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Trump Stands Firm On Shutdown Even As Advisers Warn Of Consequences

Saagar Enjeti | White House Correspondent

President Donald Trump is insistent he will emerge victorious in a fight with Democratic lawmakers over funding for the border wall while his advisers have increasingly warned him of the partial government shutdown’s ramifications, sources familiar with the situation tell The Daily Caller.

Trump has told confidants in recent days that he is determined to secure some sort of concession from Democratic lawmakers for border barrier funding, even if it means a prolonged partial government shutdown, two sources familiar with the president’s thinking told TheDC. Trump is particularly incensed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s public

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Pelosi’s International Travel Cut By Trump Over Government Shutdown

Amber Athey | White House Correspondent

President Donald Trump postponed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned international travel over the partial government shutdown on Thursday.

Trump sent a letter to Pelosi informing her that she would not be allowed to use military aircraft to travel to Brussels, Egypt, and Afghanistan for a “public relations event” during the shutdown. The president added that Pelosi would be allowed to fly commercial to make the trip if she so chooses.

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Veteran Behind GoFundMe Trump Wall Says Donors Have Given $7 Million

Air Force veteran and triple amputee Brian Kolfage, the man behind the viral GoFundMe page to raise money for President Trump’s border wall, said he’s received $7 million from donors for his new idea to privately fund building the wall.

“Our donors gave to us to get the job done, and they trust us to do so,” Kolfage said, confirming the amount, reported CBS News on Jan. 17. He later said the figure was his “guess.”

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WATCH: Ted Cruz explains how to pay for the Wall in new video…

By The Right Scoop

Ted Cruz posted a new video of himself explaining how to pay for the wall without taxpayer money.

You may have heard of the idea before – he calls it the El Chapo act.

Watch:

Cruz makes a prediction in the video that even though this won’t cost the taxpayers a dime, that Democrats won’t vote for it because they politically don’t really want to secure the border. I

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Senate Republicans Go Against Trump to Keep Russia Sanctions

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Senate Democrats and 11 Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to advance a measure which would prevent the Treasury Department from relaxing sanctions on Russian companies connected to Oleg Deripaska, an oligarch with ties to the Kremlin.

House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) proposed the resolution to oppose President Donald Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on those firms, CNN reported.

Schumer forced the vote under a provision of the 2017 Russia sanctions law, which allows lawmakers to

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Immigration Organization offers praise for deportation pressure from President Trump

ICE arrests 2A pro-immigration enforcement organization says the Trump administration deserves praise for deporting criminals back to their home countries.

By Chad Groening

Soon after taking office in 2017, President Trump put pressure on countries with an executive order: no more visas if they refuse to take back dangerous criminals.

At the end of the Obama presidency, 23 countries were uncooperative and that number has now shrunk to just nine countries thanks to Trump’s action.

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