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 Trump to demand more money for border

Trump to demand more money for border

President Trump will send Congress a supplemental budget request this week demanding more money to secure the border amid the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis, the acting Homeland Security secretary told Congress on Tuesday, setting up a massive battle with Democrats  Read more

Trump And Democrats Agree On $2 Trillion For Infrastructure, But Not On How To Pay
  • NPR
  • 04/30/2019 12:00 AM

Trump And Democrats Agree On $2 Trillion For Infrastructure, But Not On How To Pay

Democratic congressional leaders say President Trump has agreed to a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. But — and it's a big but — there was no agreement on how to pay for such a wide-ranging and expensive proposal  Read more

Trump presses Democratic leaders on stalled trade deal at White House

Trump presses Democratic leaders on stalled trade deal at White House

President Trump and his economic adviser Larry Kudlow pressed Democratic leaders at a White House meeting Tuesday on moving the stalled U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which faces opposition from labor and environmental groups  Read more

Trump administration declares support for Venezuela uprising against Maduro: 'We are with you!'

Trump administration declares support for Venezuela uprising against Maduro: 'We are with you!'

The Trump administration voiced full support Tuesday for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as he led a contingent of heavily armed troops into the streets of Caracas amid a call for the military to rise up and oust the South American nation’s disputed president, Nicolás Maduro  Read more

 Trump Says He Wants Asylum Seekers to Pay a Fee to Apply

Trump Says He Wants Asylum Seekers to Pay a Fee to Apply

President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants seeking to cross into the U.S.  Read more

 GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley tells Trump to cancel tariffs or lose U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal

GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley tells Trump to cancel tariffs or lose U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal

The Senate’s senior Republican issued an ultimatum to President Trump on Sunday, saying either he cancels his trade-war tariffs or else he can forget about getting his U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal through Congress  Read more

 Barr's Testimony to House in Doubt Amid Dispute With Democrats

Barr's Testimony to House in Doubt Amid Dispute With Democrats

The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may skip a Thursday hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report if committee lawyers seek to question him  Read more

As trade talks reach endgame, U.S.-China ties could hinge on enforcement

As trade talks reach endgame, U.S.-China ties could hinge on enforcement

U.S. negotiators head to China on Tuesday to try to hammer out details to end the two countries’ trade war, including the shape of an enforcement mechanism, the success or failure of which could set the trajectory of ties for years to come  Read more

An 'F' for Warren's unfair plan to nix student loan debt

An 'F' for Warren's unfair plan to nix student loan debt

Among Democratic presidential candidates, student loan debt offers sweet opportunities to pander. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has the boldest plan, promising to help 95 percent of those with such obligations  Read more

2020 Democrats’ insane race to the left

2020 Democrats’ insane race to the left

Keeping President Trump in the White House after 2020 would “fundamentally alter the character of this nation,” ex-Veep Joe Biden insisted as he joined the race last week. Uh, Joe: Have you heard what your fellow Democrats are proposing?  Read more

	Impeachment Would Be a Redundant Judgment

Impeachment Would Be a Redundant Judgment

Democrats want to impeach Trump for being Trump  Read more

Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
  • NPR
  • 04/28/2019 12:00 AM

Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty

President Trump effectively "unsigned" an international arms sales agreement Friday, moving to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty. The agreement sets global standards for regulating transfers of conventional arms, from rifles to tanks and airplanes  Read more

Trump Says He Will Declassify FBI’s Russia Probe Documents, ‘And Much More’

Trump Says He Will Declassify FBI’s Russia Probe Documents, ‘And Much More’

President Donald Trump committed Thursday to declassifying a slew of records related to the Russia probe “and much more.”  Read more

Rosenstein speaks out to defend Russia probe, rip Obama administration

Rosenstein speaks out to defend Russia probe, rip Obama administration

The deputy attorney general, who oversaw the special counsel investigation, said he didn't promise to release the full Mueller report  Read more

 U.S. Economy Grew at Strong 3.2% Rate in First Quarter

U.S. Economy Grew at Strong 3.2% Rate in First Quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.2% annual rate in the first three months of the year, a far better outcome than expected, overcoming a host of headwinds including global weakness, rising trade tensions and a partial government shutdown  Read more

North Korea billed US $2 million for Otto Warmbier's medical care

North Korea billed US $2 million for Otto Warmbier's medical care

North Korea sent a $2 million bill for Otto Warmbier's medical bills when he was released from captivity in 2017, according to the Washington Post  Read more

 Federal court rules MI congressional & legislative maps are unconstitutional, must be redrawn

Federal court rules MI congressional & legislative maps are unconstitutional, must be redrawn

A three-judge federal panel ruled Thursday that Michigan's congressional and legislative maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered for partisan gain, ordering the state Legislature to redraw at least 34 districts for the 2020 election  Read more

 Trump Opponents Never Tire of Losing

Trump Opponents Never Tire of Losing

It doesn’t appear they’ll ever figure him out  Read more