Senate leaders’ budget deal faces opposition in both parties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders brokered a long-sought budget agreement Wednesday that would shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. But both...
View ArticleLawmakers push for budget vote to avert government shutdown
(AP) — Lawmakers pushed to enact a massive budget deal Thursday along with a stopgap temporary measure to prevent a government shutdown at midnight. The measure appeared set to sail through the Senate...
View ArticleCongress stumbles into gov’t shutdown, budget deal stalled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government stumbled into a shutdown at midnight as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting the...
View ArticleCongress votes to reopen government, passes budget deal
WASHINGTON (AP/WTNH) — The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party...
View ArticleTrump won’t declassify Democrats’ memo, citing national security concerns
(ABC News/WTNH) — The White House indicated on Friday that President Donald Trump won’t declassify a memo from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, citing national security concerns. White...
View ArticleTrump to unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON (AP/WTNH) — President Donald Trump on Monday will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 trillion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state...
View ArticleSenate immigration debate kicks off Monday
(ABC News) — In a rare move, the Senate will launch an unusual process late Monday afternoon to debate a legislative fix for the hundreds of thousands of so-called Dreamers who could face deportation...
View ArticleGOP women frustrated by Trump’s approach to abuse charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump White House’s handling of abuse charges against men in its midst is frustrating prominent Republican women as the party’s years-long struggle to attract female voters...
View ArticleWhite House, FBI differ in accounts of investigation of aide
WASHINGTON (AP) — Contradicting the White House, the FBI said it gave the Trump administration information on multiple occasions last year about a top aide accused of domestic abuse by his two...
View ArticleBipartisan immigration pact among several Senate proposals
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of senators reached a bipartisan agreement aimed at balancing Democrats’ fight to offer citizenship to young “Dreamer” immigrants with President Donald Trump‘s demands for...
View ArticleSenate rejects immigration bills; young immigrants in limbo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of “Dreamer” immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation’s border...
View ArticleFlorida teen shooting survivors announce march on Washington, demanding ‘a...
(ABC News) — Teen survivors of the school shooting massacre in Florida last week are calling for a march on Washington to demand action on gun control. Student organizers of the protest told ABC News’...
View ArticleTrump endorses Romney’s Senate bid and Romney accepts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is endorsing Mitt Romney in Utah’s Senate race, another sign that the two Republicans are burying the hatchet after a fraught relationship. The GOP’s...
View ArticleTrump says more must be done to protect children
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used...
View ArticleAngry teens swarm into Florida Capitol; demand new gun laws
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A week after a shooter slaughtered 17 people in a Florida high school, thousands of protesters, including many angry teenagers, swarmed into the state Capitol on Wednesday,...
View ArticleTrump bucks NRA, backs raising age for buying assault rifles
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump says, defying his loyal supporters in the National Rifle Association amid America’s...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts Missouri governor who admitted affair
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens remains defiant, even amid calls for impeachment or resignation, after a St. Louis grand jury indicted him for felony invasion of privacy, alleging the...
View ArticleDems release Russia probe memo defending FBI surveillance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after President Donald Trump blocked its full release, the House Intelligence Committee published a partially blacked-out version of a classified Democratic memo aiming to...
View ArticleCase against Florida shooting suspect returns to court
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The criminal case against the gunman accused in the Florida high school shooting returns to court Tuesday with prosecutors seeking hair samples, fingerprints, DNA and photographs...
View ArticleSen. Corker won’t seek re-election after all
(AP) — Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker has decided anew not to seek re-election this fall, his chief of staff said Tuesday, after spending recent weeks reconsidering his initial decision to leave...
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