Jan 24 Maduro faces off with U.S. over Venezuela rival’s power claim By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Venezuelans headed into uncharted political waters Thursday, with the young leader of a newly united and combative opposition claiming to hold the presidency and socialist President Nicolas Maduro digging in for a fight with the Trump administration. Continue reading
Jan 24 Votes on competing Senate bills seen as progress even if they fail By Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Associated Press The Senate is taking a new approach to ending the partial government shutdown by actually taking votes. Continue reading
Jan 24 Trump decides to delay State of the Union after showdown with Pelosi By Kevin Freking, Matthew Daly, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Following a high-stakes game of dare and double-dare, Trump conceded that "no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the House Chamber" and that he was not looking for an alternate option after Pelosi served notice… Continue reading
Jan 23 DACA recipients skeptical of Trump proposal to reopen government By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press President Donald Trump's latest plan to reopen the federal government would extend the program's protections for another three years, but the idea is likely dead on arrival. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 7:35 As Trump and Pelosi spar over State of the Union, Democrats consider funding compromise On day 33 of the government shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House won't host the president's State of the Union address until the shutdown is resolved. In response, President Trump said Pelosi is "afraid of the truth." Meanwhile,… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 5:28 Trump and Pelosi must ‘both give a little,’ says Sen. Rounds As the Senate prepares to vote on two funding proposals Thursday, what are their expectations for making progress to end the government shutdown? Judy Woodruff speaks to Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., for his take on how we got to this… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 5:06 ‘End this shutdown madness,’ says Sen. Van Hollen The Senate is scheduled to vote on two funding proposals Thursday, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., says he hasn't given up hope that the one to reopen the government for two weeks will pass. Judy Woodruff talks to Sen. Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 2:31 How Americans are coming together to support federal workers The weeks-long partial government shutdown has many Americans losing faith. But at the same time, groups are coalescing to provide support to the hundreds of thousands of federal employees going without their paychecks. Across the country, airports are setting up… Continue watching
Jan 23 Virginia’s redistricting plan, picked by court, could shift some districts toward Democrats By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press On Tuesday, a panel of federal judges chose new district lines from a series of proposals submitted by a special master. The judges gave all sides until Feb. 1 to file objections. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear… Continue reading
Jan 23 Manafort denies lying to investigators and breaching plea agreement By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Lawyers for Trump's former campaign chairman submitted a filing Wednesday aimed at knocking down claims that Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators after he began cooperating with them. Continue reading