U.S. President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency, overriding a congressional measure and protecting his national security declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it,” Trump said Friday in the Oval Office. Surrounded […]
The U.S. Senate defied President Donald Trump Wednesday and voted to cut off support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen. Seven of Trump’s fellow Republicans sided with Democrats in passing the measure 54-46. It now goes to the House, which approved its own similar measure this year, only to have the process […]
Former U.S. congressman Beto O’Rourke announced Thursday he is joining the race for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2020 presidential election. He released a video message pledging a positive campaign that embraces the opportunity of facing challenges at what he called a “moment of maximum peril and maximum potential.” “This is a defining […]