House Republican introduces bill to grant Trump more tariff power
A Republican U.S. representative on Thursday introduced White House-drafted legislation that would give President Donald Trump more power to levy tariffs on imported goods in an effort to pressure other countries to lower their duties and other trade b…
‘Get a loan,’ Commerce chief tells unpaid federal workers
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Thursday urged furloughed federal workers facing a second missed paycheck to seek loans to pay their bills while adding that he could not understand why they were having trouble getting by.
After strike, Los Angeles teachers aim at California tax reform
After settling a strike that galvanized support for long-neglected public schools in America’s second-largest school district, the Los Angeles teachers union is turning its sights on major new sources of sustained education funding.
Senate seeks solution to open government, Trump insists on wall
U.S. senators made a new try at ending a partial month-long government shutdown through a temporary funding bill on Thursday, but President Donald Trump demanded a “down payment” for a border wall that Democrats reject.
U.S. to begin returning asylum seekers to Mexico on Friday
The United States will return the first group of migrants seeking U.S. asylum to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, a Mexican government spokesman said on Thursday.
White House drafts emergency order Trump could issue over wall funds: CNN
The White House is preparing an emergency declaration that President Donald Trump could issue as a way to circumvent Congress if lawmakers do not provide funding for a wall along the U.S. southern border, CNN reported on Thursday, citing internal docum…
Speaker Pelosi says wall ‘down payment’ in government funding bill not ‘reasonable’: MSNBC
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a frosty reception on Thursday to the White House’s new offer to approve a temporary spending resolution that would reopen the federal government as long as it contains a “large down payment” on a…
Senate blocks measures to end U.S. shutdown, temporary solution eyed
Two competing measures to end the partial U.S. government shutdown fell short in the Senate on Thursday, as lawmakers explored an option to end a month-long impasse with the White House and fund government operations for three weeks while talks continu…
Trump says if Senate leader reach deal to end shutdown, he would back it
President Donald Trump said on Thursday if Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer come to an agreement to end the partial government shutdown, he would support it.
Trump postponement is latest twist in changeable State of the Union
This week’s fight between U.S. President Donald Trump and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi over his State of the Union speech was unusual – but the resulting postponement was not.
