Tag: Bipartisan
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Trump pitches plan to hire more border agents after opposing bipartisan bill that would do the same
Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that if elected he would ask Congress to pass legislation boosting the number of border patrol agents — several months after successfully thwarting a bipartisan measure that included staffing increases. The proposal would include the hiring of 10,000 new agents, a 10% raise for existing agents, as well as…
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Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin tangle over national security and tout bipartisan credentials in Michigan Senate debate
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers clashed repeatedly here Tuesday over who would best represent their purple state during the first debate of their hotly contested Senate race. The tone during their hour-long debate, hosted by NBC News affiliate WOOD-TV, was mostly civil. But there were several…
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Bipartisan report on Trump shooting identifies Secret Service tech issues and ‘preventable’ mistakes
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service made a series of “foreseeable” and “preventable” mistakes in the lead-up to the first attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in July that allowed a gunman to fire shots that killed a Trump rally attendee and grazed the Republican presidential nominee’s ear, senators in both parties charge. The Senate Homeland Security…