Jan 03 Pelosi invites Trump to deliver State of the Union address on Jan. 29 By Associated Press Trump has delivered two major addresses before joint sessions of Congress — including his first State of the Union speech last year. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: Trump says he'll 'have to start watching PBS much more' By Joshua Barajas President Donald Trump made two references in recent days to PBS and its coverage of U.S.-North Korea relations -- first, in a tweet, and again during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: 'Without a wall you cannot have border security,' Trump says By Lisa Mascaro, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday on the 13th day of the partial government shutdown, as he continued to dig in his heels over his promised border wall. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: House votes on plan to end partial shutdown By Joshua Barajas In one of its first official acts, the House passed a series of bills Thursday to fund several federal departments that are closed because of a partial government shutdown, which is now in its 13th day. Under the plan,… Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: House elects Pelosi speaker as Democrats take control By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The near party-line majority vote makes her the country's most powerful Democrat as the party begins two more years of confronting President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jan 03 Pelosi not ruling out impeachment proceedings By Associated Press Pelosi says the partial government shutdown stemming from Trump's demand for wall funding has nothing to do with Democrats. Continue reading
Jan 03 Talks go nowhere as partial government shutdown enters 13th day By Lisa Mascaro, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press No one budged at President Donald Trump's closed-door meeting with congressional leaders, so the partial government shutdown persisted over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. They'll all try again Friday. Continue reading
Jan 02 AP fact check: Trump's claims on border wall, drug prices, Mattis By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump is, at once, demanding billions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury for a border wall and insisting the wall won't really cost America anything. Continue reading
Jan 02 WATCH: Trump fires at Democrats over shutdown, says Vatican has 'biggest wall of them all' By Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Wednesday at a Cabinet meeting at the White House that if Democrats are going to say a border wall is "immoral," then "you've got to do something about the Vatican."… Continue reading
Jan 02 WATCH: A border barrier would be 'overkill,' Trump's AG nominee said in 1992 interview By Daniel Bush In a 1992 interview on the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on PBS, William Barr, President Donald Trump's pick to serve as attorney general, told host Jim Lehrer that he disagreed with a proposal to build a barrier along the border. Continue reading