It’s not unusual for airport security agents tasked with screening passengers to call out sick in noticeable numbers after the holidays. But with a partial government shutdown entering its third week — and threatening to deny the nation’s 51,000 Transportation Security Administration employees involved in the screening process a paycheck come Friday — the idea […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday afternoon that White House and congressional negotiators had made minimal progress at their weekend meeting, as the partial government shutdown entered its third week. “V.P. Mike Pence and team just left the White House. Briefed me on their meeting with the Schumer/Pelosi representatives. Not much headway made today,” […]
President Donald Trump is lashing out at fresh talk of impeachment as House Democrats assert their new power in Congress. And he’s blaming them for the recent big losses in the stock market. In a Friday morning tweet, Trump claims he predicted that if the Democrats were to take over the House that there would […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened Friday to keep the government shut down for months or even years if he doesn’t get money for his border wall and said he is considering declaring a national emergency to build the barrier if necessary. “We can call a national emergency because of the security of our country,” […]
A federal grand jury being used by the team of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been extended, Fox News has learned. The original term of 18 months for the Washington, D.C.-based jury expired on Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear if the extension is for another six months. A grand jury may serve more than 18 […]
President Trump on Friday threatened to keep roughly a quarter of the federal government closed for years amid a dispute over border-wall funding, the latest sign the president and congressional Democrats remain far apart on resolving the two-week-long shutdown. Trump confirmed after a heated, closed-door meeting that he “absolutely” told Democrats the shutdown could last […]
A California congressman is introducing articles of impeachment against President Trump on Thursday — the first day of the new Democratic majority in the House. Rep. Brad Sherman is reintroducing the impeachment articles that he first filed in 2017 with Democratic co-sponsor Rep. Al Green of Texas, a spokesman said. “He will be introducing the same […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was elected speaker of the House Thursday for a second time, as Democrats took control of the lower chamber. Pelosi, 78 — who retook the speaker’s gavel after a formal floor vote that lasted about an hour — reclaimed the House’s top leadership post amid a congressional face-off with […]
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked President Donald Trump in a searing op-ed on Tuesday, saying Trump’s lack of character is his “most glaring” shortfall. In Romney’s op-ed, published in The Washington Post, saying Trump has not “risen to the mantle” of the presidency and accused him of causing distress around the globe. “His […]
As the fight over the federal government shutdown entered the new year, President Trump on Tuesday expressed his desire to “make a deal” with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi over funding for his border wall. Pelosi is poised to become speaker of the House when Democrats officially take back control of the chamber on Thursday. […]
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to reporters outside her home in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 31, after announcing plans to explore a campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren essentially kicked off her 2020 presidential campaign on Monday, announcing an exploratory committee — a formal step toward seeking the Democratic nomination […]
President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to close the nation’s southern border if Congress doesn’t fund his border wall. “We build the wall or,” Trump wrote in a string of tweets. “…close the southern border.” Trump also said he would cut off aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, where violence and crime have motivated […]
