A U.S. House of Representatives committee will look into a newspaper report that the FBI investigated whether President Donald Trump has been working on behalf of Russia, against U.S. interests, the panel’s Democratic chairman said on Saturday.
Trump has allowed no notes to be taken, no information to be shared, and there are not even classified files on his meetings with Putin.
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A union that represents thousands of U.S. air traffic controllers filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Friday claiming its failure to pay the workers during an ongoing partial government shutdown could endanger passengers’ safety. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association said that requiring 16,000 controllers to work without…
By Andy Sullivan, Sarah N. Lynch and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal law enforcement agencies that keep Americans safe are starting to feel the strain of the U.S. government shutdown, in its 21st day, with agents working for no pay and investigations delayed, law enforcement officials said. Training events have been canceled and travel…
By David Brunnstrom and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A partial U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump‘s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border entered its 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest shuttering of federal agencies in U.S. history, with no end in sight. Trump, holed up…
As the partial government shutdown entered its 21st day on Friday, hundreds of thousands of federal workers woke up without a paycheck.
Texas Democrat Julian Castro, a former San Antonio mayor and top U.S. housing official, formally launched his White House bid on Saturday, entering as a dark horse candidate in a likely crowded field vying to challenge President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
Former Trump campaign advisor Sam Nunberg believes it’s inevitable that his ex-boss will face impeachment and possible conviction.
Counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance tore into Donald Trump on Saturday, saying his base is Russia, the Russian oligarchy and Vladimir Putin.
The intelligence community is investigating the president of the United States for working on behalf of a foreign adversary.
Donald Trump and members of his administration have been working for months on a secret plan to cutback the Medicaid program, which provides healthcare and nursing home benefits for the poor and elderly. They have been working on the plan in secret because they want to bypass Congress and give block grants to states for…
The Trump administration is backing off its plan to use disaster relief funding to build a Mexican border wall due to pushback from members of both parties in Congress. Officials in the White House told news outlets on Thursday that President Trump is considering the use of billions of dollars of Army Corps of Engineers…
The partial government shutdown became the longest in U.S. history as of midnight last night, a dubious accomplishment for the record-shattering presidency of Donald Trump. The impasse between Trump and Congress has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers, as well as millions of federal contractors, with no income. The shutdown is causing real financial…
Key members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus have told Donald Trump that they don’t want him to take the extreme step of declaring a national emergency as a means to build his wall at the southern border. These House Republicans in the conservative group have privately expressed their objections to Trump and members of…
President Donald Trump began the weekend by going on Twitter and attacking the New York Times for publishing a bombshell report yesterday which implied that he might be working as a Russian asset. The Times report revealed a secret FBI investigation into Trump’s many close ties to Russia that began shortly after he fired former…
