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President Donald Trump says he's "officially" inviting Democratic leaders to the White House to discuss immigration legislation. Speaking ahead of a Cabinet meeting, Trump says he was making the open invitation through the press to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California). Trump says: "We should be able to do a bill. I'd invite them to come to the White House any time they want. This afternoon would be good. After the Cabinet meeting would be good." Trump is blaming Democrats for obstructing immigration legislation, saying, "We need two to tango." A Republican-led effort in the House to address legal status for young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally and to fund Trump's border wall is teetering on the edge of collapse. Trump says: "I just told you I'll invite Sen. Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. They can come over. They can bring whoever they want." It wasn't immediately clear whether Democrats had been formally invited or if … [Read more...] about Trump Invites Pelosi, Schumer to White House for Immigration Talk

John Wagner, The Washington Post Published 11:22 am PDT, Monday, July 16, 2018 WASHINGTON - The top two Democrats in Congress suggested Monday that President Donald Trump's performance during a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled that Russia has damaging information on the U.S. leader. "President Trump's weakness in front of Putin was embarrassing, and proves that the Russians have something on the president, personally, financially or politically," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement. "This is a sad day for America, and for all Western democracies that Putin continues to target." Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., was less direct but raised the same prospect in a statement issued shortly after Trump and Putin concluded a remarkable news conference in Helsinki at the end of a summit that both said included discussion of Russian interference in the U.S. 2016 presidential election. "A single, … [Read more...] about Pelosi, Schumer: Trump’s news conference suggests Putin has something on him

President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of being an "MS-13 lover" and dismissed a Democratic Senate candidate as a "tool" of Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a line of attack likely to become familiar as he boosts Republican congressional candidates ahead of midterm elections. Trump's visit to Nashville, Tennessee, promoted the Senate candidacy of Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who was expected to face former Gov. Phil Bredesen in the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker. Besides headlining a private fundraiser for Blackburn, he used a public rally to urge supporters not to become "complacent" this fall while Democrats were "sticking together" to block his agenda. "We need Marsha in the Senate to continue the amazing progress and work that we've done over the last year and a half," Trump said during the rally. "To keep on winning, you have to vote Republican in November." The Tennessee campaign is among several races expected to determine … [Read more...] about Trump: Nancy Pelosi Is an ‘MS-13 Lover’

Comments from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi that President Donald Trump is "more loyal" to Russian President Vladimir Putin than he is to the United States' NATO allies are "disgraceful," presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway said Thursday. "They are always making everything too personal and political," Conway told Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "They are doing it to Judge [Brett] Kavanaugh and President Trump." She pointed out that Trump said during a Thursday morning press conference that he regards Putin as a competitor. "If we can find a commonality of purpose on the big issues of the day, then, of course, he is going to sit down,' Conway said of Trump. "The president says we want peace around the globe, he is saying that if that includes Russia to push back on things like ISIS, which of course is, a shadow of itself under President Trump's leadership, then we will do it." In their joint statement following Trump's comments during a … [Read more...] about Kellyanne Conway: Pelosi, Schumer Comments on Trump Loyalty to Putin ‘Disgraceful’

They haven't spoken in days, not since President Donald Trump called to congratulate Nancy Pelosi on Democrats' election night win. But they don't really need to. Trump and Pelosi go way back, from the time she first showed up at Trump Tower fundraising for the Democrats long before he would become president or she the House speaker. Two big-name heirs to big-city honchos — Trump and Pelosi each had fathers who were political power players in their home towns — they've rubbed elbows on the Manhattan social scene for years. And despite daily barbs in Washington, he's always "Mr. President" to her, and she's one prominent politician he has not labeled with a derisive nickname. Not quite friends, nor enemies, theirs is perhaps the most important relationship in Washington. If anything is to come of the new era of divided government, with a Republican president and Democratic control of the House, it will happen in the deal-making space between two of the country's most … [Read more...] about Washington’s New Power Standoff Is Between Trump and Pelosi