Disagreements among Democrats have emerged over how to conduct political messaging on the government shutdown as the party battles with the GOP over whom the public should blame for the impasse. The Democratic National Committee raised eyebrows Wednesday when it posted a shutdown explainer video featuring cats, attracting criticism from some observers who called it...
President Trump’s top officials are raising alarm that violence on the ground in eastern Congo is outpacing U.S. efforts to implement a peace deal to end 30 years of conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. The warnings from Trump’s top officials counter the president’s repeated claims that he has ended “un-endable wars.”...
Republicans in Congress have refused to negotiate an extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits as part of talks to end the shutdown, arguing there is plenty of time to negotiate over ObamaCare once the government is funded. “That is an issue for the end of the year. Dec. 31 is when that expires,”...
Some U.S. schools are facing an immediate funding threat due to the government shutdown, while others are nervously eyeing their cash reserves and wondering how long the closure will last. Schools at military facilities or on Tribal land can receive a significant portion of their budget from Impact Aid, which was immediately cut off when...
Supreme Court justices face major constitutional questions about presidential authority as Trump administration appeals reach the high court for final review this term.
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Bad Bunny on Saturday night poked fun at the backlash he has received from conservatives since being announced as this NFL season's Super Bowl halftime show performer. The award-winning artist, hosting NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for the second time, said during his opening monologue that he is "very happy" to be Super...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller railed against a Saturday ruling that temporarily blocked President Trump’s attempts to deploy 200 National Guard soldiers to Portland, Ore. “Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge … ,” Miller, an architect of many Trump administration immigration policies, wrote...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will caucus virtually on Monday after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent his colleagues home for the next week amid the government shutdown. “People will die. If the Affordable Care Act tax credits are not renewed in short order, millions will lose their healthcare coverage, and the...