Dec 31 National parks suffer vandalism, overflowing toilets during government shutdown By Ellen Knickmeyer, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press "You're looking at Yosemite Falls and in front of you is plastic bottles and trash bags."… Continue reading
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 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 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 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 29 Trump, Democrats play the blame game in 2nd shutdown weekend By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the disruption in federal services and public employees' pay slogs into another weekend. Continue reading
Dec 28 How the shutdown could affect farmers hit by the trade war The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America's farmers. Then the government shut down. Continue reading
Dec 28 Shutdown to close D.C. museums and galleries by midweek By Associated Press Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation's capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on. So will the National Zoo and a lively ice rink near the National Mall. 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 28 White House says Trump and Dems are 'far apart' on shutdown By Associated Press Press secretary Sarah Sanders tells CBS Friday of Democrats: "They've left the table all together, so of course we are far apart."… Continue reading