No Christmas miracle expected as US government shutdown looms
Ahead of midnight deadline, Trump rejects funding bill to keep government operational and sticks to demand that it include $5 billion for a wall on the US-Mexico border.
View ArticleTrump, Democrats dig in as government heads for shutdown
Inability to resolve conflict would disrupt government operations and leave federal workers furloughed or forced to work without pay just days before Christmas
View ArticleUS government partially shuts down in fight over Trump’s Mexican border wall
As Democrats refuse to meet president's demand of $5 billion for border project, some federal employees are furloughed while others will work unpaid in days before Christmas
View ArticleElizabeth Warren to give her salary to HIAS during US government shutdown
Massachusetts senator says she'll donate to Jewish immigration aid group amid row between Democrats and Republicans over border wall funding
View ArticleNo deal to end shutdown; Trump says ‘could be a long time’
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi vows to quickly pass legislation to reopen the government — without funds for the border wall
View ArticleAre Republicans trying to make US government shutdown an Israel issue?
As GOP legislators try to push a pro-Israel bill through Congress, Democrats accuse them of playing politics with Israel, urge them to focus on getting government back to work
View ArticleDemocrats block Senate bill on Israel boycotts, citing US government shutdown
Package that includes military support for Israel and Jordan stalls on a vote of 56-44, not enough to clear the 60-vote hurdle
View ArticleTrump storms out of meeting with Democrats on border wall funding
'A total waste of time,' US president tweets after talks at White House; top Senate Democrat Schumer says Trump 'sort of slammed the table' and left
View ArticleDC group gives loans to Jewish federal workers affected by shutdown
The Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Washington approves loans of up to $2,000 per household for those who won't get their paycheck
View ArticleGovernment shutdown becomes longest in US history
Trump backs off threats to declare national emergency over Democrats' refusal to fund his Mexico border wall, as partial shutdown enters record 22nd day
View ArticleIn Washington, three weddings (whew!) and a shutdown
DC mayor says irreconcilable differences between Trump, Dems can't shut down 'I do's
View ArticleTrump denies Pelosi plane to visit troops amid shutdown squabble
In apparent tit-for-tat after House speaker imperils State of the Union address, president nixes military aircraft for top Democrat's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan
View ArticleTrump to make ‘major announcement’ on shutdown, border
US government has been shuttered for 4 weeks over president's insistence the federal budget include billions for a wall separating the US from Mexico
View ArticleTrump offers protection to young migrants in exchange for border wall
In White House speech, US president calls proposal a 'commonsense compromise both parties should embrace'; Pelosi says offer 'not a good-faith effort'
View ArticleTrump agrees to delay State of Union until after shutdown ends
After week-long standoff with House Speaker Pelosi, US president concedes there is no alternative venue that would do justice to annual speech
View ArticleIsrael said pushing US to amend law that threatens security coordination with PA
TV report says Washington shutdown raising obstacles, as White House scrambles to find solution to new anti-terror rules that will effectively strip Ramallah of security funds
View ArticleTrump aides blasted as out of touch for dismissing shutdown suffering
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, worth some $700 million, sparks anger after saying he does not understand why furloughed federal workers are not just taking out loans
View ArticleTrump announces deal to end record-long US government shutdown
Under mounting pressure, president says he will sign a bill to reopen the government for three weeks while talks on border wall continue; Again invokes Israel's 'wall'
View ArticleSchumer wields leverage and a flip phone against Trump
Senate minority leader is playing his part in uniting the Democrats in their fight against the president; he 'knows the minds and hearts of his colleagues,' says one senator
View ArticleUS lawmakers reach deal ‘in principle’ on border wall funding to avoid shutdown
Republicans said to tentatively agree to far less money for Trump's border wall than the White House's $5.7 billion wish list, settling for a figure of about $1.4 billion
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