The White House went on the offensive Monday in what likely will be a prolonged battle with congressional Democrats, arguing the party refus...
Just what have Pence, Democratic aides been discussing as shutdown plods on?
President Donald Trump keeps demanding more money for his southern border wall. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will give him “nothing f...
Will Democrats stop the Senate from doing other legislating until the government shutdown ends?
Will Senate Republicans be stopped from working on anything else legislatively before the partial government shutdown ends? Whether or not t...
Trump to visit U.S.-Mexico border Thursday
President Donald Trump will travel Thursday to the U.S.-Mexico border amid an ongoing government shutdown over the proposed barrier he says ...
Former Reps. Mia Love, Luis Gutiérrez join CNN as commentators
Reps. Mia Love and Luis Gutiérrez have wasted no time finding new gigs after leaving Congress last week. Love, a Utah Republican and the onl...
Bernie Sanders‘ hometown paper doesn‘t want him to run for president
Sen. Bernie Sanders is widely considered a top contender for the Democratic party nomination in 2020, but he doesn’t have the backing of wha...
Grijalva’s moment arrives as he takes Natural Resources gavel
As climate change and immigration lead priorities for the new House Democratic majority, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva may just be the man for the m...
House Democrats’ budget to assume corporate tax increase
Rep. John Yarmuth, the new House Budget chairman, said his chamber’s budget blueprint will aim to claw back lost revenue by boosting the cor...
Immigration case backlog keeps growing as shutdown drags on
The partial federal government shutdown has closed most immigration courts, exacerbating the immigration case backlog as judges postpone sco...
Trump administration approves plan for restroom cleanup, trash collection at National Parks
As the partial government shutdown enters Day 16, the restrooms at National Parks are going to be cleaned. Acting Interior Secretary David B...
Trump predicts he’ll get $5.6B for border wall — even if it takes a national emergency
President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters he doubts he will have to accept less than his $5.6 billion demand for his proposed southern...
Back again Sunday: No breakthrough in Saturday discussions on shutdown
Trump administration officials and senior congressional aides did not talk about specific border wall funding levels during a Saturday meeti...
Democrats skeptical weekend talks will hold beyond next Trump tweet
Congressional leaders deployed senior aides for talks Saturday talks in Vice President Mike Pence’s office on ending a partial government. B...
USPS IG clears conservative group of wrongdoing in Spanberger file release
The U.S. Postal Service inspector general officially cleared a prominent conservative research group of any wrongdoing for getting its hands...
Presidential Contradictions: Three takeaways from Trump‘s Friday fracas
ANALYSIS | President Donald Trump emerged from the Oval Office Friday afternoon after what congressional Democratic leaders described as a “...
