Trump spoke at the White House on Friday without reading from a teleprompter and apparently without following a full script.
Democrats signaled a protracted fight — both on Capitol Hill and in the court system — to challenge Trump's national emergency declaration.
Trump's national emergency declaration, criticized by Democrats and Republicans when he threatened it, could bring swift legal and legislative challenges.
Trump announced during the Rose Garden speech that he will declare a national emergency in order to fund his long-promised border wall.
CNBC's Ylan Mui reports from the White House on news that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Trump will sign the border deal. He also said Trump will issue a national emergency for further wall funding.
WASHINGTON, Feb 13- U.S. lawmakers late on Wednesday completed writing a border security bill that was expected to deny President Donald Trump's request for $5.7 billion to help build a wall on the U.S.- Mexico border, with the Senate and House of Representatives expected to vote on the bill Thursday. The aide added that the Senate would first vote on the bill...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on government funding that would not meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall on the Mexican border but would avert a partial government shutdown. But two sources and a Republican senator close to the White House said he would likely sign off on it. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on funding for a barrier on the Mexican border, but left open the possibility that disputes over the wall could still cause a partial government shutdown by the weekend. But the Republican president fell short of committing himself to backing the congressional deal, which would keep...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on funding for a barrier on the Mexican border, but left open the possibility that disputes over the wall could still cause a partial government shutdown by the weekend. Trump, widely blamed for a five-week shutdown that ended in January, said he did not want to see federal agencies close...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate would vote on the "Green New Deal" introduced by Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., last week. The proposal, which is not expected to pass the GOP-dominated upper chamber, could force some Democrats to make a politically awkward calculation. Ocasio-Cortez welcomed McConnell's maneuver, saying that he and the GOP are "terrified of this winning vision of a just and prosperous future."
Congress is rushing to finalize legislation to avoid a government shutdown, but President Donald Trump has not yet committed to signing it.
The resolution is not expected to pass the Republican-dominated Senate, but could force Democrats to make a politically awkward calculation.
But the Republican president, who triggered a 35- day closure of about a quarter of the federal government with a December demand for $5.7 billion from Congress to help build the wall, said he did not anticipate another partial shutdown. I'm not happy about it, "Trump told reporters at the White House about the tentative funding deal, which would need to be passed by...
I'm not happy about it, "Trump told reporters at the White House about the funding deal that would need to be passed by the Democratic-led House and Republican-controlled Senate and signed by him. Democratic and Republican negotiators hammered out a deal on Monday night on border security provisions and money to keep several government agencies, including...
President Trump has reservations about a tentative government funding deal that needs his support to pass.
WASHINGTON, Feb 12- President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to back an agreement hammered out by congressional negotiators to avert another partial government shutdown that includes funds for U.S.-Mexican border security but not for his promised wall, the White House said on Tuesday. The Republican president triggered a 35- day partial...
Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy and Republican Senator Richard Shelby spoke to reporters during a break in private meetings they have been holding with two of their House of Representatives counterparts. The stalled talks restarted in the U.S. Capitol just hours before a scheduled rally in the Texas border city of El Paso, where President Donald Trump will...
The talks, which had broken down over the weekend, restarted in the U.S. Capitol just hours before a scheduled rally in the Texas border city of El Paso where President Donald Trump will promote his promised wall along the U.S.- Mexico border, a proposal opposed by Democrats. An anti-wall protest will greet the Republican president, led by hometown Democrat Beto...
Despite Shelby's confidence, it is unclear whether Trump will back an agreement reached by lawmakers.
Republicans have urged Pompeo to consider trying to replace retiring GOP Sen. Pat Roberts.
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