Politics A.M.: Trump makes humanitarian case for wall, calling border situation ‘a crisis of the soul’

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Trump makes humanitarian case for wall, calling border situation 'a crisis of the soul' In an Oval Office address, the president said the federal government "remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security." Democrats accused him of governing by "temper tantrum" in their televised rebuttal. By Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner, Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis · Read more Analysis Should the major networks have aired Trump's immigration speech? Many on the left say absolutely not. The president shouldn't be given airtime to disparage Latinos and immigrants, they argue. By Eugene Scott · Read more   Analysis Power Up: Trump's zigzag approach to shutdown and Syria reveals breakdown in process The bureaucracy is not winning. By Jacqueline Alemany · Read more   Monkey Cage · Analysis Having the most diverse Congress ever will affect more than just legislation They'll also reach out to federal agencies to advocate for members of their under-represented groups. By Kenneth Lowande, Melinda Ritchie and Erinn Lauterbach · Read more   PowerPost On Capitol Hill, prime-time speeches only pushed parties further apart A few wondered aloud about the point of the dueling prime-time statements carried live by the television networks. 'Nobody convinced anybody,' tweeted Michigan Rep. Justin Amash. By Mike DeBonis · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Analysis Fact-checking President Trump's Oval Office address on immigration Over the course of his nine-minute speech, Trump painted a misleading and bleak picture of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. By Salvador Rizzo · Read more   Trump calls wall only solution to 'growing humanitarian crisis' at border The president portrayed undocumented immigrants as murderers, rapists and drug smugglers in a dark Oval Office address. Democrats said he was stoking fear and governing by "temper tantrum." By Philip Rucker and Felicia Sonmez · Read more   Amid warnings of dangerous immigrants, Trump paints an incomplete and misleading picture The president's Oval Office address was his most explicit effort yet in a strategy aimed at painting immigrants as terrorists and criminals. By David Nakamura · Read more   Analysis Trump's frustrated sales pitch on the border wall reverts to his oldest political tactic: Fear Trump's latest political pitch mirrors his first one. Has anyone not yet heard it? By Philip Bump · Read more   PowerPost Democrats threaten to subpoena Whitaker over Mueller probe, discussions with Trump House Judiciary chair says the acting attorney general is stalling on scheduling an interview with the panel, which he insists will happen in January. By Karoun Demirjian · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Trump used the Oval Office to try to create a border crisis His prime-time address marked an escalation of a battle in which he has struggled to gain an advantage. By Dan Balz · Read more   'Chuck and Nancy' present a united front in challenging Trump on border wall The relationship between the two Democratic leaders dates to at least 1987, when both were in the House, and it has grown closer through the partial government shutdown. By Seung Min Kim · Read more   Analysis Trump's prime-time address on the border wall shutdown, annotated The full transcript, with fact checks and analysis. By Aaron Blake and Transcript courtesy of Bloomberg Government · Read more   PowerPost House Democrats demand Treasury explain rollback of sanctions on Russia oligarch The chairs of seven House panels insisted that Treasury brief interested lawmakers about the December deal by Friday, to give them time to potentially block the decision. By Karoun Demirjian · Read more   Recommended for you Get the Technology 202 newsletter Your daily guide to the intersection of technology and politics. Sign Up

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