Tag: Border

"Chuck Schumer's left wing, radical base is demanding that they oppose everything so I think Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want a shutdown," Cruz said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Ted Cruz: Senate Democrats want a shutdown to appease their base

Kyle Feldscher · April 26, 2017 2:16 pm

"I think there is a global humanitarian crisis that’s happening and we have to come together and we have to solve it," Ivanka Trump said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Ivanka Trump on refugees: We have to come together and solve global humanitarian crisis

Meghana Kurup · April 26, 2017 1:51 pm

President Trump ripped the Tuesday decision by a federal court to strike down his executive order blocking federal funding from sanctuary cities, in a series of tweets Wednesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump responds to sanctuary cities ruling: ‘See you in the Supreme Court!’

Kyle Feldscher · April 26, 2017 11:43 am

President Trump has embraced the idea of taking it slow on his domestic agenda, after most of it has stalled in Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s new approach to domestic policy: Strategic patience

W. James Antle III · April 26, 2017 4:01 am

The legislation was expected to include an appropriation for border enforcement, a provision the White House was touting as a win. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s wall reversal will cost GOP in future talks, Republicans fear

David M. Drucker · April 26, 2017 4:01 am

Reince Priebus said President Trump has shown "reasonableness" by axing wall talks. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Priebus: Blame Democrats if budget doesn’t pass Congress

Anna Giaritelli · April 26, 2017 2:16 am

Cruz's bill, if implemented as conceived, would provide the $14 billion subject to confiscation from El Chapo as well as money taken from drug lords arrested in future cases. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Ted Cruz: Take El Chapo’s $14 billion to pay for the wall

Joel Gehrke · April 25, 2017 8:19 pm

"The wall's going to get built, folks. In case anybody has any questions, the wall is going to get built," Trump said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump: Border wall will get built ‘soon’

Sarah Bedford · April 25, 2017 8:04 pm

The New York Democrat said he remained committed to weeding out "poison pill riders" from the bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats rejoice at Trump wall funding demand reversal

Al Weaver · April 25, 2017 7:44 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Congress is aware that President Trump wants funding for the southern border wall in a spending bill to keep the government running, but he dodged on whether Trump would decline to sign a bill that didn't include that money. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Spicer says Trump wants funding for wall in spending bill, but dodges on shutdown threat

Kyle Feldscher · April 25, 2017 7:07 pm

A handful of mayors told Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday that they are not breaking federal law by imposing "sanctuary" policies aimed at protecting illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mayors tell Jeff Sessions: We are not ‘sanctuary cities’

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2017 5:55 pm

At first glance, there's nothing terribly problematic with what President Trump might have told the Russian foreign minister and ambassador last week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s what President Trump wants you to know about his first 100 days

Emily Jashinsky · April 25, 2017 5:23 pm