Dec 31 Trump's promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Three confidantes of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president's signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised. Continue reading
Dec 31 AP fact check: Trump's false claims on migrant child deaths By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump twisted circumstances behind the deaths of two migrant Guatemalan children to insulate his administration from any blame, contending without justification that they were in dire health before they reached the border. Here's a look at the president's… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 25:00 December 30, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 30, no signs of overcoming a stalemate as the government shutdown heads into the new year, and we sit down with California's highest-ranking Muslim judge to discuss his professional success, and his faith. Plus,… Continue watching
Dec 30 Chief of staff Kelly: Trump backed away from wall months ago By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump long ago backed away from his campaign pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, his outgoing chief of staff said, as the president's demand for "border security" funding triggered a partial government shutdown with no… Continue reading
Dec 30 No talk of solution to shutdown, president tweets blame By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump was firing Twitter barbs at Democrats this weekend as talks to end a weeklong partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate. Continue reading
Dec 28 Democrats refuse to fund Trump's 'immoral' wall By Associated Press Democrats are holding firm in the standoff over a border wall, saying they won't seriously consider any White House offer to end the government shutdown until it has a public endorsement from President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Dec 27 AP: Father of boy who died in U.S. custody heard rumors they could cross border By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press After hearing the rumors, Agustin Gomez thought he should take advantage of "the opportunity" to fulfill his son's dreams. He grabbed a few changes of clothing, bought the boy new shoes and left with what money he had, the boy's… Continue reading
Dec 27 White House and congressional Democrats see no deal on shutdown By Juliet Linderman, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon. Continue reading
Dec 26 After the holidays, partial government shutdown to gain impact By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Wednesday brings the first full business day after several government departments and agencies closed up over the weekend due to a budgetary stalemate between President Donald Trump and Congress. And there is no end in sight. Continue reading
Dec 25 Trump: Government won't reopen 'until we have a wall' By Darlene Superville, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The president's comments seemingly dashed hope for a Christmas miracle that would soon allow several departments to reopen and employees to return to work. Continue reading