Dec 28 Democrats refuse to fund Trump’s ‘immoral’ wall By Associated Press Democrats are holding firm in the standoff over a border wall, saying they won't seriously consider any White House offer to end the government shutdown until it has a public endorsement from President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Dec 28 Jerry Brown wraps a 5-decade history in California politics By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Brown leaves the governorship with an unmatchable history in California politics. Continue reading
Dec 28 AP fact check: Trump makes false claim to troops about pay By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In his first visit to U.S. troops in a conflict zone, President Donald Trump drew cheers when he told troops he won them their first raise in 10 years and suggested it was a whopping one. Neither is true. Here's… Continue reading
Dec 28 White House says Trump and Dems are ‘far apart’ on shutdown By Associated Press Press secretary Sarah Sanders tells CBS Friday of Democrats: "They've left the table all together, so of course we are far apart."… Continue reading
Dec 28 Despite a year of bad news, most Americans remain optimistic about 2019 By Jessica Yarvin Sixty percent of Americans are optimistic about next year according to a new poll form PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist, while 37 percent said they were generally more pessimistic about 2019. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch 2:19 Stuck in shutdown standstill, GOP seems to punt to next Congress Leaders in Congress announced that the House won't hold any votes over the weekend and that the Senate won't vote before the last day of the current Congress. President Trump has said he isn't budging on his demands for funds… Continue watching
Dec 27 House Republicans say no votes expected for remainder of week, making continued shutdown likely By Associated Press Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are on unpaid furlough and even more are required to work without pay after Trump and Congress could not reach consensus on a short-term funding bill last week. Continue reading
Dec 27 How Trump has rewritten the rules of the presidency By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Taking a wrecking ball to decorum and institutions, Trump has changed, in ways both subtle and profound, how Washington works and how it is viewed by the rest of the nation and world. Continue reading
Dec 27 California moves up primary, wants bigger impact 2020 vote By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Early voting in California's primary will overlap with the traditional early nominating contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. That could force the sprawling field of Democrats to navigate those states as well as California's notoriously complex landscape,… Continue reading
Dec 27 Trump is the third American president to visit Iraq President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday to meet U.S. troops. It's the sixth time that a U.S. president has visited Iraq. Continue reading