Jan 17 Trump cancels Pelosi trip to Afghanistan amid shutdown By Associated Press A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the trip that President Donald Trump is canceling during the partial government shutdown was intended to express appreciation to U.S. troops and reaffirm the United States "ironclad commitment" to the NATO alliance. Continue reading
Jan 17 What does Elizabeth Warren believe? Where the candidate stands on 5 issues By Geoffrey Lou Guray Here is where Massachusetts Senator and 2020 White House contender Elizabeth Warren stands on some key issues. Continue reading
Jan 17 Illinois governor signs bill allowing state regulation of firearms dealers By John O'Connor, Associated Press Firearms dealers in Illinois must now show they are licensed with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and purchase a five-year state permit. Continue reading
Jan 17 House votes overwhelmingly to maintain Russian sanctions By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press In the House, 136 Republicans voted with Democrats, sending a strong bipartisan message of disapproval to President Donald Trump's administration on Russia. Continue reading
Jan 17 Shutdown ongoing, State Department sends diplomats back to work with pay By Matthew Lee, Catherine Lucey, Jill Colvin, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 17 Michael Cohen acknowledges rigging polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015 By Associated Press Technology company owner John Gauger said that Cohen promised him $50,000 for work including using computers to enter fake votes for Trump in a 2014 CNBC poll. Continue reading
Jan 17 Federal workers seeking unemployment aid doubles in number By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the shutdown, topping 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5. Continue reading
Jan 17 WATCH: Trump says U.S. will develop space-based missile defense By Deb Reichmann, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed the U.S. will develop an unrivaled missile defense system to protect against advanced hypersonic and cruise missile threats from competitors and adversaries. Continue reading
Jan 17 'I never said there was no collusion,' Trump lawyer Giuliani says By Associated Press President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says he's "never said there was no collusion" between Russia and members of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading
Jan 17 57 percent of voters say they won't support Trump in 2020 By Laura Santhanam Although the election is still nearly two years away, the large number of voters who oppose Trump as well as his low approval ratings suggest the president faces an uphill battle in winning re-election, according to the latest poll from… Continue reading