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January 15, 2019

Trump doubles down on border wall, as polls show voters turning against his shutdown strategy

President Trump used an address Monday to the American Farm Bureau convention to dig in on his call for a border wall, even as new polling indicates most Americans oppose his administration’s strategy of demanding money for the U.S.-Mexico barrier in exchange for ending the partial government shutdown. 

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 15, 2019

Trump says ‘drone flying around’ will not stop new migrant caravan: ‘Only a Wall’

President Trump said Tuesday that a “drone flying around” will not stop the new migrant caravan that is moving from Central America toward the U.S. border with Mexico, doubling down on his claims that “Only a Wall will work.”

January 15, 2019

Doug Schoen: If Trump wants to have even a chance of winning in 2020, he needs to end the shutdown now

Despite his later attempts to shift the blame to Democratic congressional leaders, Americans continue to blame President Trump for the shutdown.

January 14, 2019

Amid partial government shutdown, restaurants and breweries aid federal workers, send beer to lawmakers

As the partial government shutdown continues, restaurants and food purveyors are stepping up to help feed furloughed employees and bring lawmakers together to strike a deal.

January 14, 2019

Trump misfires, tweets American Farm Bureau speech in wrong city

President Trump promoted his upcoming speech to the American Farm Bureau’s annual convention on social media Monday – but tagged the wrong city.

January 14, 2019

Longest-ever government shutdown sees no end – and no compromise – in sight

If the shutdown is ever going to end, President Trump, alongside congressional Democrats and Republicans, must do as their political forefathers did and compromise. It’s unclear how and when that might happen.

January 14, 2019

How the government shutdown is disrupting science

The longest-ever U.S. government shutdown, which has caused 800,000 federal workers to go without paychecks, led TSA workers to call out sick and sparked protests across the country, is also having a negative impact on scientists. 

January 14, 2019

Wife of federal worker wins the lottery amid shutdown crisis

There was a gold lining for one family negatively affected by the government shutdown

January 14, 2019

Passenger carried gun onto international Delta flight from Atlanta, report says

The Transportation Security Administration on Sunday confirmed reports that an armed passenger managed to board an international Delta flight from Atlanta to Tokyo, but the agency insisted that the partial government shutdown had nothing to do with the error.