Shutdown less likely as Senate closes in on budget agreement

Buoyed by the sudden likelihood of a budget pact, lawmakers are on track avoid a repeat of last month's government shutdown - though President Donald Trump unexpectedly raised the possibility of closing things down again if he can't have his way on immigration. "I'd love to see a shutdown if we can't get this stuff taken care of," Trump declared Tuesday, repeating the sentiment for emphasis.

The Latest: House Democrats cancel Maryland retreat

Dawn breaks over the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, as House GOP leaders are proposing to keep the government open for another six weeks by adding a year's worth of Pentagon funding to a stopgap spending b... Pres. Donald Trump called for a shutdown of the government if Congress can't work out immigration reform.

Trump advocates government shutdown as Congress faces another spending deadline

Congress is risking another federal government shutdown as House Republicans on Tuesday approved a temporary bill loaded with extra military spending that will almost certainly face a filibuster from Democrats - and some Republicans - in the Senate. Neither party appears to want a repeat of last month's three-day shutdown, but President Donald Trump seemed game for closing the government again if he could blame it on Democrats.

Trump likely to approve release of Dem memo: report

Donald John Trump Schiff: Nunes gave Trump 'secretly altered' version of memo Davis: 'Deep state' existed in '16 - but it elected Trump Former Trump legal spokesman to testify to Mueller about undisclosed call: report MORE is likely to approve the release of a Democratic memo rebutting a GOP document that alleged abuse of surveillance power at the Justice Department, according to a new report. that the Democratic rebuttal to the Republican memo is likely to be returned to the committee this week for its release.

COMMENTARY: Lickspittle wing of GOP is now firmly in charge

According to House Speaker Paul Ryan, the declassified Devin Nunes memo - alleging FBI misconduct in the Russia investigation - is "not an indictment of the FBI, of the Department of Justice." According to President Donald Trump, the memo shows how leaders at the FBI "politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats" and "totally vindicates 'Trump' in probe."

White House chief: Dreamers not priority for deportation

In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud. Less than a week ago, Trump stood before the nation and called for a new era of bipartisan cooperation.

Feminist icon Gloria Allred takes on Trump, Cosby in revealing new Netflix doc

'Seeing Allred' examines the life and work of Gloria Allred, the controversial women's rights attorney behind a slew of high-profile cases. Famed women's rights attorney Gloria Allred provides an update on her lawsuit against President Trump.

a oeJunka political news shared more widely by Trump backers

These are among fake Facebook and Instagram ads linked by congressional investigators to Russia's secret cyber campaign to disrupt the American political process and ultimately, to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump. The ads were released by social media companies on Nov. 1, 2017.

New budget barrier: Pelosi opposes pact if no ‘Dreamer’ help

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 street gang and border security, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Washington. . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., smiles as he meets with reporters as work continues on a plan to keep the government as a funding deadline approaches, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.

‘Trump Finding Ways To Kill Iran Deal’: Iran Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said late on Monday that US President Donald Trump is very dissatisfied with the JCPOA and is attempting to find ways to kill the deal. In a televised speech themed ?Iran's Regional and International Relations', he added: "The US is trying to distort realities but the JCPOA is part of the UN resolution 2231."

Comedians needle ‘non-braggadocious’ Trump as he touts economy while stocks plummet

President Donald Trump smiles during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2018. President Donald Trump opened himself up to scrutiny on Monday as he boasted about the booming economy, tying its growth to legislation that he signed into law, while the U.S. stock market took a record-breaking dive at the same time.

James Comey: Connecting the Dots

If Rep. Trey Gowdy, R- S.C., really believes the House Intelligence Committee's FISA memo does not vindicate President Trump, then he must also believe it does not answer the question of when Donald Trump stopped beating Melania. Gowdy made that claim , among others, in a series of tweets on Friday and in a "Face the Nation" interview on Sunday: Rep. Trey Gowdy said the release of the controversial FISA memo by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee does not discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Declassify? House Dems vote to air their Russia-probe memo

The House intelligence committee's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election spun further into charges and counter-charges among angry U.S. lawmakers and President Donald Trump Monday as the panel voted to release a second classified memo about whether the FBI and Justice Department conspired against him. This memo was written by Democrats on the panel who are pushing back against a GOP document, declassified by Trump last week, that criticizes the methods the FBI used to obtain a surveillance warrant on a onetime Trump campaign associate.

Preemptive North Korea Strike Is a – Gamble’ Not to Take, Hagel Says

Hitting North Korea with U.S. military strikes to dismantle or disrupt Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons capabilities is a "pretty big gamble I wouldn't want to take" because of the millions of lives at risk from the likely response, former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. "I know something about this business, and I know the kind of conventional capability North Korea has," Hagel, a former Republican senator who led the Pentagon under President Barack Obama, said in an interview published Monday by Defense News.

Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to ‘delegitimise’ Trump

Nearly three out of four Republicans believe the FBI and Justice Department are trying to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, a sharp turn for a party that has historically been a strong backer of law enforcement agencies. U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on his tax policy after a factory tour of the Sheffer Corporation in Blue Ash, Ohio, U.S. February 5, 2018.

Fears of nuclear arms race despite US, Russian pledges

The United States and Russia are pledging to abide by a treaty limiting strategic nuclear weapons that took effect on Monday, but foreign leaders and experts fear a new arms race may be looming. Concern over a potential conflict with nuclear-armed North Korea is also growing following a series of bellicose statements between Washington and Pyongyang.