Shutdown? New president, same old government brinkmanship
There's an unconventional new president in the White House. And the Republicans now have a new lock on both ends of Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue.
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A Federal Judge Just Blocked Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Sanctuary Cities
A federal judge in San Francisco blocked a January executive order that the Trump administration was using to threaten to withhold funds from so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions refusing full cooperation with federal enforcement of immigration laws. In issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction Tuesday, US District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco cited public comments by President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and other administration officials that warned cities that they would lose public safety funds if they did not comply with federal immigration agents' attempts to locate and detain undocumented immigrants.
GOP drops US-Mexico wall demands as spending talks advance54 minutes ago
Congressional negotiators on Tuesday inched toward a potential agreement on a catchall spending bill that would deny President Donald Trump's request for immediate funding to construct a wall along the Mexico border. The emerging measure would increase the defense budget and eliminate the threat of a government shutdown on Trump's 100th day in office this Saturday.
Illinois House ignores veto threat by passing abortion expansion
The Democratic-led Illinois House defied a veto threat by the state's Republican governor by passing legislation on Tuesday to expand state-funded coverage of abortions for low-income residents and for state employees. The measure, which passed the House 62-55 and now moves to the state Senate, also aims to keep abortions legal in Illinois if the U.S. Supreme Court follows President Donald Trump's call to overturn its landmark Roe v.
Is attacking Trump the ticket? Democrats are trying it out
In New Jersey, a candidate running for governor compared the Trump camp to Nazis. In Virginia, a doctor running for governor fired up a gathering of Democrats by calling Trump a "narcissistic maniac," while his primary opponent called Trump's victory a "political and constitutional Sept.
Ohio governor, ex-GOP presidential candidate, publishes book
The book, released Tuesday by Thomas Dunne Books, is roughly equal parts campaign-trail memoir, political biography and Kasich's own self-help therapy session for living in a post-Donald Trump world. Kasich, 64, expresses clear disappointment that his decades as a state legislator, congressman, business executive and governor failed to earn him the Republican Party's nomination - especially over populist billionaire Donald Trump.
Highs and lows of Trump’s first 100 days
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump looks on during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017. Protesters stream onto Independence Avenue at the Women's March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington.
Negotiators make progress on bill to keep government open
By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congressional and White House negotiators made progress Tuesday on a must-pass spending bill to keep the federal government open days ahead of a deadline as President Donald Trump indicated that U.S. funding for a border wall with Mexico could wait until September. But a big stumbling block remains, involving a Democratic demand for money for insurance companies that help low-income people afford health policies under former President Barack Obama's health law, or that Trump abandon a threat to use the payments as a bargaining chip.
‘Trump has accomplished more in his 100 days than any other…
White House aides on Tuesday said that Trump aims to sign 32 executive orders in his first 100 days, a postwar record that offers little insight into the president's achievements. "The country wasn't based on executive orders," Trump said as a candidate, railing against Barack Obama's use of executive orders.
Progress seen on budget deal that would prevent government shutdown
Bipartisan bargainers are making progress toward a budget deal to prevent a partial federal shutdown this weekend, a major hurdle overcome when President Donald Trump signaled he would put off his demand that the measure include money to build his border wall with Mexico. Republicans are also vetting proposed changes to their beleaguered health care bill that they hope will attract enough votes to finally push it through the House.
Government shutdown, health bill rescue at stake in Congress
Bipartisan bargainers are making progress toward a budget deal to prevent a partial federal shutdown this weekend, a major hurdle overcome when President Donald Trump signaled he would put off his demand that the measure include money to build his border wall with Mexico. Republicans are also vetting proposed changes to their beleaguered health care bill that they hope will attract enough votes to finally push it through the House.
Fable for the age of Trump? Well, no
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Ivanka Trump heads to Berlin for women’s conference
Ivanka Trump's advocacy for women and girls will take her to a conference in Berlin on Tuesday, an attention-getting first international outing aimed at building support for investment in women's economic empowerment programmes. Ivanka Trump's advocacy for women and girls will take her to a conference in Berlin on Tuesday, an attention-getting first international outing aimed at building support for investment in women's economic empowerment programmes.
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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Tuesday said Democrats will block President Donald Trump's budget proposals on expanding federal immigration forces and starting the border wall project. "Senate Democrats are prepared to fight this all the way," the New York Democrat said at an event organized by the National Council of La Raza , the country's largest Hispanic civil rights advocacy group.
China Doubts U.S. Climate Pledge as Trump Mulls Paris Withdrawal
United Nations . The responses illustrate the potential global humiliation -- if not outright retaliation -- the U.S. could incur if Trump decides to keep the country in the pact even as he eviscerates policies central to keeping its carbon-cutting commitment.
Trump to sign agriculture executive order Tuesday
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that looks to help the US agriculture business by establishing a task force to identify impediments to the business' growth. Trump will sign the executive order after a meeting with 15 farmers from across the country, including Zippy Duvall, the president of the American Farm Bureau; Bill Northey, the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture; and Lisa Johnson Billy, a farmer and former Oklahoma House member.
Obama lifts lid on post-presidency career with Chicago forum
Former President Barack Obama speaks on Monday at the Logan Center for the Arts on the University of Chicago campus.
Grant Bosse: Avoiding the apocryphal apocalypse
A Portsmouth woman who allegedly took advantage of free parking for the handicapped is in trouble after she was caught by officials in charge of the parking garage on Hanover Street.
Another View — Dick Hinch: House GOP moving forward, despite Democratic opposition
A Portsmouth woman who allegedly took advantage of free parking for the handicapped is in trouble after she was caught by officials in charge of the parking garage on Hanover Street.
Trump backs away from demand for border wall money
President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from demanding a down payment for his border wall, which could remove a major obstacle to a bipartisan deal on must-pass spending legislation just days ahead of a government shutdown deadline. Trump told a gathering of around 20 conservative media reporters Monday evening that he would be willing to return to the funding issue in September.