Tag: Bipartisanship

Capping an interview with White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short Tuesday, CNN's Wolf Blitzer showered his admiration for the Trump administration's transparency. (screenshot)

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer showers praise on Trump for opening up immigration meeting to press

Daniel Chaitin · January 10, 2018 1:35 am

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has promised his new initiative to ease professional licensing requirements will be a boon to the economy. (AP Photo/James Nord)

Beltway Confidential

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard moves to ease professional licensure requirements

Becket Adams · January 10, 2018 1:24 am

"Maybe all of you should think about going back to a form of earmarks. You should do it," President Trump (pictured center) said during an immigration meeting at the White House on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump encourages lawmakers to consider reviving earmarks

Sarah Bedford · January 9, 2018 6:32 pm

Immigrant rights supporters hold giant letters reading "Dream Act" as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a law that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the U.S. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Democrats’ disingenuous dealing on DACA

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that immigration reform and government spending talks between lawmakers are going well, in spite of President Trump butting in intermittently. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Schumer: Trump making ‘unreasonable demands’ for border wall

Al Weaver · January 8, 2018 9:31 pm

There are 10 U.S. attorney offices spread across the six states that opened recreational marijuana markets under the 2013 Cole Memo. But what impact a new crackdown on the industry in those states will have is anyone's guess. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Will a US attorney bust up pot businesses after Jeff Sessions’ policy change?

Steven Nelson · January 7, 2018 5:01 am

Immigrant rights advocates close to negotiations told reporters that the "parameters" of a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are beginning to take shape, and they arenÃ¢â¬â¢t concerned about the posturing going on publicly. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Immigration advocates sense a deal taking shape in DACA talks

Laura Barrón-López · January 6, 2018 5:01 am

Contractors have already completed eight prototypes of President Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, triggering a period of rigorous testing to determine if they can repel sledgehammers, torches, pickaxes, and battery-operated tools. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Top Democrat sounds government shutdown alarm after White House demands additional $18 billion for border wall

Diana Stancy Correll · January 6, 2018 12:29 am

President-elect Donald Trump greets House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and other Congressional leaders as he arrives for his inauguration ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Washington Secrets

Democrats warned of voter backlash if work with Trump, GOP

Paul Bedard · January 5, 2018 4:50 pm

President Trump has said that any legislation touching the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program must include a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Under Trump, opposing ‘chain migration’ is even bigger than ‘amnesty’

W. James Antle III · January 5, 2018 5:01 am

The next-generation Virginia-class submarines are used to hunt enemy ships and submarines as well as attack coastal targets and deliver special operations forces. (AP Photo/Jack Sauer)

National Security

House lawmakers worry budget talks could nix a hike in Navy attack subs

Travis J. Tritten · January 4, 2018 9:42 pm

The White House has drawn a series of red lines around the reorganization of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs, demanding that such legislation contain funding for a Southwest border wall, among other things. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Immigration complicates Trump’s spending negotiations with Congress

Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2018 5:01 am