Grassroots Republicans are sticking with President Donald Trump as an historic partial shutdown of the federal government continues with no end in sight amid a partisan spat over immigration. That was the consensus report from Republican National Committee members Wednesday as they gathered from around the country for an annual winter business meeting. In interviews, […]

President Trump said Tuesday that the students at Covington Catholic High School have become “symbols of Fake News” after being accused by the press of intimidating a Native American man at a rally in Washington, D.C. Trump also slammed the media for its coverage of the encounter, which many said showed student Nick Sandmann and his […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to raise the political stakes on the partial government shutdown Wednesday by telling President Donald Trump to postpone his State of the Union address, arguing that it’s too dangerous to give a speech to a joint session of Congress with the Secret Service working without pay. Government officials rebutted her claims, […]

No Democrats will attend a lunch on Tuesday with President Donald Trump designed to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown and fund a border wall, the White House said. Trump had invited several moderate House Democrats to the White House in an effort to undermine Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has refused to grant […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his strongest indication yet that he may declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress to build a wall along the U.S-Mexico border. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said it would be “surprising to me” if he did not make an emergency declaration if talks with Democrats fail. “If […]