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Trump to welcome 'Chuck and Nancy' back to White House

WASHINGTON - On paper, President Donald Trump's schedule Tuesday looks like something drawn up by the producers of a White House reality show with a plot line that combines the president's long-running "Chuck and Nancy" melodrama with his struggle to make any progress on rebuilding America's infrastructure.

Trump will put no infrastructure package on the table when Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California return to the Oval Office. But neither will they, despite Democratic promises to work with Trump when possible.

In a capital now accustomed to governance by tweet and a president who spends much of his day watching Fox News, impromptu theater often is the point.

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