Politics

Congress’ latest funding fight, explained

By Lisa Desjardins

Congress needs to reach a spending deal in the next few days to avoid another government shutdown.

WATCH: Trump says he’d ‘love to see a shutdown’ if Congress won’t back immigration plan

By Associated Press

The president commented during a White House roundtable on the MS-13 gang, where he also blasted the "stupidity" of U.S. immigration law.

Pentagon says war in Afghanistan costs taxpayers $45 billion per year

By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press

Lawmakers, skeptical about the prospects of victory, grilled the Trump administration Tuesday on the direction of the nation's longest-running war, now in its 17th year.

WATCH: White House addresses infrastructure plan, immigration

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

The Trump administration wants to generate $1 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next decade. But only $200 billion would be federal dollars.

Bannon to speak with Mueller investigators next week

By Chad Day, Associated Press

Bannon is expected to face questions about key events during his time in the White House, including Trump's firings of former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump’s nuclear strategy leaves little room for arms control

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

There's a place for arms control in the Trump administration's new nuclear strategy. It's a very small place.

Trump highlighted his financial skill, but went silent as markets took a nose dive

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump has maintained an uncharacteristic silence since the stock market fell more than 1,150 points at Monday's close.

Pence doesn’t rule out North Korea meeting at upcoming Olympics

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

"We'll see what happens," the vice president said before departing Monday on a six-day Asia trip.

WATCH: Paul Ryan briefly addresses classified memo

By Associated Press

Previously, the president has said the memo "totally vindicates" him. When House Speaker Paul Ryan was asked about Trump's comments in today's conference, he didn't directly answer whether the memo vindicated the president.

House panel votes to release Democratic memo on Russia probe. It now goes to President Trump

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Catherine Lucey, associated press

The Democratic document aims to counter the Republican document, which accused the FBI and Justice Department of abusing their authority in monitoring a onetime Trump campaign associate.