WASHINGTON (AP) – Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money to build his long-promised wall … Read More
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is throwing a political temper tantrum by urging President Trump not to deliver the State of the Union address in the House chamber as scheduled Tuesday. President Trump was right to send a letter to Pelosi on Wednesday … Read More
President Donald Trump arrives at McAllen International Airport in Texas on Thursday. (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty Images) If the Democrats thought blocking border wall funding with a partial government shutdown was the right hill to die on, they were sadly … Read More
The president’s border visit showed the success of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer’s messaging. LEAH MILLIS / REUTERS When Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer finished their rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office address on Tuesday, it was not entirely clear what … Read More
The Oscar for the biggest bluff of 2018 goes to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi for almost having us convinced they’re opposed to immigration reform from high atop the fabricated moral high ground they’ve staked out. In reality, they weren’t … Read More
A closed sign is displayed at The National Archives entrance in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, as a partial government shutdown stretches into its third week. A high-stakes move to reopen the government will be the first big battle between … Read More
The Washington Monument is seen through a chain link fence during a government shutdown in Washington, DC, Dec. 27, 2018. Congress members trickled back into Washington but there was little hope of ending the government shutdown sparked by a row … Read More
Tuesday’s meeting between President Trump and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York showed that while the president is determined to protect the security of our border and the safety of … Read More