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Government Shutdown Ends After 3 Days of Recriminations
Both houses of Congress easily approved the short-term funding bill to end the government shutdown, though the votes revealed fissures among Democrats. CreditGabriella Demczuk for The New York Times WASHINGTON — Congress brought an end to a three-day government shutdown on Monday as Senate Democrats buckled under pressure to adopt a short-term spending bill to…
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Spurned by Trump, Europeans Ponder How to Meet Iran Ultimatum
A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S., Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Reuters PARIS/BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A…
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Senate to vote Monday on plan to reopen government
But Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says there’s no deal yet. Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) talk to reporters as they exit a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Party leaders and rank-and-file senators spent all day Sunday haggling over a deal…
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Rep. Gaetz: “Heads Will Roll” at DOJ and FBI When Details Of FISA Abuse Memo Come Out
Rep. Matt Gaetz appeared on FNC’s ‘America’s Newsroom’ Friday morning to discuss the effort to release a Top Secret memo which allegedly details abuse of FISA surveillance during the Obama administration. Gaetz also told Sean Hannity Thursday night that if it comes out: “I believe people will go to jail.” Fox News contributor Sara Carter reported Thursday that the…
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California and Trump administration square off in latest battles over immigration
Standing near a 7-Eleven in Boyle Heights on Thursday morning, Roberto Pedraza hawked tamales and cups of champurrado, the Mexican hot drink, out of insulated jugs stationed on top of plastic crates. He knew the store chain had been a recent target of immigration raids. Federal agents last week conducted audits and inspections of nearly 100…
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Trump Denies Changing His Position on Border Wall
John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, with President Trump in the Oval Office in July.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump directly contradicted his own chief of staff on Thursday and said his position on building a wall between the United States and Mexico had not “evolved.” Mr. Trump’s chief of…
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California AG: ‘We will prosecute’ employers who cooperate with Federal Immigration Officials
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) says his office “will prosecute” employers who cooperate with federal immigration officials to deport criminal illegal aliens from the United States. In a press conference on Thursday, the pro-open borders attorney general warned California employers of new state laws that barred businesses from providing information…
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OPINION: Trudeau is asking religious Canadians to betray their conscience for federal funding
The Liberals have applied an ideological purity test to their applications for summer job grants. Under the new rules for the summer jobs grants program, applicants must agree — by marking a box on an electronic form — that they respect charter rights, including “women’s reproductive rights.” (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Thousands of years ago, before…
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Russia: ‘Unscrupulous’ U.S. behavior destabilizes world
The United States and its allies are destabilizing the world by continually attempting to settle global issues through “dictating and putting forward ultimatums,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov, speaking at an annual news conference on Russian international issues, said an increasing number of nations are strengthening their military power to ensure sovereignty because…
