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In rebuke to Trump, GOP's Mitch McConnell wants border security deal without 'dysfunction'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday criticized both tactics that President Donald Trump has threatened to wield if congressional bargainers fail to craft a border security deal he supports: triggering a fresh government shutdown or declaring a national emergency so he can divert ...
Stacey Abrams to give Democrats' response to Trump's State of the Union
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Schumer told reporters Tuesday that he asked Abrams three weeks ago and he was "delighted" when she accepted. The ...
Some of the most influential forces in Democratic politics revolted Monday against former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's prospective presidential bid, insisting that an independent run would unintentionally help President Donald Trump win another four years in office. The critics included the Democratic chairman of Schultz's ...
Bipartisan Senate bill would require public report from Robert Mueller probe
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal are proposing that special counsel Robert Mueller be required to submit a report to Congress and the public when his Russia investigation is complete. Legislation introduced by Grassley, R-Iowa, and Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Monday would require ...
First round goes to Democrat Nancy Pelosi over Trump in shutdown skirmish
In the year's first test of divided government, give round one to Nancy Pelosi. And it wasn't really competitive. When the record 35-day partial federal shutdown began before Christmas, Pelosi had just won a vote-by-vote struggle for enough Democratic support to become House speaker. To ...
GOP and Democrat bills to end shutdown fail to prevail in Senate vote
A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, leaving President Donald Trump and Congress with no obvious formula for halting the longest-ever closure of federal agencies and the damage it is inflicting around ...
Rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump, admits his ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump. The Wall Street Journal reported that Cohen had paid the data firm RedFinch ...
Defying Trump, U.S. Senate advances measure critical of easing Russia sanctions
The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to move ahead with a resolution disapproving of a Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on Russian companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, clearing the way for debate and a vote on the plan. The vote marked a ...
Rep. Liz Cheney suggests GOP colleague Steve King 'find another line of work' after racist remarks
Republicans are dialing up the pressure on Rep. Steve King, with one GOP leader suggesting Tuesday that the nine-term Iowan leave Congress after the latest in a string of what she called his "racist" comments. "I'd like to see him find another line of work," ...
Shutdown bites economy and U.S. Coast Guard as Washington talks stall
The U.S. economy is taking a larger-than-expected hit from the partial government shutdown, White House estimates showed on Tuesday, as contractors and even the Coast Guard go without pay and talks to end the impasse seemed stalled. The shutdown dragged into its 25th day on ...
Top Republicans oppose border 'emergency' as shutdown drags on
Top Republican lawmakers on Sunday warned against Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to secure funds for a border wall, signaling doubts within the president's party as a government shutdown was set to enter a fourth workweek. Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security ...
Trump makes ex-coal lobbyist's position as chief of U.S. environment agency permanent
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler to run the agency permanently, the White House said, placing a former energy lobbyist at the helm of the nation's top environmental regulator. The widely anticipated nomination provides Trump another avid supporter of ...
