The House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would reopen the government through February, but the measure is unlikely to end what has become the longest government in U.S. history.
Read moreThe federal government shutdown over funding for a border wall has lasted 26 days, the longest in U.S. history, but Americans are not interested in their party making any concession that would end the impasse, according to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday.
Read moreDenying federal employees a pass on working unpaid during the government shutdown, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that bending to their demands would be “profoundly irresponsible” and throw the nation into “disarray.”
Read moreWith the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat, declaring he would “never ever back down.”
Read moreThe Senate is not set to confirm William Barr as U.S. attorney general until Tuesday, but an advance copy of the nominee’s statement shows Barr will vow not to interfere in the special counsel’s investigation.
Read moreSen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday encouraged President Trump to reopen government for several weeks to continue negotiating with Democrats over the border wall . If there’s no deal at the end of that time, Graham said, Trump should be free to take the dramatic step of declaring a national emergency to build it.
Read moreAs thousands of workers missed their first paycheck Friday because of the government shutdown, a new federal class action from air traffic controllers details how a handful are struggling to make ends meet.
Read moreLebanon’s state-run National News Agency says the country’s foreign minister has asked Beirut’s representative at the U.N. Security Council to file a complaint over Israel’s building of a wall along their shared border.
Read morePresident Donald Trump tamped down expectations that he is close to declaring a national emergency to get the money he desires to build his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall as a three-week impasse closing parts of the government continued on Friday.
Read moreIn his first presidential visit to the Texas-Mexico border on Thursday, President Donald Trump was met with protests hours after he threatened to declare a national emergency to get funding for his signature campaign promise of a border wall.
Read moreWith the partial government shutdown in its 20th day, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed two bills that would reopen several shuttered government agencies, as a potential long-shot deal to reopen the government crumbled in the Senate.
Read moreRepresentatives for FBI special agents petitioned the White House and Congress to end the government shutdown Thursday, calling it a matter of national security to ensure that nearly 13,000 agents do not miss their first paycheck Friday.
Read moreThe federal government has started surveying land along the border in Texas and announced plans to start construction next month, but rather than surrender their land, some property owners are digging in, vowing to reject buyout offers and preparing to fight the administration in court.
Read morePresident Donald Trump “got up and walked out” of a Wednesday meeting over the government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would not approve money for a wall along the southern border.
Read moreIn an address from the Oval Office Tuesday night, President Donald Trump continued to ramp up rhetoric around what the administration deems is a “crisis” occurring at the southern border of the United States.
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Read moreWith no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will take his case to the nation Tuesday night that a “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long wall he’s demanding before ending the partial government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers face missed paychecks Friday as the shutdown drags through a third week.
Read moreWith no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is standing firm in his border wall funding demands and newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.
Read moreA Friday meeting between congressional leaders and President Donald Trump produced no resolution to the ongoing partial government shutdown, as Trump said he would be willing to keep the government closed for “months or even years” until he gets the funding he has demanded for a border wall.
Read moreNo one budged at President Donald Trump’s closed-door meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, so the partial government shutdown persisted due to his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. They’ll try again Friday.
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