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Donald Trump honors return of four Americans killed in Syria

President Trump paid tribute Saturday to four Americans killed in Syria, attending the dignified transfer service at Dover Air Force Base and meeting with their family members.

January 19, 2019

Donald Trump to meet top North Korea official at White House

President Trump is meeting Friday with a top North Korean official, the White House said, as plans for a second nuke summit take shape.

January 18, 2019

Nancy Pelosi’s comment about immoral border wall reveals tension in Democratic Party

Senate Democrats are refusing to embrace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's rhetoric denouncing border walls as an "immorality," but they are being careful to avoid undercutting her new role as the party's leader in the shutdown standoff.

January 17, 2019

Steny Hoyer says border walls not ‘immoral,’ breaks with Nancy Pelosi

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer now says that border walls "obviously work [in] some places" and are not "immoral," breaking with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the partial government shutdown standoff.

January 17, 2019

Trump base blames Pelosi, Schumer for shutdown, stands with president

The president's base that remains rock-solid as the partial government shutdown drags on for a fourth week.

January 16, 2019

Shutdown Day 26: Trump dubs Democrats ‘party of open border and crime’

President Trump on Wednesday slammed what he called "Radical Democrats" for refusing to negotiate on border security as the partial government shutdown entered its 26th day.

January 16, 2019

E-Verify absent from immigration policy talks

Nobody in the heated debate over border security and illegal immigration is talking about requiring businesses to check whether workers are in the country legally.

January 15, 2019

NAACP blasts CBS News for having no African-Americans on 2020 election team

The NAACP on Tuesday blasted CBS News for putting together a 2020 presidential election team that is devoid of black reporters.

January 15, 2019

Democrats stiff Trump’s invitation to White House for shutdown talks

Democratic lawmakers rejected President Trump's invitation to lunch for shutdown negotiations at the White House Tuesday, as the president seeks to break apart unity behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi's opposition to border wall funding.

January 15, 2019

Clemson Tigers football champions treated to burgers at White House

President Trump on Monday hosted the national champion Clemson Tigers football team at the White House and treated them to a fast food feast.

January 14, 2019

Trump to American Farm Bureau Foundation: China trade war will pay off

President Trump on Monday told U.S. farmers hard hit by the trade war with China that they would come out on the winning end of new trade deals.

January 14, 2019

Donald Trump warns Recep Tayyip Erdogan in direct call against mistreating the Kurds

President Trump had a call Monday with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and warned the Turkish president against mistreating the Kurds.

January 14, 2019

Trump slams Democrats for Puerto Rico junket: ‘Maybe they were celebrating the shutdown’

President Trump on Monday blasted Democrats for taking a junket to Puerto Rico during the shutdown.

January 14, 2019

Donald Trump pins blame on Dems: ‘Nancy and Cryin’ Chuck can end the Shutdown in 15 minutes’

President Trump on Monday accused Democrats of being AWOL from shutdown negotiations, as the government remained shuttered for the 24th day.

January 14, 2019

Democrats now back George W. Bush ‘technological wall’ at border

The Department of Homeland Security spent seven years and more than $1 billion trying to create a wall of technology at the border -- or, as President George W. Bush called it, a "virtual fence." It was a bust.

January 13, 2019

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats embrace ports of entry crackdown

Congressional Democratic leaders have embraced the goal of increased border security in their fight with President Trump, proposing measures to harden the U.S. ports of entry -- but omitting the barrier they supported five years ago.

January 9, 2019

Chuck Schumer 1980 campaign finance case recalled amid Donald Trump legal jeopardy

Suspicions of campaign finance crimes attracted federal investigators, spurred a referral to the Justice Department and led to calls for a special prosecutor to step in. Sound familiar? The politician in prosecutors' crosshairs was now-Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer, back when he was a freshman congressman from New York.

January 9, 2019

Donald Trump rebuffs Dems’ border security plan: ‘They don’t come in through checkpoints’

President Trump on Wednesday waved off Democrats' claims of support for more security measures at border ports of entry, saying illegal immigrants and criminals mostly enter through long stretches of wilderness on the U.S.-Mexico border.

January 9, 2019

Networks to air Trump immigration address after denying Obama; left cries foul

The left called foul when every major TV network decided to give President Trump airtime for an address Tuesday on the border crisis -- a courtesy the networks once denied to President Obama.

January 8, 2019

Donald Trump to address nation Tuesday about national security crisis on border

President Trump takes his case for border security directly to American voters Tuesday night in a prime-time address aimed at enlisting the public's help in convincing Congress to pony up billions of dollars for his border wall.

January 7, 2019