Jan 03 WATCH: Speaker Pelosi heralds ‘new dawn’ at opening of 116th Congress By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press In a nod to the moment, Pelosi, the first female speaker, was broadly pledging to make Congress work for all Americans. 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 Watch 6:45 Why this government shutdown represents a ‘historic first’ It's day 12 of the partial government shutdown. President Trump met with congressional leaders Wednesday afternoon, the day before Democrats take control of the House, to reiterate that affected government agencies would remain closed as long as it takes to… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 5:01 White House: Trump made ‘good faith offer’ to Democrats on border wall The White House director of strategic communications says President Trump proposed a plan to Democrats to fund a southern border wall and resolve the partial government shutdown, but they "refused to negotiate." A Wednesday meeting hasn't yet led to a… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 5:29 Hoyer: Democrats support border security, not taking the government ‘hostage’ House Democrats are “prepared to negotiate” with President Trump on border security, said incoming majority leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, but they don’t want the government, or the country, to be “penalized” in the meantime. Hoyer talks to Judy Woodruff about… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 5:06 Federal workers’ union calls government shutdown ‘unconscionable’ The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is suing the Trump administration, arguing that it's illegal to force 400,000 federal employees to work without pay. According to J. David Cox, the president of the union, the Fair Labor Standards Act… Continue watching
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 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