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McConnell, Ryan Say Congress Will Pay for Trump's $12B Border Wall
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said today that Congress will forge ahead with plans to approve funds for President Donald Trump's border wall, which they estimate will cost $12 billion to $15 billion. "We intend to address the wall issue ourselves, and the president can deal with his relations with other countries on that issue and others," McConnell told reporters at the GOP policy retreat in Philadelphia.
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Trump Says He May Send in ‘The Feds’ to Chicago. In Some Ways, They’re Already There
A tweet by President Trump Tuesday night signaled curbing violence in Chicago is near the top of his to-do list: "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on … I will send in the Feds!" But when pressed by ABC News' David Muir on what that means in an exclusive interview, Trump offered no specifics. "I want them to fix the problem. You can't have thousands of people being shot in a city, in a country that I happen to be president of,” Trump told Muir. “Maybe it's okay if somebody else was president. I want them to fix the problem. 'Kay, the problem is very easily fixable.” http://abcn.ws/2kn3uvT
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Trump's Order May Mark 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants for Deportation: Experts
The nation's undocumented immigrants -- approximately 11 million by a 2014 Pew Research estimate -- could be made a priority for deportation as a result of the executive order signed by President Donald Trump Wednesday, according to legal experts. The order delineates several categories of undocumented immigrants who are priority for removal from the United States including those who have been "charged with any criminal offense" or those who have "committed acts that constitute as a chargeable offense." http://abcn.ws/2j7MCw3
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How a President Can Use Orders and Memos and Who Can Stop Them
During his inauguration, Donald Trump painted a bleak picture of life in America and said that the buck stops with him. "The time for empty talk is over," he told the crowd assembled in front of the Capitol. "Now arrives the hour of action." In the days since he has taken office, Trump, who has long cast himself a doer in a world of talkers, has been furiously issuing what he calls "orders" and what are formally known as "executive orders" and "presidential memorandums." As of Wednesday he had issued four executive orders and eight presidential memorandums since taking office. http://abcn.ws/2jAGQ2q
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Mexican President Cancels Meeting With Trump via Twitter
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on Twitter today that he canceled a scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, just one day after Trump signed an executive order calling for the launch of plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump Tells Muir Alleged Voter Fraud Probe Has 'a Lot to Look Into'
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Trump insisted there is "a lot to look into" as he said he will call for an investigation into alleged voter fraud following his unsubstantiated claim that millions of people illegally cast ballots during the 2016 election. "You have people that are registered who are dead, who are illegals, who are in two states. You have people registered in two states. They're registered in a New York and a New Jersey. They vote twice. There are millions of votes, in my opinion," Trump said during an interview Wednesday at the White House. ABC's ARLETTE SAENZ has more: http://abcn.ws/2k4VlPm
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Trump Tells Muir He 'Absolutely' Thinks Waterboarding Works
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, President Donald Trump said he "absolutely" thinks waterboarding works and would consider reinstating it as an interrogation technique, depending on the advice of Defense Secretary James Mattis and CIA Director Mike Pompeo. "I will rely on Pompeo and Mattis and my group. And if they don't want to do, that's fine. If they do wanna do, then I will work toward that end. I want to do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally," Trump told ABC's DAVID MUIR during an interview at the White House. http://abcn.ws/2jgbTzj
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