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President Trump will spend Christmas in Washington due to the ongoing partial government shutdown. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Sunday that first lady Melania Trump will fly back from Florida “so they can spend Christmas together.” Trump later tweeted the news. On Friday, Melania and their 12-year-old son, Barron, left the nation’s capital for Mar-a-Lago to keep the family's tradition of celebrating Christmas in Palm Beach alive. It is not immediately clear if Barron will also be returning to Washington with his mother. Trump was supposed to leave Friday for the 16-day vacation, but he announced that...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has drawn guffaws from the pro-life community for comments saying that embryonic stem cell research, which involves the destruction of days-old human embryos, is a "gift from God." Her remarks came after the House approved a bill to force Americans to fund it. "Science is a gift of God to all of us, and science has taken us to a place that is biblical in its power to cure... And that is embryonic stem cell research," Pelosi said.Her comments produced an immediate reaction from pro-life groups, including Tony Perkins the head...

In unearthed letter urged President-elect Clinton to 'reform' country A letter to Bill Clinton written by the co-counsel who successfully argued the Roe v. Wade decision urged the then-president-elect to "eliminate the barely educated, unhealthy and poor segment of our country" by liberalizing abortion laws. Ron Weddington, who with his wife Sarah Weddington represented "Jane Roe," sent the four-page letter to President Clinton's transition team before Clinton took office in January 1993. The missive turned up in an exhibit put together by the watchdog legal group Judicial Watch, which has been researching the Clinton administration's policy on the abortion drug...