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CLOSE Senator Chuck Schumer lambasted President Donald Trump over his demand that American taxpayers pay for a border wall which has led to a partial government shutdown. USA TODAY President Donald Trump arrives Nov. 3, 2018, for a campaign rally at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Belgrade, Montana.(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP) House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of using “scare tactics” to build support for his proposed…

President Donald Trump spent much of his Christmas Eve attacking his opponents and critics on Twitter, lashing out at everyone from Republican Sen. Bob Corker to the Federal Reserve. The president tweeted: “I am all alone (poor me) in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed Border Security. At some point the Democrats not wanting to make a deal will…

Video Partial shutdown continues through Christmas as Schumer calls on Trump to abandon wall, neither side willing to budge Former assistant secretary of state for President George W. Bush weighs in on the partial government shutdown. With no compromise in sight to end the partial government shutdown, President Trump on Monday urged Democratic leaders to “make a deal” on border security — while those lawmakers countered that mixed messages from the…

At least 222 people have died and hundreds more are injured after a tsunami struck the west coast of Indonesia following a volcanic eruption. The tsunami slammed into beach resorts around Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, off the islands of Java and Sumatra, destroying buildings in its path. The eruption of a volcano known as the “child” of the legendary Krakatoa led to the tsunami at 9.30pm local time last night. Rescue…

Video Mick Mulvaney goes inside border wall negotiations and a timeline for agreement, says the ball is in Democrats’ court Incoming acting White House chief of staff goes inside President Trump’s negotiations with Democrats and Defense Secretary James Mattis’ resignation on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director and incoming Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told “Fox News Sunday” that the ongoing partial government shutdown…

Video Sen. Chuck Schumer: We arrived at this moment because Trump has been on a destructive two-week temper tantrum Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on President Trump to “abandon the wall” Saturday if he wants to reopen the government, saying Trump does not have the votes in the Senate to get it funded — hours after the government shut down over an impasse over funding for Trump’s signature 2016 campaign promise….

Looking at where things stand ahead of a midnight Friday deadline, all signs are pointing to a partial government shutdown. Typically, when trying to assess outcomes of Congressional standoffs, it’s best to look past some of the details and consider the bottom line political motivations and incentives for the key players. Right now, we’re in a situation in which the Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill to temporarily keep government open…

You should greatly lament President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is resigning. A scholar and retired four-star Marine general with the extremely unsuited nickname, “Mad Dog,” Mattis is universally respected by U.S. allies and universally feared by U.S. foes. In his resignation letter, Mattis noted that Trump deserves a defense secretary who is in closer alignment with his own views. While Mattis’ letter pointed out the…

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You should greatly lament President Trump’s announcement on Thursday that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is resigning. A scholar and retired four-star Marine general with the extremely unsuited nickname, “Mad Dog,” Mattis is universally respected by U.S. allies and universally feared by U.S. foes. In his resignation letter, Mattis noted that Trump deserves a defense secretary who is in closer alignment with his own views. While Mattis’ letter pointed out the…

A meme gaining traction on social media claims Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., supported a border wall deal during Barack Obama’s presidency but then flip-flopped once President Donald Trump took the White House. The post contains a photo of Schumer and a mock first-person confession revealing the Senate minority leader’s partisan reason for the apparent policy pivot. “In 2014, I helped put together and signed a $25…

A Republican lawmaker likened the Trump administration’s discontinued child-separation policy at the US-Mexico border to the fate of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who faces increased scrutiny after allegedly breaching his plea agreement to charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. “I’m always glad to fill in the gaps of people’s knowledge or ignorance in a particular area,” Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said during a House…

WASHINGTON — The House passed a stopgap measure Thursday night to fund the government that includes $5 billion for a border wall sought by President Donald Trump. The bill is expected to be rejected in the Senate, and does little to prevent a shutdown on Saturday. The vote of 217 to 185 on Thursday night puts the House at odds with the Senate, which on Wednesday night passed a funding…

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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption US troops are part of a Nato-led mission to train and assist Afghan forces The Trump administration is planning to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan, US media say. Reports, citing unnamed officials, say about 7,000 troops – roughly half the remaining US military presence in the country – could go home within months. The reports come a day after the president announced the…

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said that President Trump would refuse to sign the spending bill passed by the Senate, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board to avoid a government shutdown Friday. Emerging from a meeting with the president at the White House, Mr. Ryan said the president would not sign a spending bill that did not include funding for border security. “We just had a very long…

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