Politics Sep 29 Government shutdown draws closer as congressional leaders head to the White House By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Sep 29 WATCH: Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without a deal to avoid a shutdown A government shutdown fast approaching, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Monday afternoon showing little willingness to compromise from their entrenched positions in order to avoid a lapse in funding. By Stephen Groves, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Sep 19 WATCH: Johnson speaks after House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown Prospects looked dimmer in the Senate, where the two parties show no signs of budging on the matter. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Sep 17 Democrats stake out opposition to spending bill, raising threat of a shutdown House Republicans unveiled the spending bill Tuesday. By Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Sep 16 WATCH: House Republicans release short-term measure to avoid shutdown The bill generally funds agencies at current levels, though there is an extra $88 million to boost security for lawmakers and members of the Supreme Court and the executive branch. By Associated Press
Sep 09 WATCH: ‘Yield, man.’ Speaker Johnson calls on Democratic mayors to let troops into their cities By Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a news conference Tuesday that he could not understand why any Democrats would think it’s a good political message to oppose the deployments. Continue reading
Sep 08 House Democrats release image of alleged Trump birthday note to Epstein By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The House Oversight Committee has obtained the “infamous ‘Birthday Book’ that contains a note from President Trump that he has said does not exist,” the committee’s top Democrat said Monday. Continue reading
Sep 08 Speaker Johnson says he misspoke about Trump being an FBI informant in the Epstein case By Associated Press House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that he didn’t mean to suggest in a recent interview that Trump had or had not been an FBI informant in the case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading
Sep 03 Republicans planning a ‘midterm convention’ ahead of next fall’s congressional elections, Johnson confirms By Associated Press The idea is to give Republicans a chance to make their case to voters, who tend to reject the party in power during midterm cycles. Continue reading
Sep 02 Many of the Epstein case files that were just released by a House committee were already public By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, responding to mounting pressure in Congress to force more… Continue reading