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Pelosi revokes Trump invitation for State of the Union; president says he’s ‘not surprised’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times 14 minutes ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she won’t let President Trump deliver his State of the Union address from the House chamber next week, upping a tit-for-tat battle of wills between the two.

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, questions Attorney General nominee William Barr as he testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Conservatives see Democratic religious bigotry in growing backlog of judicial nominees

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Del., for the remains of four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria.. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘No Cave!’: Trump shoulders shutdown blame, bets Democrats will pay in 2020

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In this Jan. 7, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue. The high court on Tuesday reversed lower-court orders preventing the Pentagon from implementing its plans. The high court for now declined to take up cases about the plan. The cases will continue to move through lower courts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court allows Trump administration transgender military policy to go into effect

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Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke is shown here singing during a 2003 show in El Paso, Texas, with "The Sheeps." Ailbhe Cormack, the band's bassist, told Mother Jones for a story published Jan. 23, 2019 that members wanted to protect their identity. (Image: YouTube, Mother Jones video screenshot)

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Comedian Trevor Noah of "The Daily Show" discusses past policy positions of New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Jan. 22, 2019. (Image: Comedy Central, "The Daily Show" screenshot)

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Parts of the Oculus, left, One World Trade Center, center, and 7 World Trade Center are seen from street level, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi revokes Trump invitation for State of the Union; president says he’s ‘not surprised’ 8 minutes ago

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In this Jan. 11, 2019 photo, Juan Guaido, President of the Venezuelan National Assembly delivers a speech during a public session with opposition members, at a street in Caracas, Venezuela. The head of Venezuela's opposition-run congress says that with the nation's backing he's ready to take on Nicolas Maduro's presidential powers and call new elections.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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President Donald Trump speak to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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United States' Serena Williams reacts after losing a point to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

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FILE - In this May 30, 2018, file photo, then-San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster walks on the field during a practice at the team's NFL football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif. Prosecutors in Florida have decided not to pursue a domestic violence charge against NFL player Reuben Foster more than a month after he was released from the San Francisco 49ers following his arrest. Prosecutors in Tampa filed a notice of termination of prosecution on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of N.Y., accompanied by Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Katherine Clark, D-Mass., right, speaks at a news conference following a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, photo, Vice President Mike Pence, center, listens as President Donald Trump argues with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. Across the world, people are questioning truths they had long held to be self-evident, and they are dismissing some of them as fake news. They are replacing traditions they had long seen as immutable with haphazard reinvention. In the United States, a president who some accuse of upending ideals that the nation holds dear is aggressively abandoning protocol and customs that have prevailed through a dozen of his predecessors. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, a man throws a ball for his dog next to the border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico. In his demands that Congress set aside $5.7 billion for a border wall, President Donald Trump insists a physical barrier would stop heroin entering the U.S. from Mexico. But U.S. statistics, analysts and testimony at the trial of drug kingpin Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman in New York show that most hard drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico come through land ports of entry staffed by agents, not open sections of the border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018 file photo, Cliven Bundy talks to reporters outside Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters in Las Vegas. Brian Cavalier, the former bodyguard for Nevada rancher Bundy, has become the last person sentenced following the collapse of a federal prosecution stemming from an armed standoff with U.S land management agents nearly five years ago. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro sentenced Cavalier on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, to the 20 months he already served in custody for the April 2014 confrontation. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

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