Democratic congressional leaders hammered President Trump early Saturday as large swaths of the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach a deal over funding for…
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President Trump has discussed firing Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell after the central bank announced this week that it would raise interest rates, Bloomberg reports. The Fed’s…
President Trump acknowledged late Friday that the government was heading toward a partial shutdown but insisted it was Democrats’ responsibility to bring the funding lapse…
Congress failed to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday and doesn’t appear to have a clear path forward as lawmakers continue to squabble over…
President Trump reportedly fumed to his acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, after his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty last month for misstatements he made to Congress while…
President Trump on Friday signed into law a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill after it overwhelmingly passed both chambers earlier this week.The bill, called the…
Incoming White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney called President Trump’s views on a border wall “absurd and almost childish” in 2015, according to comments…
The federal government appears headed toward a partial shutdown, a move that would lead to some agencies furloughing workers or others keeping essential staff on…
President Trump said Friday that he is “totally prepared for a very long shutdown” over funding for his proposed border wall.”I hope we don’t, but…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is calling for hearings on President Trump’s plans to withdraw troops from Syria and…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he was “distressed” by Defense Secretary James Mattis’s resignation announcement Thursday.“I believe it’s essential that the United States maintain…
A judge ruled Thursday that four people suing President Trump and the Trump Organization regarding sham business schemes can remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.The plaintiffs…
Zachary Fuentes, a 36-year-old deputy of outgoing White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, devised a plan to remain on the White House payroll for…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan would be a “high risk strategy” that could pave “the way toward a…
The House passed a stopgap government funding measure Thursday night in a 217-185 vote that includes $5.7 billion for President Trump’s wall on the Mexican…
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners on Thursday afternoon that President Trump got word to him that he would veto any government funding bill…
President Trump legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp Thursday when he signed a widespread, bipartisan farm bill aimed at boosting the agriculture industry. The fiber of…
President Trump on Thursday dug in on his demand for border wall funding in a must-pass spending bill, heightening the risk of a government shutdown.“I’ve…
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Thursday said he wished President Trump hadn’t released a video defending his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, calling…
President Trump is hitting back at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) over his opposition to plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria.“So hard to believe…