A look at the winners and losers in the $1.1T spending bill

Retired miners, college students and Planned Parenthood are winners in the $1.1 trillion spending bill unveiled on Monday. Losers are the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, efforts to store nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain and President Donald Trump, who had many of his recommendations rejected by Republican and Democrats.

VA office could hurt, not protect, whistleblowers

President Donald Trump is correct to hold federal employees accountable, even as he and his folks make every effort to squirm away from a steady flow of ethical quandaries. His executive order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protections" would create an office in the Department of Veterans Affairs to identify barriers to bouncing bad workers from an agency whose ethical reputation was shredded during a scandal over the cover-up of long patient wait times.

Lawmakers settle on $1T plan to avoid US gov’t shutdown

Lawmakers on Monday unveiled a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund most government operations through September but would deny President Donald Trump money for a border wall and rejects his proposed cuts to popular domestic programs.

Fox Reporter Pretends Donald Trump Accomplished A Lot In His First 100 Days

Fox News correspondent Kevin Corke thoughtfully overlooked Donald Trump's many failures in his first 100 days in office, his promise to deliver many things he did not in those first 100 days and, as another gift, helped validate Trump's bogus "just about the most successful" first 100 days ever. Trump has had "one of the least productive first 100 days of a presidency in modern American history," Vox has noted.

Trump angrily walks away from interview after reporter presses for Obama wiretapping evidence

President Donald Trump grew visibly angry and walked away from an interview with CBS News reporter John Dickerson after Dickerson pressed him for proof that former President Barack Obama had illegally wiretapped Trump Tower. The wiretapping claims came up when Dickerson asked Trump about his relationship with former President Barack Obama, whom he had accused of conducting unlawful surveillance of him during the 2016 presidential campaign.

No government shutdown, lawmakers settle on $1 trillion plan

Lawmakers on Monday unveiled a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund most government operations through September but would deny President Donald Trump money for a border wall and rejects his proposed cuts to popular domestic programs. The 1,665-page bill agreed to on Sunday is the product of weeks of negotiations.

Lawmakers seal deal on $1T plan government-wide funding bill

Top Capitol Hill negotiators reached a hard-won agreement on a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund the day-to-day operations of virtually every federal agency through September, aides said Sunday night. Details of the agreement were expected to be made public Sunday night, said aides to lawmakers involved in weeks of negotiations.

Lawmakers settle on hard-fought $1 trillion spending bill

Congressional Republicans and Democrats have reached agreement on a huge $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund most government operations through September but denies President Donald Trump money for a border wall and rejects his proposed cuts to popular domestic programs. Aides to lawmakers involved in the talks disclosed the agreement Sunday night after weeks of negotiations.

Trump administration lawyers to discuss Paris climate deal

Washington, May 1 - Trump administration lawyers plan to meet on Monday to discuss the legal implications of remaining in the Paris climate change agreement, officials told Politico news. Critics of the 2015 accord have quietly been mounting a behind-the-scenes effort to convince President Donald Trump that sticking with the deal would pose legal hurdles.

Congress reaches budget deal to fund government through Sept.

In this April 4, 2017, file photo, the Capitol is seen at dawn in Washington. Top Capitol Hill negotiators are reporting progress toward a long-sought agreement on a massive $1 trillion-plus spending bill that would fund the day-to-day operations of virtually every federal agency through Oct. 1. The House and Senate have until Friday at midnight to pass the measure to avert a government shutdown.

N.Y. lawmakers devise law to see President Trump’s taxes

The proposed law requires the state to release five years of state tax information for any President or vice president who files a New York state return. ALBANY - New York Democrats have hatched a plan to get a look at Donald Trump's taxes by crafting legislation designed to get at his state returns that does everything but mention the President by name.

Michelle Malkin Nails the Two-Faced History of the WH Correspondents’ Dinner

On Saturday, syndicated columnist, blogging pioneer and CRTV.com investigative reporter Michelle Malkin delivered an epic smackdown of the two-faced history of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. She also completely supported President Donald Trump's decision, announced in late February , not to attend the event.

White House defends Trump invitation to Duterte despite human rights criticism

The White House on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's decision to invite Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to Washington, saying his cooperation was needed to counter North Korea, even as the administration faced human rights criticism for its overture to Manila. Trump issued the invitation on Saturday night in what the White House said was a "very friendly" phone conversation with Duterte, who is accused by international human rights groups of supporting a campaign of extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines.

Why there were cheers for Donald Trump in Riverside

From left, Larry Elder, Hugh Hewitt, and Dennis Prager participate in a panel discussion during the Unite IE Conservative Conference on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, Ca. As they gave President Donald Trump high marks for his first 100 days in office, a trio of conservative radio talk show hosts at a Riverside conference Sunday, April 30 urged congressional Republicans to get their act together and pass the president's agenda, especially repealing Obamacare.

Trump Marks 100th Day as President with Events in Pennsylvania

U.S. President Donald Trump will spend part of his 100th day in office Saturday in the politically friendly state of Pennsylvania, as anti-Trump protesters actively attempt to diminish the symbolic milestone. The president will sign an executive order at a shovel factory in central Pennsylvania, directing his administration to review the nation's trade agreements.

Nervous New Yorkers Say Trump Is Scaring Away Canadians

New York City's tourism promoter says the city's famous son, President Donald Trump, is scaring away Canadians with all his "America First" talk. Fred Dixon, who heads NYC & Company, is so concerned that Trump is toxic for tourism that he's taking a trip to Canada to convince wary citizens of the Great White North that it's business and pleasure as usual in the the city that never sleeps.