Some say the temporary holiday peacetime was instigated from just a single German voice cutting the silence in northern France with the line: “You no shoot, we no shoot.”
Considering there was substantial GDP growth in the previous three financial quarters, a recession is not on the immediate horizon. However, it could be in the not too distant future.
After missing volunteers, incorrect ballots, precincts with varying hours, and very long lines plagued Election Day in Chesterfield County, Virginia, one elections board member said the instances were tantamount to the “old Soviet Union.”
The Senate has adjourned without considering the $5.7 billion measure from the House that includes border wall funding, but will reconvene tomorrow at noon to deliberate.
The House of Representatives adjourned less than an hour ago, ensuring that the legislation is now in the hands of a Senate that is unlikely to pass the funding measure before midnight tonight.
After a distinguished 44-year career in the military and arguments with President Trump over Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave the White House in early 2019.