Florida’s secretary of state resigns after blackface photo surfaces
Florida’s newly appointed secretary of state resigned on Thursday after the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper published photos showing him cross-dressed and in blackface with a T-shirt reading “Katrina Victim” at a Halloween party 14 years ago.
U.S. government shutdown may yield a recession: Scaramucci
The U.S. government’s partial shutdown might be enough to tip America’s economy into recession if it runs longer than another month, a former White House aide said on Thursday.
Trump will consider temporary government funding if includes border wall funds: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump would only consider a Senate plan to temporarily fund the government if it included a “large down payment” on a wall along the border with Mexico, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Thursday.
Senators crafting bill to reopen government agencies for three weeks
A bipartisan amendment to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies will be unveiled in the U.S. Senate later on Thursday, Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said, as lawmakers scurried to end a 34-day interruption to many government services.
With Venezuela convulsed by crisis, Trump’s hawks take dramatic turn
When U.S. national security adviser John Bolton branded Venezuela as part of a hemispheric “troika of tyranny” in a speech in November, the Trump administration was still struggling to decide how far it would go in confronting the country’s socialist …
Bills to re-open government fail in Senate, temporary solution eyed
Two measures to end the partial U.S. government shutdown – one backed by Republicans and one by Democrats – fell short in the Senate on Thursday as lawmakers explored other potential compromises to end a monthlong impasse with the White House.
Democrats’ plan to reopen government fails to clear hurdle in Senate
The U.S. Senate on Thursday cast sufficient votes to block a Democratic bill that would have ended a 34-day partial government shutdown by providing an array of agencies the funds they need to operate through Feb. 8.
Trump plan to fund border wall, reopen government falls short in Senate
The U.S. Senate on Thursday cast sufficient votes to block a bill backed by President Donald Trump that would have ended a record-long partial federal government shutdown by funding the wall he wants to build on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Exclusive: U.S. to begin returning asylum seekers to Mexico on Friday – official
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.
Senate plans votes on shutdown, lawmakers pursue temporary solution
The Republican-led U.S. Senate planned votes on Thursday for competing proposals to end the partial government shutdown – both of which were likely to fail – as lawmakers and the White House sniped at each other over how to break their monthlong impass…
