Jan 18 Pence defends wife’s teaching job at school that bars gays By Associated Press Pence is responding to media reports of his wife returning to teach at a school that says it can refuse to employ gay and lesbian teachers or enroll children with gay or lesbian parents. Continue reading
Jan 18 Rudy Giuliani denies his client Donald Trump told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress By Associated Press The report says Cohen said Trump directed him to lie and investigators have additional documents and testimony backing that up. Continue reading
Jan 18 Congress will investigate whether Donald Trump told lawyer Michael Cohen to lie By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press BuzzFeed, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, said Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress and that Cohen regularly briefed Trump and his family on the Trump Tower project in Moscow — even as Trump said he had no business… Continue reading
Jan 18 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi cancels Afghanistan trip By Associated Press Pelosi claims the White House leaked her plans to travel to the war zone. Continue reading
Jan 18 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stands back as shutdown drags on By Lisa Mascaro, Adam Beam, Associated Press The Republican leader has been conspicuously deferential to Trump since the shutdown began. Continue reading
Jan 18 What does Kirsten Gillibrand believe? Where the candidate stands on 11 issues By Rachel Wellford, Lisa Desjardins Here's where New York Senator and 2020 White House contender Kirsten Gillibrand stands on key issues. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 5:21 Trump’s move to cancel congressional trip during shutdown raises debate On day 27 of the partial government shutdown, President Trump rescinded approval for a military plane, effectively cancelling a trip to Afghanistan planned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation. The move comes after Pelosi asked to postpone… Continue watching
Jan 17 Trump cancels U.S. delegation trip to Davos economic forum By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that out of consideration for the 800,000 federal workers not getting paid, the president has nixed his delegation's trip to the World Economic Forum. Continue reading
Jan 17 How the shutdown might end, according to game theory By Nsikan Akpan We can find some clues to how the shutdown might end in game theory, which uses math to map out how players and their strategies evolve in the real world. Continue reading
Jan 17 Why more furloughed workers are filing for unemployment By Gretchen Frazee If Congress back pays employees once the shutdown ends, the workers would be required to pay back any unemployment benefits they received. Continue reading