Tag: Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Pentagon to develop plans to create a new Space Force within the Air Force, accepting less than the full-fledged department hed wanted. Before signing a…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a…
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress is set to resolve its clattering brawl with President Donald Trump in uncommonly bipartisan fashion as lawmakers prepare to pass a border security compromise providing a mere sliver of the billions…
On Sunday, journalists inboxes overflowed with politicians statements of admiration for the late U.S. Rep. Walter Jones and his consistent independence from party. On Monday, this headline topped Google News: Another government shutdown looms …
WASHINGTON (AP) Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas collected $49 million less in taxes than expected in January, giving Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Legislature a dose of bad news Friday at the start of debates…
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump took to Twitter today to ratchet up his demands on his long-stalled border wall, appearing to sour on congressional talks aimed at striking a deal with Democrats that he…
Roger Stone was indicted Friday for lying to Congress and witness tampering, not for conspiring with Russian intelligence or WikiLeaks, Moscows partner in disseminating materials stolen from the Democratic National Committee. Yet if special counsel…
Former Kansas Gov. John Carlin hasnt served in elective office since 1987, but the one-time dairy farmer whos now a visiting professor at Kansas States Staley School of Leadership Studies is still worth listening to.…
WASHINGTON (AP) Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they…
