia sentence President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to at least 19 years in prison.
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New filing suggests Mueller has evidence Stone communicated with WikiLeaks
BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND JACQUELINE THOMSEN 
Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a new court filing that search warrants have uncovered communications between longtime GOP operative Roger Stone and "Organization 1,” which is widely believed to be WikiLeaks.
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Sarah Sanders says she was interviewed by Mueller's office
BY AVERY ANAPOL
Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has interviewed White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders as part of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Five dead in shooting at manufacturing plant in Aurora, Ill.
BY RACHEL FRAZIN AND TAL AXELROD
Five people have been killed after a shooting at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Ill., on Friday, authorities announced at a press conference.
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First lawsuit filed against Trump emergency declaration
BY TAL AXELROD
 
Liberal advocacy group Public Citizen on Friday filed the first lawsuit seeking to block President Trump’s national emergency declaration to allocate government funds for his proposed border wall.
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Trump taps FEMA official to lead agency
BY TAL AXELROD
President Trump on Friday nominated Jeffrey Byard to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after the previous administrator Brock Long resigned this week.
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Pope Francis defrocks ex-Cardinal McCarrick over sexual abuse allegations
BY MARY TYLER MARCH
Pope Francis has dismissed ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the priesthood after the Vatican found him guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians over a decades-long period.
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Constitutional conservatives need to oppose the national emergency
BY JORDAN BRUNEAU
Opinion | The Constitution states, “No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.” Yet President Trump has announced that he will dismiss this dictum and sign a national emergency to spend about $8 billion on a border wall that is opposed by Congress. 
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Amazon protestors cut off their nose to spite their face
BY DAVID REIBSTEIN
Opinion | It is most unfortunate for everyone involved that Amazon has pulled out of their decision to open a second headquarters in New York in Long Island City. I totally understand why they did it.
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The Washington Post: ‘A recipe for disaster’? Trump’s border emergency drags the GOP into a risky fight ahead of 2020.
BY RACHAEL BADE, SEAN SULLIVAN AND JOSH DAWSEY
President Trump’s decision to unilaterally attempt to build his promised wall at the Mexico border is pulling his party into a tailspin of drama and unease — a move that could help his own 2020 reelection effort even at the expense of fellow Republicans, numerous GOP officials said on Friday.
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The New York Times: Presidents Have Declared Dozens of Emergencies, but None Like Trump’s
BY CHARLIE SAVAGE
President Trump on Friday pointed to nearly five dozen previous instances in which presidents of both parties have declared emergencies as justification for his invocation of extraordinary powers to build his border wall. But there is no precedent for what he has just done.
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CNN: Will the Supreme Court stop Trump's national emergency?
BY PRISCILLA ALVAREZ
President Donald Trump is well aware that his national emergency declaration will face legal challenges, but he's moving forward anyway.
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The Wall Street Journal: Amazon’s New York Project Foundered on Labor Organizing, Opposition to Subsidies
BY JIMMY VIELKIND, LAURA STEVENS AND KATIE HONAN
Jeff Bezos and other top Amazon executives gathered in Seattle on Wednesday to decide whether to go ahead with its planned headquarters in New York City. Brian Huseman, vice president for public policy, was on the phone, and the news was not good.
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The Associated Press: Chicago police release 2 men questioned in Smollett case
BY DON BABWIN
Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioning them.
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