Jan 03 Watch 1:51 Held up by the shutdown: Immigration hearings, FCC complaints, D.C. marriage licenses With all the attention on the showdown between Congress and the president, it’s easy to be distracted from the everyday impact of the government shutdown. Judy Woodruff explains some of these repercussions, from delayed immigration hearings to unresolved FCC complaints… Continue watching
Jan 03 Pelosi invites kids to podium for her swearing in By Associated Press Dozens of youngsters gathered around Pelosi on the dais as she raised her right hand as took the oath of office. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: House votes on plan to end partial shutdown By Joshua Barajas In one of its first official acts, the House passed a series of bills Thursday to fund several federal departments that are closed because of a partial government shutdown, which is now in its 13th day. Under the plan,… Continue reading
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 WATCH: House elects Pelosi speaker as Democrats take control By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The near party-line majority vote makes her the country's most powerful Democrat as the party begins two more years of confronting President Donald Trump. 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: 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
Dec 28 Pelosi taps Florida Democrat to lead reinstated climate change panel By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Rep. Kathy Castor said in a statement that she was honored to lead the special committee on climate change and pledged to "act with urgency to reduce carbon pollution" and "unleash" American ingenuity to create clean-energy jobs. Continue reading