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.
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…
U.S. trial witness says he watched ‘El Chapo’ murder three people
A former bodyguard for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman testified at Guzman’s U.S. trial on Thursday that he watched his boss personally carry out three gruesome murders of rival drug cartel members.
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.
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.
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.
