Jan 21 New York state will pay to keep Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island open By Associated Press The state will spend $65,000 a day beginning Monday for the federal employees who operate the sites. Continue reading
Jan 21 McConnell opposes Trump on ending filibusters By Associated Press Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing back against President Donald Trump's calls to end Senate filibusters. Continue reading
Jan 21 More texts turned over from FBI agent taken off Mueller team By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department has turned over to Congress additional text messages involving an FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team. Continue reading
Jan 21 Women of color at the forefront as Women’s March rally encourages voter registration By Rebecca Oh Thousands attended the Women’s March “Power to the Polls” event in Las Vegas, which kicked off a nationwide voter registration campaign. Continue reading
Jan 21 Trump’s attempts to show voter fraud appear to have stalled By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press President Donald Trump hasn't backed away from his unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegally cast ballots cost him the popular vote in 2016, but his efforts to investigate it appear to have stalled. Continue reading
Jan 21 It’s day 2 of the government shutdown. Where are we? By Lisa Desjardins As the government shutdown stretches into a second day, both the House and Senate are preparing to reconvene. What happens now?… Continue reading
Jan 21 Shutdown challenges Trump’s dealmaker branding By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump's latest attempt to broker a big, bipartisan deal has turned into a big mess. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 5:30 White House involvement complicates government shutdown By PBS News Hour For the second time since 2013, Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a deal that would keep much of the government open. A late-night meeting between President Trump and Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer fell short of an agreement on… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 2:46 One year into Trump’s term, the Women’s March returns By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman People around the country Saturday rallied for the 2018 Women's March to protest President Donald Trump's stance on a range of issues affecting women, people of color, immigrants and others. The demonstrations took place a year after more than 3… Continue watching
Jan 20 Signs of government shutdown spotty but symbolic By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Symbols of American promise became emblems of American dysfunction on Saturday when a dispute in Congress over spending and immigration forced scores of federal government agencies and outposts to close their doors. Continue reading