Unhappy with deal, Trump still doesn’t expect a new shutdown

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 06:26:39 +0000

Unhappy with deal, Trump still doesn't expect a new shutdown

WASHINGTON  — Under mounting pressure from his own party, President Donald Trump appeared to be grudgingly leaning toward accepting an agreement that would head off a threatened second government shutdown but provide just a fraction of the money he’s been demanding for his Mexican border wall.

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Top Democrat blocks Trump’s State of the Union speech to Congress

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:06:04 +0000

Top Democrat blocks Trump's State of the Union speech to Congress

WASHINGTON, United States – US President Donald Trump intensified his war of words with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday after she effectively blocked him from delivering his annual address in Congress during the government shutdown, now in its 33rd day. The growing acrimony came on the eve of a pair of US Senate votes that […]

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 Trump’s shutdown solution hangs in limbo

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 04:52:31 +0000

Trump's shutdown solution hangs in limbo

President Donald Trump’s proposal to break through the budget deadlock appeared to be gaining little traction Monday, as another missed paycheck loomed for hundreds of thousands of workers and the partial federal shutdown stretched into its fifth week.

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Shutdown goes on as Trump offer doesn’t budge Democrats

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:46:14 +0000

Shutdown goes on as Trump offer doesn't budge Democrats

Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he’d billed as a compromise.

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Trump offers concessions on immigrants in return for wall funds

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:37:52 +0000

Trump offers concessions on immigrants in return for wall funds

US President Trump offered to shield a million immigrants from deportation if Congress authorizes funding for his Mexican border wall.

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Trump declares he’ll ‘never back down’ in shutdown fight

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:15:13 +0000

Trump declares he'll 'never back down' in shutdown fight

With the government mired in shutdown week four, Trump rejected a short-term legislative fix, declaring he would “never ever back down.”

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