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With little progress to show from negotiations in Congress on the future fate of illegal immigrant "Dreamers" in the United States, President Donald Trump will meet at the White House with lawmakers of both parties on Tuesday, as he continues to say the Congress must approve billions of dollars to build a wall along the Mexican border, and approve significant immigration enforcement actions in exchange for any Dreamers deal. "We are going to end chain migration.
Representatives of North and South Korea meet Tuesday in the Demilitarized Zone for the first talks between the nations in two years. North Korea said it would send a large delegation to next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea, a notable diplomatic breakthrough between the two countries after months of rising tensions over the North's missile and nuclear weapons programs.
Oprah Winfrey's impassioned call for "a brighter morning even in our darkest nights" at the Golden Globes has Democratic Party activists buzzing about the media superstar and the 2020 presidential race - even if it's only a fantasy. Even so, for Democrats in early voting states, and perhaps for a public that largely disapproves of President Donald Trump's job performance, the notion of a popular media figure as a presidential candidate is not as strange as it once seemed, given the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star now in the White House.
The formula is simple: When the economy accelerates, employers compete for employees and wages increase. I experienced this during my 17 years as CEO of a national quick-service restaurant chain.
The president began his week putting farmers at the forefront. Speaking in front of the annual American Farm Bureau Federation Convention, President Trump assured attendees a new age of prosperity is coming.
Sources: Oprah Winfrey 'actively thinking' about running for president - Oprah Winfrey in 96 seconds - Oprah Winfrey is "actively thinking" about running for president, two of her close friends told CNN Monday. - The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely The Case Against President Oprah - Nope-rah? - BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief - When Donald Trump was elected in the fall of 2016, some analysts saw the end of normal politics and the rise of a new wave of celebrity candidates.
Oprah Winfrey's impassioned call for "a brighter morning even in our darkest nights" at the Golden Globes has Democratic Party activists buzzing about the media superstar and the 2020 presidential race - even if it's only a fantasy. Even so, for Democrats in early voting states, and perhaps for a public that largely disapproves of President Donald Trump's job performance, the notion of a popular media figure as a presidential candidate is not as strange as it once seemed, given the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star now in the White House.
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At Sunday's Golden Globes, host Seth Meyers mentioned former talk show host Oprah Winfrey in a joke about his role in the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner and how being mocked at that event reportedly helped spur Donald Trump to run for president . "In 2011, I told some jokes about our current president at the White House Correspondents Dinner -- jokes about how he was unqualified to be president -- and some have said that night convinced him to run," Meyers said.
Democrats are shifting to offense on health care, emboldened by successes in defending the Affordable Care Act. They say their ultimate goal is a government guarantee of affordable coverage for all.
President Donald Trump, right, welcomes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., third from left, to the podium to speak during a news conference after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Also pictured is House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, second from left, and Vice President Mike Pence, second from right.
Auto manufacturers have been working on technology for self-driving cars for several years and are testing these vehicles on the roads. But the bills from the House and the Senate signal the federal government is ready to tackle the issue and modernize federal regulations to address the new technology.
Permanent funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, a federal program providing health insurance for children in lower income families, ran out in September.
After the failure of Republican led efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act ignominiously failed in mid-2017, most had assumed that efforts to dismantle the ACA would subside as Congress' focus quickly turned to tax reform; however, the Republican-led Senate snuck a repeal of the ACA's individual mandate into their version of tax legislation in ... (more)
The website WikiLeaks has tweeted a link to the text of the new book critical of President Donald Trump that has angered the president, his staff and his allies. An electronic image of the text of author Michael Wolff's book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" appeared online Sunday, two days after its release.
Vermont's largest city is considering making a downtown mural depicting famous people associated with Burlington and Vermont more inclusive after an activist defaced it and called the art racist.
Florida Republican leaders Saturday talked of the need to drown out media chatter amid predictions of Democratic gains in this year's mid-term elections and attacks on the GOP's unconventional president.
Sen. Rand Paul says he's recovering well from the November assault that left him with six broken ribs, and says violence against political figures is a concern among his colleagues. The Kentucky Republican tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that fellow lawmakers don't want to think it's open season on elected officials.
With people across the country dying at the rate of 53 a day from overdoses of fentanyl and similar compounds - now the leading killers in the opioid epidemic - efforts to stop this scourge ought to come from every corner of the federal government. But even as President Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency , some agencies have failed to act as if it is one.
If Democrats win at least one branch of Congress, there will be an investigative feast - with rich targets - of the ethically challenged administration of President Donald Trump, plus a check on presidential actions. If Republicans retain full control, expect renewed attacks on Obamacare, efforts to cut Medicare and Social Security, and one or two more right-wing Supreme Court justices.