Politics Jan 22 Trump reportedly moving ahead with State of the Union next week amid shutdown The White House is moving forward with plans for the State of the Union address next week in front of a joint session of Congress — despite a letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting he delay it.
Politics Jan 22 Senate set to vote on 2 competing plans to end shutdown Senate leaders reached an agreement on Tuesday to vote this week on two competing proposals to end the government shutdown, including President Donald Trump's plan to have Congress pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that's likely to fail.
Politics Jan 21 WATCH: Trump marks MLK day with memorial visit The president had been criticized earlier in the day by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who said it was "an insult to the American people" that the White House was not commemorating the holiday with an event.
Politics Jan 21 Day 31: Trump and Congress struggle to find a starting point to end shutdown Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he'd billed as a compromise.
Politics Jan 20 Democrats aren’t buying Trump’s shutdown-ending ‘compromise’ In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while…
Politics Jan 19 Trump offers a ‘Dreamers’ deal for border-money proposal President Donald Trump sought to break the government shutdown impasse Saturday, offering to extend protections for young people brought to the country illegally as children, if Democrats give him $5.7 billion for his long-promised border wall.
Nation Jan 19 Trump paying tribute to Americans killed in Syrian attack President Donald Trump was paying tribute Saturday to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week as he set off to Dover Air Force Base for the return of their remains.
Nation Jan 19 Could 1st tangible signs of shutdown progress be emerging? The first tangible signs of movement may be emerging in the impasse that has shut down the government for weeks: President Donald Trump is promising a “major announcement” about the closure and the U.S.-Mexico border and Democrats are pledging more…
Nation Jan 17 Shutdown ongoing, State Department sends diplomats back to work with pay The State Department on Thursday instructed all U.S. diplomats in Washington and elsewhere to return to work next week with pay, saying it had found money for their salaries at least temporarily despite the ongoing government shutdown.
Economy Jan 16 Shutdown is having greater drag on economy than expected, Trump economists acknowledge In a call with reporters, White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Kevin Hassett said Tuesday the shutdown is reducing economic growth more than predicted. He said the "hope is this resolves quickly and that it won't have a major…