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President Donald Trump tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) CAEV445 CAEV445

September 18, 2019 at 8:30 am

Pentagon has warned of dire outcomes if military projects canceled for wall don’t happen

Defense Department warnings range from inadequate living conditions for troops and families to unsafe schools and risks to troops and the public regarding explosives and...

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July 22, 2019 at 3:00 pm

Trump backs two-year budget deal that boosts spending, suspends debt limit

WASHINGTON - The White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reached a tentative two-year budget deal Monday that would raise spending limits by $320...

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US President Donald Trump and Britain’s Prince Charles pose for a photo, outside Winfield House, the residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America to the UK, in Regent’s Park, London, prior to the Return Dinner as part of his state visit to the UK, Tuesday June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) XAG109 XAG109

June 4, 2019 at 7:00 am

GOP lawmakers intensify effort to stop tariffs against Mexico

Senators told officials from the White House and Department of Justice that there could be a disapproval vote if Trump moves forward — and this...

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May 30, 2019 at 1:58 pm

House Republicans block $19.1 billion nationwide disaster aid bill for third time

WASHINGTON - House conservatives blocked a bipartisan $19.1 billion disaster aid bill for the third time Thursday, once again thwarting Democrats' efforts to pass the...

President Donald Trump answers questions from the media before departing the White House en route to Fort Benning, Ga., on March 8, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press/TNS) 1279783 1279783

March 10, 2019 at 8:08 am

Trump to demand $8.6 billion in new wall funding, setting up fresh battle with Congress

Trump led a government shutdown in December that lasted for 35 days because Congress would not appropriate $5.7 billion to build sections of the wall....

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FILE — From left: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) with Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) while Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) speaks with an aide before the start of the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2019. Bipartisan talks to reach a border security agreement have stalled, lawmakers and aides said on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, imperiling efforts to prevent another government shutdown days before the Friday deadline. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

February 10, 2019 at 6:34 am

Shutdown looms as border talks break down over immigration enforcement

WASHINGTON - The nation faces the real possibility of another government shutdown at the end of the week, after bipartisan talks aimed at averting that...

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FILE – In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and Trumpâ€™s charitable foundation reached a deal on Tuesday, Dec. 18 to dissolve the foundation and distribute its remaining assets to other nonprofit groups. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) NYAG213 NYAG213

January 1, 2019 at 11:12 am

Trump invites congressional leaders to White House for border security briefing

President Trump has been in the White House instead of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, as planned, because of the government shutdown now in its...

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December 29, 2018 at 8:42 am

McConnell at center of shutdown impasse — but uncharacteristically disengaged

The sidelines is an unusual place to find Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with the government in the throes of a budget breakdown, especially one...

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FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, on board Air Force One, gesture while watching a live television broadcast of the Senate confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump has transformed the presidency in scores of other ways, inserting himself into matters his predecessors avoided. He has chastised his own Justice Department for not opening investigations into his political foes. He has threatened to oust the chairman of the Federal Reserve, which prizes its political independence, for raising interest rates, believing it could slow the economy. With deadly wildfires raging, he criticized Californians for poor forest management. He doesnâ€™t attend national arts events that typically have had a presidential imprimatur, such as the Kennedy Center Honors. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) WX404 WX404

December 27, 2018 at 6:00 am

Congress punts shutdown into new year, when Democrats will retake the House

WASHINGTON - Congress effectively gave up Thursday on breaking the impasse over President Donald Trump's demands for border-wall funding, all but ensuring that the partial...

November 28, 2018 at 1:14 pm

Lawmakers reach tentative farm bill deal after months-long impasse

Key lawmakers said Wednesday they have reached a tentative deal on a massive farm bill, breaking a months-long impasse over legislation that doles out more...

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