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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.  

January 18, 2019

Ed Rollins: If Trump thinks Pelosi will back down when he counterpunches he’s gonna be very surprised

Trump-Pelosi feud escalates as she tells him he's not welcome to give his State of the Union address in the House and he tells her she can't fly on military aircraft to Brussels and Afghanistan.

January 18, 2019

Why the press praises Pelosi, hailing her 'badass' moves against Trump

Nancy Pelosi has been getting in the president's face and drawing plenty of cheers from the press.

January 18, 2019

Arm of Congressional Hispanic Caucus spent lavishly last election cycle, FEC data show

The fundraising arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus doled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury hotels, nightclubs and tickets to Las Vegas events during the 2018 election cycle, filings to the Federal Election Commission show.

January 17, 2019

Hoyer claims GOP congressman cast 'aspersion on a Hispanic' by saying 'go back to Puerto Rico'

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Thursday night that GOP Rep. Jason Smith was casting an inappropriate "aspersion on a Hispanic" by telling him to "go back to Puerto Rico" -- even if the comment,  as Smith has repeatedly claimed, was a reference to the Democratic congressional delgation's recent trip to the Caribbean island.

January 17, 2019

Dem caucus meeting roiled by talk of Super Bowl security amid government shutdown

A House Democratic Caucus meeting was roiled this morning when one representative floated the possibility that the ongoing partial federal government shutdown might affect federal authorities' ability to secure the upcoming NFL Super Bowl.

January 17, 2019

Pornhub reports jump in viewership amid partial government shutdown

As the partial government shutdown heads into its 28th day, Pornhub has reported a spike in traffic — coinciding with the same time as some federal workers stay home from the work.

January 17, 2019

Trump cancels US delegation’s trip to Davos summit, Sanders says

President Trump has canceled the U.S. delegation’s upcoming trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, “out of consideration” for furloughed Americans amid the partial government shutdown, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Thursday.

January 17, 2019

Trump denies Pelosi aircraft for foreign trip, after call for State of the Union delay

President Trump on Thursday abruptly denied military aircraft to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a foreign trip just minutes before the congressional delegation was set to depart, in a stunning decision that followed her call to delay the State of the Union address amid the government shutdown.

January 17, 2019

Air traffic controllers say they are caught in middle of shutdown battle: 'Safety is not a partisan issue'

About 10,000 air traffic controllers continue to work in airports across the country without pay. It’s an inherently stressful job. Even before the shutdown, staffing levels at air traffic control towers have been at a 30-year low, meaning people are often working eight- to 10-hour shifts, sometimes six days a week.