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January 18, 2019

Trump campaign sending faux red bricks to Schumer, Pelosi amid border wall fight

President Trump’s re-election campaign said Friday they are sending faux red bricks to the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer until Democrats agree to fund a border wall.

January 18, 2019

White House denies Pelosi ‘leak’ charge, as details from Kabul cable raise questions over claim

The White House on Friday adamantly denied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claim that it leaked plans for a delegation's proposed commercial flight to Afghanistan, as details from a State Department cable cautioning her office about the trip raised further questions about the allegation.

January 18, 2019

Pelosi says Trump derailed trip plans again with leak; White House calls claim 'flat out lie'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office accused the Trump administration on Friday of leaking plans for a congressional delegation to fly commercial to Afghanistan after they were denied military aircraft, saying the related security risks have forced them to postpone the trip -- in the latest escalation of the bitter feud over the partial government shutdown. 

January 16, 2019

Pelosi's SOTU gambit aimed at stopping Trump from border plea, Lankford tells Kilmeade

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s move to postpone President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address is an attempt to block the commander-in-chief from making his case for border security.

January 15, 2019

Trump suggests Pelosi should stop getting a paycheck amid shutdown

President Trump clashed anew with Nancy Pelosi over the partial government shutdown on Tuesday, questioning whether the House speaker should continue getting paid while the standoff drags on -- as Pelosi accused the president of holding the paychecks of hundreds of thousands of federal workers “hostage.” 

January 11, 2019

Shutdown fallout intensifies as federal workers miss first paychecks

The impact of the partial government shutdown intensified on Friday, as hundreds of thousands of federal workers missed their first paychecks since the funding lapse last month -- a situation putting rising pressure on Congress and the White House to reach an agreement to re-open shuttered agencies. 

January 10, 2019

Trump highlights human trafficking as he calls for 'strong barrier' during visit to US-Mexico border

President Trump on Thursday visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and argued a barrier made of steel would deter human trafficking and drugs, amid stalled negotiations with Democrats over funding the border project and ending the partial government shutdown.

January 9, 2019

Trump walks out of border security meeting after Pelosi rejects wall pitch

President Trump walked out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday afternoon over the partial government shutdown after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again rejected supporting new funding for a border wall, according to those in the meeting.

January 8, 2019

Pelosi announces legislation to expand background checks on guns

On the eighth anniversary of the shooting of former Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Democrats Tuesday announced a bill to expand background checks for sales and transfers of firearms.

January 8, 2019

‘Morning Joe’ anchor wants network TV to keep Trump’s Oval Office address off the air

MSNBC, CBS hosts want TV networks to refuse to air Trump Oval Office address