January 28, 2019 Group of Border Patrol wives invite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Texas border town A group of women whose husbands patrol America's southern border along the banks of the Rio Grande are inviting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to come to Texas so she can see first-hand why a barrier between the U.S. and Mexico is desperately needed.
January 28, 2019 Federal employees return to work after longest-ever shutdown – but for how long? Hundreds of thousands of federal employees returned to work Monday morning after missing paychecks for more than a month during the longest-ever government shutdown -- but fears of another shutdown loom as the White House and Congress appear no closer to a long-term funding deal despite giving themselves breathing room to negotiate.
January 28, 2019 Donald Trump and the shutdown reveal him as The Wizard of Oz -- all smoke and bluster and not much else Last week Nancy Pelosi stood up to Donald Trump. And just like Dorothy, Pelosi exposed Trump for who he really is…the Wizard of Oz. After two years of using threats and Twitter to demean and demonize the country, Trump’s power melted away faster than the Wicked Witch of the West...
January 27, 2019 Trump doubts he'd accept any deal Congress strikes for border wall White House officials dangled the possibility of another partial shutdown next month.
January 26, 2019 Trump renews call to 'build the wall' after reopening government, warns 'both parties very dug in' President Trump on Saturday promised supporters that the wall on the southern border will be built, a day after he agreed to temporarily re-open the government without funding for a wall -- but warned that “both parties [are] very dug in.”
January 26, 2019 Dems must join Trump in wall compromise to keep government open We will face another government shutdown crisis in three weeks if Democrats fail to make a reasonable compromise with Trump on border wall funding.
January 25, 2019 Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown Hours after President Trump announced that a deal had been reached to temporarily end the partial government shutdown, he took to Twitter defending the move, insisting that he had not caved on his sought-after funding for border security.
January 25, 2019 Trump, Democrats reach temporary deal to end shutdown President Trump said Friday that he will support a short-term spending bill to re-open the government, temporarily ending the partial government shutdown that has dragged on for more than a month -- despite a day earlier saying Republicans would not “cave” on his demands for funding for a wall on the southern border.
January 25, 2019 State of the Union now in the works for February 5, source says Amid President Trump’s announcement Friday about the agreement on a short-term spending bill to re-open the government, moving forward with the State of the Union to occur as originally scheduled is apparently not an option, ӣƵ has learned.
January 25, 2019 Schumer, politicians, react to Trump's shutdown announcement: 'Hopefully now the president has learned his lesson' Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reacted Friday to President Trump’s announcement that he would support a short-term bill to re-open the government, following a months-long partial government shutdown and stalemate between Republicans and Democrats on funding for a wall at the border.