White House: Trump OK with second shutdown over border spat
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says President Donald Trump is prepared for another government shutdown if Congress won’t work with him to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
Democrats refuse to fund Trump’s ‘immoral’ wall
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.
White House says Trump and Dems are ‘far apart’ on shutdown
Press secretary Sarah Sanders tells CBS Friday of Democrats: "They've left the table all together, so of course we are far apart."…
Day two of partial government shutdown: Mulvaney says ‘very possible’ shutdown stretches into 2019
On the second day of the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is again turning to Twitter to try to make his case for a border wall with Mexico — the sticking point in the budget impasse with Congress.
Trump is demanding $5 billion, but congressional Democrats are refusing to accede in a stalemate that provides a chaotic coda for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling government.
President Trump had made clear to confidantes that, for his third chief of staff, he wanted someone that he liked personally and who would not try to rein him in as John Kelly had during the first months of his…
President Donald Trump says budget director Mick Mulvaney will serve as acting chief of staff, replacing John Kelly in new year.
President Donald Trump is weighing at least four people to serve as his next chief of staff, after plans for an orderly succession for departing John Kelly fell through.
The Treasury Department said Monday that the deficit climbed $113 billion from fiscal year 2017.
