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January 9, 2019

Trump set to visit southern border in Texas, as federal shutdown continues

Just one day after he walked out of a contentious White House meeting with Congressional leaders, President Trump is preparing personally to visit the southern border -- and, in a sign he might declare a national emergency to fund a wall, the president reportedly is bringing along the White House's top lawyer.

January 9, 2019

Dem lawmakers deliver national park trash to White House amid shutdown

With trash cans overflowing at national parks across the country amid the partial government shutdown, two Democratic lawmakers from California made a show of bringing some of the garbage to the White House on Wednesday.

January 9, 2019

Charlie Kirk: Trump has Pelosi, Schumer on the defensive. He must keep up the fight for the border wall

President Trump must not forget that the border wall was the original and driving force behind his supporters’ loyalty to him in the first place. And he must keep fighting for it.

January 9, 2019

Newt Gingrich: Trump 1, Pelosi-Schumer 0 -- Border wall debate did not turn out well for Dems Tuesday night

The outcome of the first head-to-head television effort of the new Congress was decisive. President Trump clearly gained ground and Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lost ground.

January 9, 2019

Beto O'Rourke contends border is 'one of the safest places' in US following Trump's Oval Office address

Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke – considered to be a potential 2020 presidential contender – blasted President Trump for attempting to “instill anxiety and paranoia” in an effort to push his plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border amid a partial government shutdown.

January 9, 2019

Ongoing partial government shutdown won't stop food stamp benefits in February, USDA confirms

Even if the partial government shutdown continues through February, those who require food assistance will still be able to receive benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed.

January 9, 2019

Will Pelosi or Trump be the 'unstoppable force' over the border wall?

Few issues ignite a firestorm like the issue of immigration. Last night reaffirmed just how far apart our two political parties are on the fundamental principles underlying this debate.

January 9, 2019

Amid partial government shutdown, these Republican senators are breaking with Trump

As the partial government shutdown continues, a handful of Republican senators have broken with President Trump in demanding a spending deal – even without funding for a border wall.

January 9, 2019

Michael Goodwin: Refusal to budge on border wall shows Dems still hung up on 2016

After watching the dueling prime-time speeches last night, it was easy to come away with the idea that the dispute is simply over the president’s demand for wall funding and the partial government shutdown. As such, it should be easy for the president and Dems to cut a split-the-difference deal and move on to the next problem.

January 9, 2019

Trump, in first-ever prime time Oval Office address, laments 'crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul' at border

President Trump used his first-ever prime time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night to make his case for funding a southern border wall and to emphasize the human cost of what he called the "growing humanitarian and security crisis" of surging illegal immigration.