Government Shutdown - Page 137

January 19, 2019

Dems' $600G media campaign suggests Trump right about his foes using shutdown for 2020 strategy

A Democratic group aligned with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is launching a $600,000 media campaign attacking Republican senators up for reelection in 2020 over a government shutdown that entered its 28th day Saturday.

January 18, 2019

George W. Bush delivers pizza to Secret Service detail working through shutdown

Former President George W. Bush wanted to thank his Secret Service detail for continuing to work without pay amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

January 18, 2019

Trump says he’ll make ‘major announcement’ Saturday about partial shutdown, border ‘crisis’

President Trump on Friday tweeted that he’ll make “a major announcement” Saturday afternoon concerning the ongoing partial government shutdown and the “humanitarian crisis” on the southern border.

January 18, 2019

Michigan lawmaker invites Trump to give State of the Union address from state Capitol

With questions over whether President Trump will give the annual State of the Union address from Congress amid the partial government shutdown, a Michigan lawmaker has a suggestion: deliver it in Lansing.

January 18, 2019

Deroy Murdock: Trump should deliver his State of the Union – as planned

President Donald Trump should ignore friendly advice about alternative venues for the State of the Union address. Instead, he immediately should write House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and remind her of her January 3 letter inviting him to present his second SOTU on January 29.

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

Democrats, Puerto Rico, and the truth about our dishonest press

Imagine an alternate universe wherein the press believes in the values of our Founding Fathers. Here's the story that press would tell.

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 18, 2019

North Carolina school district restricts lunch program due to ongoing government shutdown

A North Carolina school district is cutting back its lunch program amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.

January 18, 2019

Partial government shutdown delays query into Hillary Clinton's private email server

The ongoing partial government shutdown is delaying the inquiry into whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to evade public record laws with her use of a private email account.