President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill Friday, reopening the federal government on Day 35 of the longest shutdown in U.S. history. The Senate and House passed the legislation, which funds the government for three weeks, earlier in the evening "I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump said Friday afternoon from the White House Rose Garden. The deal temporarily lifts the federal shutdown, … [Read more...]
Americans say education, health care should be priorities for Congress, Trump
Education, health care, the economy and social security all ranked at the top of the list of what Americans believe should be Congress and the White House's top priorities, according to a new Gallup survey released Wednesday. Eighty percent of more Americans surveyed said that the four topics were either extremely or very important for the Congress and White House to work on, led by education with 87 percent. Health care policies and the economy followed at 85 percent with social security … [Read more...]
James Comey agrees to private testimony after legal challenge
Former FBI Director James Comey said Sunday he will testify before Congress this week after dropping a challenge to a House subpoena. Comey made the announcement on Twitter after saying he reached a deal with Republicans to make the private testimony after House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., agreed to make his comments public in their entirety after the hearing. "Grateful for a fair hearing from judge. Hard to protect my rights without being in contempt, which I don't … [Read more...]
Memorial services for George H.W. Bush start at U.S. Capitol
Services for former President George H.W. Bush will begin Monday, three days after he died at age 94. Air Force One will travel to Ellington Field in Houston on Monday morning to take Bush's casket from a departure ceremony scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EST. It will be delivered to Joint Base Andrews near Washington D.C., for an arrival ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Another arrival ceremony will occur on Capitol Hill, involving the House and Senate, at 4:45 p.m. Bush's body will lie in state at the … [Read more...]
Lawsuit against Trump, his D.C. hotel dismissed
A federal judge Monday dismissed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and Trump International Hotel by a nearby bar in downtown Washington, D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruled in a 12-page opinion that Cork Wine Bar had "failed to state a claim for unfair competition." In the suit filed in March 2017, the bar owners had alleged that they were losing business to Trump's luxury hotel because foreign leaders, lobbyists and government officials were more likely to book … [Read more...]
DNA test confirms Sen. Elizabeth Warren part Native American
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test that indicates she is part Native American, a detail behind a long-running feud between she and President Donald Trump. Her assertion of Native American heritage, as told to her by her mother, was an issue in her 2012 senatorial campaign and has been intensified by Trump, who has mockingly referred to her as "Pocahontas." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders suggested Warren used the Native American connection when … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia minister offers to continue to serve as oil cushion, calming markets
Saudi Arabia has enough spare capacity to cover potential disruptions and will continue to use it, the country's Energy minister Khalid Al-Falih said Monday during an industry event in India amid market concern about the consequences of any potential U.S. sanction. At the same time, Saudi Arabia has expressed "its total rejection of any threats" following U.S. President Donald Trump's comments that the kingdom could face severe punishment if there is any proof that the Saudi government was … [Read more...]
U.S., Canada reach deal to replace NAFTA
The United States and Canada reached a deal Sunday night to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, officials from both countries said. The deal, which was reached before a midnight deadline set by President Donald Trump, will include an earlier deal reached between the United States and Mexico and be called the "United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a joint … [Read more...]
Kavanaugh says he won’t be ‘intimidated into withdrawing’
Brett Kavanaugh sent a letter to Senate leaders Monday saying he will not withdraw his nomination to the Supreme Court and denying a new sexual misconduct allegation. He sent the letter to Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the two top members of the judiciary committee. "As I told the committee during my hearing, a federal judge must be independent, not swayed by public or political pressure," he wrote. "That is the kind of judge I will always be. "I will … [Read more...]
Lawmakers call for delay of Kavanaugh vote amid sex assault claims
President Donald Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is now facing a potentially difficult obstacle to the bench -- a decades-old incident of sexual assault, detailed over the weekend by a woman in The Washington Post. Washington, D.C., appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh is scheduled for a confirmation hearing in the full Senate on Thursday, after being approved by the judiciary committee last week. In the Post article, the woman said she and a friend were sexually assaulted by Kavanugh … [Read more...]
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