Senate leader looks for Friday vote to reopen government
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate could pass a temporary spending bill to reopen the federal government later on Friday, as long as there was “cooperation.”
Leading Democrats to hold news conference on shutdown deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer planned to hold a news conference on the agreement to end the partial federal government shutdown at 3:30 pm eastern time (2030 GMT) on Friday, they said in a statement.
Nebraska Supreme Court rejects death row inmates’ appeal
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by death row inmates who said their punishments became void when the state legislature repealed capital punishment in 2015, before voters restored the penalty the following year.
Schumer says U.S. shutdown to end on Friday after deal with Trump
U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he expected a stopgap funding bill to be signed by President Donald trump on Friday to end the five-week-old partial federal government shutdown.
Decades-long Trump ally Roger Stone arrested for lying to Congress
A longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested on Friday for lying to Congress about the 2016 campaign’s efforts to use stolen emails to undercut his Democratic rival in one of the highest-level arrests of the Special Counsel probe into po…
U.S. to return first group of 20 asylum seekers to Mexico on Friday: spokesman
Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said the administration of President Donald Trump has informed them the United States will send the first group of 20 asylum seekers back to Mexican territory later on Friday through the international border crossing in Tijuan…
Flights disrupted at U.S. East Coast airports as shutdown drags on
Hundreds of flights were grounded or delayed at New York-area and Philadelphia airports as more air traffic controllers called in sick on Friday, in one of the most tangible signs yet of disruption from a 35-day partial shutdown of the U.S. government….
Trump to speak on shutdown as Congress eyes stop-gap funding bill
Congressional leaders and President Donald Trump on Friday agreed to a stop-gap spending plan that would end a partial government shutdown now in its 35th day, according to a senior House Democratic aide.
WestJet facing flight delays, cancellations, from disruptions at U.S. airports
WestJet Airlines, Canada’s No. 2 carrier, is experiencing delayed and canceled flights and expects “further delays and possible cancellations if more constraints are placed” on the U.S. air traffic system, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone arrested for lying to Congress
Roger Stone, a self-proclaimed Republican “dirty trickster” and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump for 40 years, was arrested on Friday on charges of lying to Congress about the release of stolen Democratic Party emails during the 2016 campaign.
