'Insulting:' President Trump dodges question on whether he has worked for Russia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump avoided directly answering when asked whether he currently is or has ever worked for Russia after a published report said law enforcement officials, concerned about his behavior after he fired FBI Director James Comey in 2017, had begun investigating that possibility.President Trump said it was the "most insulting" question he'd ever been asked.The New York Times report Friday cited unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.President Trump responded to the story Saturday during a telephone interview broadcast on Fox News Channel after host Jeanine Pirro, a personal friend, asked the Russia question."I think it's the most insulting thing I've ever been asked," President Trump said. "I think it's the most insulting article I've ever had written, and if you read the article you'll see that they found absolutely nothing."President Trump never answered Pirro directly, but went on to assert that no president has taken a harder stance against Russia than he has."If you ask the folks in Russia, I've been tougher on Russia than anybody else, any other ...
President Trump says he has 'no idea' if deal can be made with Speaker Pelosi
WASHINGTON — As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books, members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void.The president did not tip his hand Saturday on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, free up money for his wall without congressional approval and kick off legal challenges and a political storm over the use of that extraordinary step.
President Trump tweets into the void as shutdown sets record
WASHINGTON — As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday, members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void.He did not tip his hand on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, free up money for his wall without congressional approval and kick off legal challenges and a political storm over the use of that extraordinary step.
'A wall works:' At the border, President Trump moves closer to emergency declaration
MCALLEN, Texas — Taking the shutdown fight to the Mexican border, President Donald Trump edged closer Thursday to declaring a national emergency in an extraordinary end run around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall.
Pres. Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress in February
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before a House committee next month in a hearing that could serve as the opening salvo in a promised Democratic effort to greater scrutinize President Trump, his conflicts of interest and his ties to Russia.The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday that Cohen will testify before that panel Feb. 7, a little more than a month after the Democrats took the House majority.Cohen is a pivotal figure in investigations by special counsel Robert Mueller into potential coordination between Russia and President Trump's campaign and by federal prosecutors in New York into campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments to two women who say they had sex with President Trump.Cohen has pleaded guilty in both investigations and was sentenced last month to three years in prison.
'I said bye-bye:' Pres. Trump walks out of meeting with congressional leaders on 19th day of shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday — "I said bye-bye," he tweeted— as efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.In a negotiating session that was over almost as soon as it began, Democrats went to the White House asking President Trump to reopen the government.
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin preps extra food for pantries amid partial government shutdown
LITTLE CHUTE — Food banks across Wisconsin are bracing for an increase in the number of people seeking help as thousands of federal employees in the state are left without pay amid the partial government shutdown that started Dec. 22.Patti Habeck, president of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, told The Post-Crescent that the organization is preparing extra food for pantries in anticipation of more federal employees struggling to pay for food.
Pres. Trump blames California wildfires on forest mismanagement, threatens to withhold funds
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold Federal Emergency Management Agency money to help California cope with wildfires if the state doesn't improve its forest management practices.President Trump tweeted Wednesday that California gets billions of dollars for fires that could have been prevented with better management.
President Trump pleads on TV for wall money; Dems say he stokes 'fear'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall in a somber televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but offered little in the way of concessions or new ideas to break the standoff that has left large swaths of the government shuttered for 19 days.Speaking to the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, President Trump argued Tuesday night that the wall was needed to resolve a security and humanitarian "crisis," blaming illegal immigration for what he said was a scourge of drugs and violence in the U.S. and asking: "How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?"Democrats in response accused President Trump appealing to "fear, not facts" and manufacturing a border crisis for political gain.Using the formal trappings of the White House, President Trump hoped to gain the upper hand in the standoff over his demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In Oval Office address, Pres. Trump urges wall funding to fix border 'crisis'; Dems vow to block it
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a somber televised plea, President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday night, Jan. 8, blaming illegal immigration for what he called a scourge of drugs and violence in the U.S. and framing the debate over the partial government shutdown in stark terms."This is a choice between right and wrong," he declared.Democrats, in response, accused President Trump of appealing to "fear, not facts" and manufacturing a border crisis for political gain.The back-to-back remarks by President Trump and Democratic leaders appeared unlikely to do much to break the logjam that has left large swaths of the government closed.
Speaker Pelosi, Schumer will give Dem response to President Trump
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will give the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's remarks to the nation Tuesday on his proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.An impasse over wall funding has led to a partial government shutdown, now in its third week.Pelosi and Schumer have flatly refused to pay for the wall.
President Trump to take his case to build wall to prime-time audience
WASHINGTON — With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a "crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and invulnerable wall he's demanding before ending the partial government shutdown.
President Trump heads to TV, border as fed workers face paycheck sting
WASHINGTON — With no breakthrough in sight, President Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a "crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and invulnerable wall he's demanding before ending the partial government shutdown.
President Trump says he needs to deal with Democrat leaders to end shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump stood by his demands for funding for a border wall Sunday as another round of shutdown talks failed to break an impasse, while newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on President Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.President Trump, who spent part of the day at Camp David for staff meetings, showed no signs of budging on his demand for $5.6 billion for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Democrats, Republicans accusing each other of giving no ground on shutdown
WASHINGTON — A first round of talks between White House officials and congressional aides has made little progress toward ending the government shutdown, with each side accusing the other of giving no ground.More discussions were planned for Sunday, while President Donald Trump, who did not attend the negotiating session, was scheduled to be at Camp David for a retreat with White House staff on border security and other topics.With the talks stalled, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said House Democrats intend to start passing individual bills to reopen agencies.
Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to talk impeachment, but some Democrats do
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had only been in office for a few hours when a handful of Democrats defied her persistent calls not to begin the new Congress by talking about impeachment.Just after Pelosi was sworn in on Thursday, longtime Democratic Reps.
Food truck's President Trump sign brings smiles, hungry customers
HAZLETON, Pa. - A business owner in Pennsylvania is using humor to lighten the mood of our current political climate.When Ricardo Santos moved to Hazleton, he had two simple goals: feed people good food and make them smile."I used to be a New York community and I'm a Hazleton community and I want my community to grow with me.
Wisconsin's ousted Gov. Scott Walker says he may run again
MADISON — Ousted Republican Wisconsin Gov.
Day 13 of partial government shutdown: Dems prepare to pass funding plan, Pres. Trump digs in
WASHINGTON — House Democrats prepared Thursday to pass a plan to re-open government without funding President Donald Trump's promised border wall, as President Trump pledged to keep up the fight for his signature promise in a surprise appearance.President Trump strode into the White House briefing room on the 13th day of the partial government shutdown, declaring that "without a wall you cannot have border security." He then left without taking questions from reporters.President Trump is demanding billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, which the Democrats have refused.