A top U.S. envoy leading a global coalition fighting Islamic State has quit over President Donald Trump’s decision this week to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
On the first day of the U.S. government shutdown, President Donald Trump said he was continuing to negotiate with Democrats to end the impasse over the federal budget, but warned that “it could be a long stay” as he repeated his call for improved border security.
Trump has privately discussed the possibility of firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, a move that could roil already volatile financial markets, two sources familiar with situation said on Saturday.
Rep. Ted Lieu and other leads in the Democratic party aren’t caving to Donald Trump’s ridiculous and unpopular demands.
Trump’s decision in Syria put U.S. troops in more danger and further advanced the interests of American adversaries like Russia and Iran.
Trump will soon get bored of his shutdown stunt, and it will become more important to him to end it so he can resume his usual golf regimen.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said she can’t take a salary when so many federal workers will be hurt by the Trump shutdown over the holidays.
By a three-to-one margin most people who voted for Donald Trump believe he will still build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov survey. The poll was taken before this week’s government shutdown over wall funding, but it shows the high degree of confidence that Trump’s base of supporters…
President Donald Trump is considering firing the chairman of the Federal Reserve because of his decision to raise interest rates, according to a new report from Bloomberg published shortly before midnight. Such a move by the president would create chaos, roil the stock markets and cause great uncertainty for investors around the globe. And, according…
The amount of convincing evidence showing how Russia bailed out Donald Trump is rapidly increasing. And according to Foreign Policy Magazine, this new evidence will soon bring the president much more trouble than he currently has. Foreign Policy (FP) reported that before he ran for president, Trump and his family didn’t even attempt to hide…
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) had harsh words for President Trump early Saturday morning over that they are calling “the Trump shutdown.†Thanks to Trump large parts of the federal government are being closed after Congress failed to pass legislation that would provide funding for his “ineffective…
According to the editors of the Washington Post, people “go into public service to make sacrifices and to accomplish some good for their fellow citizens, not to be pawns in pointless political gamesmanship.†But  hundreds of thousands of federal workers who will have to work without pay over the holidays have become exactly that: pawns…
By James Oliphant, Ginger Gibson and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government was partially shut down early on Saturday in a fierce dispute over President Donald Trump‘s demands that Congress assign $5 billion for a wall along the border with Mexico. After failing to strike a budget deal on Friday, congressional leaders and…
