open forum: january 12, 2019

That figure has climbed for five months, even as Trump made stopping migrant caravans the centerpiece of his strategy and drove Washington into government shutdown over funding for his border wall.. ..

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trump administration should use leverage to rein in saudi's bin salman

The government withdrew Saudi students from Canada, and the regime imposed restrictions on Saudi-Canadian trade. ... John Bolton took office as Trump's national security adviser, reports surfaced he was phoning the Egyptians and other Arab partners asking them to send troops to..

living on earth: the conservation costs of shutdowns

The government shutdown during the Trump administration began on December 22nd, 2018. ... When the United States government began a partial shutdown on December 22nd after the Republican Congress and President Trump could not agree on funding for a southern border wall,..

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