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Democrats will try to block Trumpās border wall maneuver
Senate Democrats are moving on two fronts to block President Donald Trump from using special emergency powers to transfer money from military base construction projects like new schools to pay...
Lawmakers eye stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown
Democrats controlling the House are proposing a government-wide temporary funding bill to prevent a federal shutdown at month's end and to give the Senate time to get moving on $1.4...
Senate passes $4.6B border aid measure; Pelosi seeks talks to resolve differences
The GOP-held Senate on Wednesday passed a bipartisan $4.6 billion measure to deliver aid to the southern border before the government runs out of money to care for thousands of...
Border aid package showdown looms as time runs short
A House-passed $4.5 billion emergency border aid package faces a dim future in the Senate as pressure builds to wrap up the measure before the July 4 recess.
House passes emergency funding bill for migrant care crisis
It took last-minute changes and a full-court press by top Democratic leaders, but the House passed with relative ease Tuesday a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for...
House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns
A top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trumpās tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of...
Treasury’s Mnuchin puts off decision on providing Trump tax returns
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the department hasn't decided whether to comply with a demand by a key House Democrat to deliver President Donald Trump's tax returns and wouldn't meet...
House OKs Democratsā bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House on Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trumpās bid for billions of extra dollars for his border wall, escalating...
Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House have teed up a vote next week to block President Donald Trump from using a national emergency declaration to fund a wall along...
Senate OKs border deal; Trump will sign, declare a national emergency
Congress steamed toward lopsided approval of a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited ā this time over President...