A last-minute budget deal will prevent a second government shutdown under the Trump administration. We take a look at the main ways the government allocated taxpayer money. On Friday, December 20, just in time to ...
The federal government has yet to resolve its impasse over appropriations as another government budget deadline nears. Lost amidst the impeachment news swirling in recent weeks was the signing into law on September 27 of ...
Republicans and Democrats reached a deal Monday night while President Trump was at a campaign rally in Texas where he told attendees he didn’t even want to hear about the new deal. Monday night Congressional ...
We have a deal, but will it last? Trump announced Friday that a deal had been reached between the President and U.S. lawmakers to fund and open the government through February 15. The announcement came ...
“I am asking for assistance to keep a roof over my family’s head. The government shutdown is leaving us unable to pay for all of our bills and rent.” “Senate Republicans blocked a stopgap measure ...
The Democratic Party has a new deal that just might entice President Trump. According to multiple reports, House Democrats are drafting a new offer to bring Republicans and President Trump back to the table and ...
It’s been a month since a meeting at the White House between Trump, Schumer and Pelosi turned into a shouting match and the Trump-Pelosi drama has only intensified since. Exchanges between President Trump and Nancy ...
The United States is now in its longest ever government shutdown, but how is that actually affecting departments? Parts of the U.S. federal government remain closed in what is turning out to be the longest shutdown ...
Will the departure of another migrant caravan heading for the US border affect negotiations over funding for the US border wall? Another migrant caravan is on its way to the United States. The caravan is coming ...
Congressional Republicans are faced with severing the will of their constituents or angering President Trump who seems locked in on receiving funding for his proposed border fence. United States President Donald Trump threatened to continue ...
On Monday, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel vowed to hire a federal employee to work on his show every night until the government shutdown ends. It marked the 17th day of the shutdown, which ...
Critics of the Trump administration are arguing that the oil sector is receiving preferential treatment during the government shutdown. The United States has experienced two-government shutdowns over the past six years. While most people would ...
National parks remain open during the government shutdown, but activities such as waste cleanup and regulatory inspections are at a standstill. Since the government shutdown began on Dec. 22, 2018, national parks have remained open. ...
“We could not sit idly by as our national parks collected trash.” Teenage members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association in the United States are cleaning national parks while the federal government is shut down. ...
“It’s absurd that the first bill during the shutdown is legislation which punishes Americans who exercise their constitutional right to engage in political activity,” declared Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (Common Dreams) After The Intercept reported over the ...
“It is time to bring a dose of reality to the swamp. If we cannot do our jobs, then we do not deserve to get paid, plain and simple.” As the government shutdown continues on ...
“We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is ...
While the capital is locked in a game of cat and mouse, over 800,000 federal workers will have their lives hanging in the balance as they wait for a solution to the government shutdown. The ...
(FactCheck.org, by Robert Farley, Jessica McDonald, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson and D’Angelo Gore) In a contentious Oval Office meeting, President Donald Trump and the Democratic congressional leaders — Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer — disagreed over funding for a border wall, ...
The 2013 government shutdown, which lasted a span of 16 days, caused an estimated $7 million loss in revenue. Will our national parks lose again when the current short-term spending bill is up? By passing ...
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