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'Seen, Heard & Whispered': The conversations happening in Washington's power corridors

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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., flanked by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer praises Donald Trump for ditching North Korea talks

President Trump's decision to walk away from a bad nuclear deal with North Korea won exceptional praise from Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, who said Thursday the president deserves credit for being willing to forgo a weak agreement.

February 28, 2019
"We learned that schools in the United States — from kindergarten to college — have provided a level of access to the Chinese government that the Chinese government has refused to provide to the United States," said Sen. Rob Portman, chairman of the investigative subcommittee. (Associated Press)

‘Confucius Institutes’ on U.S. campuses spur Senate investigation

China has invested more than $150 million over the last decade to establish propaganda-spewing Confucius Institutes at American colleges and universities, using the ostensible cultural centers as a tool to stifle debate in the U.S. about the communist regime's policies, according to a new Senate investigative report Wednesday.

February 27, 2019
A border wall prototype falls during demolition at the border between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in San Diego. The government is demolishing eight prototypes of Donald Trump's prized border wall that instantly became powerful symbols of his presidency when they were built nine months after he took office. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump wall prototypes torn down

The prototypes built as part of President Trump's border wall competition were torn down Wednesday after officials said they had served their purpose and were standing in the way of building a new section of actual border fencing.

February 27, 2019
Visitors walk around the 40-foot Maryland Peace Cross dedicated to World War I soldiers on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 in Bladensburg, Md. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Supreme Court ‘Peace Cross’ case tackles religious freedom debate

The Bladensburg Peace Cross, which today stands on public parkland at the center of two major roads in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, is at the center of a raging national controversy over the limits of public memorials, religious freedom, the separation of church and state -- and who wins and loses in debates over tolerance.

February 26, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, left, and others, speaks about a resolution to block President Donald Trump's emergency border security declaration on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 in Washington. House Democrats have introduced a resolution to block the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump issued last week to fund his long-sought wall along the U.S-Mexico border, setting up a fight that could result in Trump's first-ever veto. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House votes to overturn Trump emergency declaration

The House delivered a searing rebuke Tuesday to President Trump, voting to overturn his border emergency wall building declaration in a floor showdown Democrats said was nothing short of a historic stand against tyranny.

February 26, 2019
In this March 7, 2018, file photo, University of California President Janet Napolitano speaks during a meeting of The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)

Congress pressed to rebuff Trump emergency declaration

Former GOP lawmakers and national security officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations made public pleas Monday for Congress to rebuff President Trump's border emergency wall-building declaration, saying he's wrong both about the emergency and his own claims of presidential powers.

February 25, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump defends Robert Kraft, Alex Acosta amid sexual misconduct scandals

President Trump on Friday defended two allies facing controversies, saying he was "surprised" at prostitution solicitation charges lodged against NFL team owner Robert Kraft, and mounting a stiff defense of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who was dinged for his handling of a child exploitation case.

February 22, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump says he’ll veto attempt to stop wall building

Congress is barreling toward its first vote this week to try to overturn President Trump's border wall building emergency declaration, with the odds favoring them winning the initial skirmishes but ultimately losing the fight on Capitol Hill.

February 22, 2019