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President Donald Trump plans to meet with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle on Monday, as a possible government shutdown looms, a White House official confirmed to Fox News. The meeting comes after the president canceled one last week with Democrats, claiming they had "unserious and ridiculous demands." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., were set to meet with Trump on Thursday to discuss a path forward to avert a partial government shutdown before the Sept. 30 deadline. Schumer and Jeffries will now meet with Trump, along with House Speaker Mike...

<p>PLAISTOW, N.H. - Despite having spent the morning inching along an icy sidewalk, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted Saturday that she knows when to dig in her heels and when to compromise.</p> <p>After going door-to-door to meet voters in Manchester, Clinton attended a rally in a high school gym, where she spent more time than usual focusing on her resume.</p>

His thesis was that the recession would someday end. And at the end of that recession, he wanted his department to own the industry of the products that they sold, lock, stock and barrel. While competitors were hunkering down to "ride out the recession" this company was pushing hard, even as low as they were, so that when the sun broke out from behind the clouds, they would look around them and see that much of the market previously owned by their competitors was now theirs . . . and that those markets were back to expansion and optimism, with...

by Fr. Thomas Euteneuer Other Articles by Fr. Thomas EuteneuerContact this Author Adamant in Our Support of the Pope 09/22/06 A friend of mine offered a tongue-in-cheek reflection about the recent flare-up of Islamic fanaticism concerning the pope's remarks. "There is a large group of picketers in front of the cathedral demanding that the pope apologize for Notre Dame's loss to Michigan this past Saturday!" Right on! But that humorous portrayal of a protest indicates that there are humane ways for decent people to handle their differences, and killing innocent people is not one of them. Quite frankly I'm disgusted by...

Homosexual activists and Democrats are urging Republicans to remove Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., from his leadership position for remarks about a Supreme Court case, but a transcript of questions asked during oral arguments indicate justices share his constitutional concerns. The rights groups contend Santorum's comments in an Associated Press interview about a case challenging the constitutionality of a Texas sodomy law, Lawrence v. Texas, were "disparaging an entire group of Americans." Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. However, an attorney who was present during the March 26 oral arguments said Santorum merely echoed the argument of the state of Texas, which is...