Congressional negotiators reach deal on government funding through September

Bipartisan congressional negotiators reached a critical agreement late Sunday on a massive spending bill that if approved by the House and Senate would fund the government through the end of September. Bipartisan congressional negotiators reached a critical agreement late Sunday on a massive spending bill that if approved by the House and Senate would fund the government through the end of September.

Border Patrol allows families to reunite at US-Mexico wall

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The Latest: Funding deal has wins for both sides

The Gazette is Colorado Springs's most trusted source for breaking news, sports, weather, obituaries, politics, business, art, entertainment, blogs, video, photos. What to watch on TV for the week of April 30-May 6: The truth about Batman, yachties, a plane landing on the Hudson and much more FILE - In this April 4, 2017, file photo, the Capitol is seen at dawn in Washington.

NYC mayor wants free preschool for 3-year-olds, too

In this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Inner Force Early Tots Childhood Learning Center, a community-based organization that's part of the pre-K program, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on the first day of the mayor's expansion of early childhood education.

McCain: Premptive North Korea strike should be ‘very last option’

Sen. John McCain says President Donald Trump should consider a preemptive strike on North Korea if the country is able to deliver a nuclear weapon by ballistic missile, but only as a final option. "I think that we have to consider that option as the very last option," the Arizona Republican said Sunday in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

After 100 days of Trump, some planning for 2020 already

Joe Biden has been saying yes to nearly all the political invitations coming his way, with new ones arriving almost daily. Privately, the former vice president and his staff have started talking about how to begin planning a strategy with a roughly 18-month timeline so that if he decides on another presidential run, he'll be best positioned to get it off the ground.

Biden returns to N.H. for Democratic dinner

Former Vice President Joe Biden is returning to New Hampshire to honor the nation's first all-female, all-Democratic congressional delegation. Biden is speaking Sunday night at the state Democratic Party's annual McIntyre Shaheen 100 Club Dinner.

NYC mayor announces plan for free preschool for 3-year-olds

In this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Inner Force Early Tots Childhood Learning Center, a community-based organization that's part of the pre-K program, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on the first day of the mayor's expansion of early childhood education.

Wagle key to wrapping up legislative session

Lawmakers will have a full plate when they return to Topeka this week to wrap up the legislative session. Resolving these issues will take strong leadership, particularly by Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, who needs to decide if she is siding with the public and the bipartisan majority of lawmakers or with Gov. Sam Brownback.

Ohio’s spending on opioid addiction treatment drugs Vivitrol and Suboxone spikes, spurs…

Judges, doctors and lawmakers on the front lines of the opioid addiction crisis have a problem: Three types of medications are available to help the estimated 200,000 Ohioans struggling to recover from addiction and yet there are no clear answers as to which, if any, drug works best. The skyrocketing demand for treatment has spurred competition among drugmakers for a piece of the growing market, which in Ohio is worth well over $100 million a year in public money alone.

Wyoming Residents Don Tutus to Show LGBT Support

Wyoming residents this weekend found a creative way to protest the anti-LGBT remarks made by one of their U.S. senators - holding tutu-wearing parties at bars and other venues. Sen. Mike Enzi infamously told students at a Wyoming high school recently that he knows a man who wears a tutu to bars and gets into fights because of it - and "he kind of asks for it."

Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, 1st Cuban-American in Congress, to retire

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the first Cuban-American elected to Congress, is retiring at the end of her term next year, saying it's time to move on after 38 years in office. The 64-year-old Republican was elected last November to Florida's redrawn 27th district, a stretch of southeast Miami-Dade County that is heavily Democratic.

Bernie Sanders Takes Obama DOWN For $400k Speaking Fee

The raging, wizened socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders with his unashamed support for socialism was not happy at all with former President Barack Obama having recently accepted a $400,000 payment deal to be a speaker at a conference in 2017. "I think he, as a president, represented our country with integrity and intelligence, but I think at a time when people are so frustrated with the power of Wall Street and the big money interests, I think it is unfortunate that President Obama is doing this."

The Latest: Thousands in Texas join rallies for climate

Thousands of people have assembled in Texas on President Donald Trump's hundredth day in office to demand federal action on climate change. The Texas Department of Public Safety told the Austin American-Statesman that about 3,500 people participated in a rally Saturday in Austin - part of nationwide marches calling for climate action.

Bill Maher to Elizabeth Warren: – They don’t like you, Pocahontas’

That's what Bill Maher said to Senator Elizabeth Warren with a laugh Friday night on his show, "Real Time with Bill Maher" as the two discussed why it seems many blue-collar workers are for Trump and not her. It was an awkward moment for the senior senator from Massachusetts, who didn't even crack a smile, as she promoted her 11th book, "This Fight Is Our Fight."