CAPITOL HILL — It’s crunch time for lawmakers to keep the U.S. government open, with funding running out at midnight Washington time unless Congress extends federal spending authority for the fifth time in the last six months. The Senate will vote first on a two-year bipartisan budget deal that would boost spending for the Pentagon and […]
Students who said they were deceived by President Donald Trump’s now-defunct Trump University can now get most of their money back, according to a ruling Tuesday by a federal appeals court. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a March 2017 agreement requiring Trump to pay $25 million dollars to settle […]
CAPITOL HILL — One day before a threatened U.S. government shutdown, Senate leaders on Wednesday struck a bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government funded for two years but left contentious immigration topics unaddressed. “I’m pleased to announce that our bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on defense spending and other priorities have yielded a significant agreement,” Majority […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump wants a military parade in Washington to top the one he watched last Bastille Day in France, ordering Pentagon leaders to make plans for the show of military might in the American capital. No date has been set for the parade, but the Defense Department said it is “in the […]