Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) during a rally outside of the Capitol Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington, on second day of the federal shutdown.

Trump says court ruling sank DACA-wall deal

Melissa Quinn · December 27, 2018 9:25 pm

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., is surrounded by reporters as he leaves the chamber as President Trump and Congress bicker over terms for funding the government and his demand for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.

Partial government shutdown set to extend into next Congress

Kelly Cohen · December 27, 2018 9:04 pm

Which bits of the federal government are essential?

Washington Examiner · December 27, 2018 10:07 am

President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen are defending the zero-tolerance separations policy.

Trump meeting with DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen on border security amid government shutdown

Kelly Cohen · December 24, 2018 6:14 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Tuesday he is confident the White House will allow the release of a memo reportedly detailing abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by the Obama administration to spy on associates of President Trump. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Freedom Caucus members cagey on a compromise figure for border wall funding

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 23, 2018 8:31 pm

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during a rally in Portland, Ore., Oct. 17, 2018. Merkley, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, is seriously considering a run for the White House.

Jeff Merkley says Democrats OK with funding border security, but not a wall

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2018 4:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Drones are ‘fun’ — but only ‘Wall or Barrier’ will work

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2018 3:08 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as the Senate takes up a House-passed bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018.

Republican senator hits at Trump’s border wall battle: ‘This is a made-up fight’

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 23, 2018 3:06 pm

"It's a policy dream come true to be able to make the arguments directly to the president of the United States, and if I lose, that's great. I'm not the president. He is. And I absolutely respect his final decision," says Mick Mulvaney. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mick Mulvaney: DHS can’t ‘spend money from Mexico’ for border wall

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2018 2:37 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 25, 2018, after returning from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump skips Christmas in Mar-a-Lago for shutdown

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2018 12:13 am

Lawmakers: Don’t pay us during shutdown

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 9:12 pm

House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, leaves the Capitol and heads to Dallas on the first morning of a partial government shutdown, as Democratic lawmakers, and some Republicans, are at odds with President Donald Trump on spending for his border wall.

Christmas government shutdown: Senate adjourns Saturday with no deal

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2018 8:38 pm