Jan 02 Departure of Trump's GOP critics in Senate leaves a void By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump's most prominent GOP critics on Capitol Hill are close to completing their Senate careers, raising the question of who — if anyone — will take their place as willing to publicly criticize a president who remains popular… Continue reading
Jan 02 On top of House Democrats' to-do list? Try to end the shutdown By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press House Democrats are sweeping into power this week on a campaign promise of improving government for ordinary Americans. But first, they'll have to get government reopened from the partial shutdown. Continue reading
Jan 02 Hill leaders to attend White House briefing on border security By Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down and President Donald Trump asks in a tweet, "Let's make a deal?"… Continue reading
Jan 02 Trump says Romney ought to be 'team player' By Associated Press President Donald Trump is responding to blistering criticism from Republican Sen.-elect Mitt Romney. Trump says he would "much prefer that Mitt focus on Border Security and so many other things where he can be helpful."… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 4:38 News Wrap: House Democrats to propose funding plan In our news wrap Monday, the partial government shutdown reached day 10, but House Democrats are formulating a plan that could end it. Their forthcoming proposal would fund the Department of Homeland Security into early February, allocating $1.3 billion for… Continue watching
Dec 31 Trump says he's 'ready' to negotiate with Dems to end the shutdown By Associated Press The president told the Fox News Channel in a year-end interview that Democratic congressional leaders "can come over right now" to try to hash out a solution to the partial government shutdown. Continue reading
Dec 31 Trump attacks critics for questioning pullout from Syria By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press When he announced he was pulling troops from Syria, President Trump said the withdrawal would be rapid. On Monday, he said he was "slowly" pulling troops out. Continue reading
Dec 31 China factory activity shrinks for the first time in 2 years By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's factory activity shrank in December for the first time in more than two years, an official survey showed Monday, intensifying pressure on Beijing to reverse an economic slowdown as it enters trade talks with the Trump administration. Continue reading
Dec 31 House Democrats unveil plan to open government By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The House is preparing to vote on the package Thursday when the new Congress convenes. This is according to an aide who was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Continue reading
Dec 31 Outgoing defense secretary Mattis urges employees to 'hold fast' By Robert Burns, Associated Press Jim Mattis, who resigned over a series of policy disagreements with Trump said he's confident Pentagon employees will remain "undistracted from our sworn mission to support and defend the Constitution while protecting our way of life."… Continue reading