Category: Government

There is no evidence to date of any foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new joint report released by the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Tuesday. While specific conclusions remain classified, the report found that no “identified activities of a foreign government or foreign agent had a material impact on […]

Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and Republican Senator John Hoeven, members of the bipartisan conference committee, join the debate on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ Speaking exclusively to “Fox News Sunday,” a top Democrat on the bipartisan congressional committee negotiating a border security compromise indicated that his party would support “some sort of enhanced barrier” — but not a […]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he will not leave his office despite pressure from prominent lawmakers to resign over a racially offensive photo that appeared on his medical school yearbook page. The photo shows one person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe. Northam held a press conference on Saturday afternoon at […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday hardened their positions about a border wall, casting doubt on the prospects of Capitol Hill negotiations intended to reach a compromise and avoid a second government shutdown. “There’s not going to be any wall money in the legislation,” Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters. Her […]

President Trump reportedly met late last year with Russian President Vladimir Putin without a translator or aide from his administration present. The Financial Times reported Tuesday that Trump sat with Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in late November after an evening event. Trump was joined […]

Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert says that Trump’s decision to reopen the government without funding for a wall is part of his negotiation strategy. A key committee in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is moving to eliminate the words “so help you God” from the oath administered to witnesses testifying before the panel, as part of […]

The Trump administration began Tuesday its new policy of sending migrants seeking asylum back to Mexico, with the return of a Central American man over the border to Tijuana, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed. The migrant, a Honduran man, was sent back over the border under the Trump administration’s new policy requiring some […]

House Democrats have been very careful in the opening days of Congress to pick their fights carefully. Led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (California), the party stood up to President Donald Trump over his demands for a border wall — and won. But even with that victory in hand, top Democratic strategists are wary not […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday invited President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on February 5. The invitation from Pelosi comes after a planned January 29 date to give the address was scuttled due to the partial government shutdown. That led to a contentious back-and-forth between Trump and the House […]

On Twitter, Mr Trump said the deal to temporarily reopen government was “in no way a concession” on the wall. The bipartisan agreement announced on Friday covers just three weeks. Mr Trump indicated he might trigger another shutdown or declare a national emergency if his demands are not met. read more at bbc.com

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. “I am […]

Blame for the partial government shutdown continues to focus on President Donald Trump and his party in Congress, with the president’s overall job approval rating the lowest on record for any president after two years in office. But there’s criticism aplenty across the aisle as well. Fifty-three percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll […]