Democrats prepare own border security package shunning President Trump's wall
WASHINGTON — House Democrats, feeling pressure to display their vision for border security, are preparing a package that would ignore President Donald Trump's demand for $5.7 billion for a wall with Mexico and would instead pay for other ideas aimed at protecting the border.As the government slogged through a record 33rd day of its partial shutdown Wednesday, details of Democrats' border security plan and its cost remained a work in progress.
'We're moving forward:' President Trump plans to deliver State of the Union address Jan. 29
WASHINGTON -- The White House is moving forward with plans for President Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union speech next week in front of a joint session of Congress — despite a letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting he delay it.The White House sent an email to the House sergeant-at-arms asking to schedule a walk-through in anticipation of a Jan. 29 address, according to a White House official who was not authorized to discuss the planning by name and spoke on condition of anonymity."Nancy Pelosi made the invitation to the president on the State of the Union.
Pres. Trump's former lawyer delays testimony to Congress due to 'his family and their safety'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will not testify before a House committee next month as scheduled, his adviser said Wednesday, Jan. 23, depriving Democrats for now of a prime opportunity to scrutinize President Trump, his links to Russia and payments to buy the silence of a porn star.Cohen indefinitely delayed his Feb. 7 appearance before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.
President Trump visits MLK memorial
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has paid a visit to the Martin Luther King Jr.
Shutdown goes on as President Trump's offer doesn't budge Democrats
WASHINGTON — Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he'd billed as a compromise.President Trump on Sunday branded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "radical" and said she was acting "irrationally." The president also tried to fend off criticism from the right, as conservatives accused him of embracing "amnesty" for immigrants in the country illegally.President Trump offered on Saturday to temporarily extend protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall.
Democrats aren't buying President Trump's shutdown-ending 'compromise'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall.
President Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attack
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — A solemn procession.
Pres. Trump offers a 'Dreamers' deal for border-money proposal
WASHINGTON -- In a bid to break the shutdown impasse and fund his long-promised border wall, President Donald Trump on Saturday offered to extend temporary protection for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
First tangible signs of shutdown progress may be emerging
WASHINGTON — The first tangible signs of movement may be emerging in the impasse that has shut down the government for weeks: President Donald Trump is promising a "major announcement" about the closure and the U.S.-Mexico border and Democrats are pledging more money for border security.It was unclear whether the developments, following days of clashes between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., might represent serious steps toward resolving the partisan fight or instead may simply be political posturing as the partial shutdown reached a record 29th day.
Pres. Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold 2nd summit
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal to coax the North to give up its nuclear weapons, the White House announced Friday.U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "it's high time" for serious negotiations between the United States and North Korea to outline a roadmap for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
President Trump plans big announcement on Saturday on shutdown, border
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says he'll make a "major announcement" on the government shutdown and the southern border on Saturday afternoon as the standstill over his border wall continues.The White House did not immediately provide details on Friday about what the president would be announcing, but a person familiar with the planning said President Trump planned to outline a new deal with specific proposals that the administration believes could potentially pave the way to the shutdown's end.
President Trump promises March for Life crowd that he stands with them
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sought to assure opponents of abortion rights on Friday that he stands with them and would veto any legislation from a Democratic-controlled House that "weakens the protection of human life."President Trump spoke via video to participants at this year's March for Life on the National Mall.
Shutdown reaches Day 28 as President Trump, Speaker Pelosi feud heats up again
WASHINGTON — She imperiled his State of the Union address.
President Trump says US will develop space-based missile defense
WASHINGTON — Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed the U.S. will develop an unrivaled missile defense system to protect against advanced hypersonic and cruise missile threats from competitors and adversaries.President Trump said in a Pentagon speech that the U.S. will do what it takes "to ensure that we can detect and destroy any missile launched against the United States anywhere, any time, any place."President Trump did not mention Russia, China or North Korea in his roughly 20-minute speech.
Pelosi asks President Trump to delay State of Union speech
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked President Donald Trump to postpone his State of the Union address to the nation — set for Jan. 29 — until the government reopens.The White House hasn't immediately responded to a request for comment about Pelosi's request, which she made in a letter to the president.Pelosi says the partial shutdown is raising concerns about security preparations for the speech.
'I will not be bullied:' AG nominee William Barr promises skeptical Democrats he'll be independent
WASHINGTON — Vowing "I will not be bullied," President Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed that Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, that the special counsel investigation shadowing President Trump is not a witch hunt and that his predecessor was right to recuse himself from the probe.The comments by William Barr at his Senate confirmation hearing pointedly departed from President Trump's own views and underscored Barr's efforts to reassure Democrats that he will not be a loyalist to a president who has appeared to demand it from law enforcement.
President Trump's AG pick to face questions on his Russia probe views
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee will have to navigate his confirmation hearing skillfully, emphasizing his support for President Trump's policies while assuring Democrats he will act independently and won't interfere with the special counsel's Russia investigation.Barr will face questions Tuesday from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with President Trump and his views on executive powers.Barr plans to tell legislators that President Trump never sought any promises, assurances or commitments — and that he didn't offer President Trump any — before he was nominated for the post.President Trump has repeatedly complained that his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, was insufficiently loyal because he recused himself from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into potential ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
President Trump declares he'll 'never back down' in shutdown fight
WASHINGTON — With the government mired in shutdown week four, President Donald Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix and dug in for more combat Monday, declaring he would "never ever back down."President Trump rejected a suggestion to reopen all government departments for several weeks while negotiations would continue with Democrats over his demands for $5.7 billion for a long, impregnable wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Pres. Trump points to farmers as winners in proposed rollback of federal wetlands protections
NEW ORLEANS — President Donald Trump pointed to farmers Monday as winners from the administration's proposed rollback of federal protections for wetlands and waterways across the country, describing farmers crying in gratitude when he ordered the change.But under longstanding federal law and rules, farmers and farmland already are exempt from most of the regulatory hurdles on behalf of wetlands that the Trump administration is targeting.
Congress to face same question: When will shutdown end?
WASHINGTON — Congress returns to Washington for its first full week of legislative business since control of the House reverted to Democrats, but lawmakers will be confronted with the same lingering question: When will the partial government shutdown end?One Republican senator says he's offered President Donald Trump a possible solution, though it may just be wishful thinking.Sen.