Daily Archives: Thu, Sep 13th, 2018

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Trump and GOP almost double the deficit from last year with $214 billion deficit in August

The U.S. government had a $214 billion budget deficit in August, almost double the amount for the same period last year as outlays swelled, according to Treasury Department data released on Thursday.

That compared to a budget deficit of $108 billion in the same month last year, the department’s monthly budget statement showed.

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House Speaker Ryan doesn’t dispute Puerto Rico death toll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday he had “no reason” to dispute Puerto Rico‘s official death toll of 3,000 from last year’s Hurricane Maria, speaking after his fellow Republican President Donald Trump accused Democrats of inflating the death toll to make the president look bad. “Casualties don’t make a person…

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Democrats Move To Save America with Bill to Protect Mueller Probe

House Judiciary Democrats are trying their best to protect the country from President Trump’s ongoing mental health and incompetency issues. Today they are trying to get three Judiciary Republicans to sign a notice to force a vote on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, which they say is needed due to Trump’s “unhinged behavior toward law enforcement.â€

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Six Dead in Overnight Shooting Rampage in California

CNN is reporting this morning that six people have been killed in the Bakersfield, California area during an overnight shooting rampage. Sheriff’s deputies from Kern County responded to reports of shots fired at a trucking company near Highway 58 and Weedpatch Highway, at 5:20 p.m. A gunman in southern California killed five people, including his…

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Colbert Says Cruz Is ‘Scared’ As Beto Goes on ‘The Late Show’

“Late Show†host Stephen Colbert said Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is running scared from his opponent Rep. Beto O’Rourke. As evidence, he cited that fact that Cruz bought ads that would be shown during O’Rourke’s Wednesday evening interview on Colbert’s show. “Colbert knocks ‘scared’ Ted Cruz for buying ads during Beto O’Rourke‘s appearance on…

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