[dropcap]C[/dropcap]APITOL HILL — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would accept a deal to at least temporarily reopen the federal government if it contained a “pro-rated down payment” on the U.S.-Mexico border wall he has sought for two years. Trump told reporters at the White House the country had no choice but to build […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is preparing for votes Thursday on separate Republican and Democratic proposals to end a partial government shutdown that is now in its second month. A bill already passed by the Democrat-led House of Representatives would provide stopgap funding through February 8, allowing the shuttered agencies to reopen while the two sides […]
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]APITOL HILL / WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump forced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to cancel a planned trip to Afghanistan and Brussels on Thursday, the latest maneuver in a bitter political battle over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. In a letter to the speaker of the House, Trump denied Pelosi and members […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional leaders are scheduled to meet late Friday morning at the White House to discuss how to end the government shutdown that has entered its third week. The meeting comes a day after a new group of lawmakers was sworn into office in what is now a Democratically […]