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Watch live: House gavels in as 116th Congress begins
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate have convened for the 116th Congress with the most diverse class of lawmakers in history. The House is returning the first woman to the speaker’s office as Democrats take the majority with a large class of freshman lawmakers. They’re ready to confront President Donald...
Trump kicks off new year with ‘Sanctions are coming’ poster
President Donald Trump returned from the holidays and convened a Cabinet meeting with his team on Wednesday. But the star of the meeting, so to speak, was a large mock movie poster featuring his photograph and the words “SANCTIONS ARE COMING, NOVEMBER 4.” It mimicked the HBO’s “Game of Thrones”...
Nancy Pelosi elected House speaker again as government shutdown continues
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives, which includes 63 new Democrats, on Thursday elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as speaker for a second time. A new era of divided government arrived in Washington, as Democrats took control of the House amid a partial government shutdown now in its second week....
Lindsey Graham: If Trump gives in on shutdown, it’s ‘probably the end of his presidency’
WASHINGTON — With the government shutdown, President Donald Trump has put himself in an impossible position. He’s tied his support for a solution entirely to securing billions of dollars to build a wall on the Mexican border. House Democrats say that’s a total non-starter. Meanwhile Trump has rejected compromise deals...
Ex-Trump club worker’s name was left off Secret Service vetting list, she says
A former kitchen employee at one of President Trump’s golf clubs in New Jersey said her superiors kept her name and those of other undocumented workers off a list of people to be vetted by the Secret Service before a Trump visit to the club in 2016. Emma Torres, 43,...
No deal to end shutdown; Trump says ‘could be a long time’
WASHINGTON — The shuttered parts of the federal government were no closer to being reopened Wednesday after President Trump and congressional leaders met for the first time since the shutdown began nearly two weeks ago. “I don’t think any particular progress was made today, but we talked,” Senate Majority Leader...
Trump rips Mattis’ performance as the Pentagon seeks stability
WASHINGTON — President Trump criticized former defense secretary Jim Mattis’ performance Wednesday, as acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan stepped into his new job and the U.S. military sought to make sense of the president’s murky plans for the war in Syria. Trump questioned how well Mattis had served as Pentagon...
With Zinke out, former lobbyist David Bernhardt becomes acting secretary at Interior
WASHINGTON — As Ryan Zinke left his post heading the Interior Department on Wednesday, the agency’s No. 2 official, David Bernhardt, joined President Trump at a meeting of Cabinet officials. Bernhardt, who has been serving as deputy Interior secretary since his confirmation last July, is taking over as acting Interior...
Romney criticizes Trump’s ‘character’ in scathing op-ed
WASHINGTON — Days away from joining the Senate’s Republican majority, Sen.-elect Mitt Romney broadly criticized President Donald Trump’s policies and character and argued that the president “has not risen to the mantle of the office.” “With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is...
Trump tells America to chill out and ‘ENJOY THE RIDE’ in 2019
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump got 2019 off to a whipsaw start Tuesday, using Twitter to insult a retired U.S. commander in Afghanistan as a dumb loudmouth, sing the praises of an ultranationalist former aide and tell America to chill and “ENJOY THE RIDE.” Trump’s cheery tone in an all-caps...
