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Trump attacks top Democrat for rejecting Mexico wall deal
US President Donald Trump bitterly attacked top Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Sunday after she rejected a deal on immigration and the Mexico border wall that would end a 30-day-old government shutdown. “Nancy Pelosi has behaved so irrationally & has gone so far to the left that she has now officially become a Radical Democrat,” Trump tweeted. Pelosi is from San Francisco.
Trump offers a deal on immigration and shutdown, and it hits a wall
Wall Street wary of progressive Democrats on the House finance committee
Wall Street is bunkering down for a wave of intense scrutiny as a group of progressive Democrats, including social media star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have joined a powerful House of Representatives committee overseeing banking activities. “It’s a huge victory,” said Ocasio-Cortez, at 29 the youngest member of Congress and a self-described socialist — a word that shocks conservatives, who brandish it as a dire threat. Ocasio-Cortez, often referred to by her initials AOC, will bring public attention to the ordinarily drab committee via her strong social media presence that includes 2.5 million followers on Twitter.
Trump suggests he could deport 11 million migrants if he doesn’t get border wall funding in veiled shutdown threat: ‘Be careful Nancy’
The Latest: Trump offers 'Dreamers' deal for border wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the partial government shutdown (all times local):
AP FACT CHECK: Trump pitches wall as magic bullet for drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made an untenable case Saturday that a Mexican border wall would be a magic bullet for America's drug problem.
Trump shutdown announcement: President offers Daca extensions for undocumented migrants in exchange for border wall funding
Wall Street extends rally on U.S.-China trade optimism
The market was boosted after a Bloomberg report said China sought to raise its annual goods imports from the United States by a combined value of more than $ 1 trillion in order to reduce its trade surplus to zero by 2024. The news followed a report on Thursday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was considering lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chinese imports. A Treasury spokesman denied Mnuchin had made any such recommendation.
AP Explains: Trump says wall will stop drugs, facts differ
PHOENIX (AP) — In his demands that Congress set aside $ 5.7 billion for a border wall, President Donald Trump has insisted that a new physical barrier would stop heroin entering the U.S. from Mexico.
Markets Right Now: Banks lead stock gains on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
