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Trump signs $1.3 trillion spending bill despite veto threat on Twitter
Just hours after threatening a veto, President Donald Trump said Friday afternoon that he had signed the sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress early Friday and averted a...
Here’s what Congress is stuffing into its $1.3 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night on a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill, releasing it to the public just 52 hours before a government shutdown deadline....
President Trump is open to short-term DACA deal, White House tells GOP leaders
White House officials have told key Republican leaders on Capitol Hill that President Donald Trump is open to cutting a deal in an upcoming spending bill to protect young immigrants...
Trump administration assault on bipartisan immigration plan ensured its demise
As much of the country was gripped Wednesday by horrific images from the mass shooting at a Florida high school, two dozen senior Trump administration officials worked frantically into the...
House passes changes to Americans With Disabilities Act over activists’ objections
The House on Thursday passed legislation that would amend the Americans With Disabilities Act over objections from disability rights advocates and Democratic leaders, who warned that the bill would remove...
Bipartisan immigration proposal emerges from Senate
A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on immigration Wednesday as President Donald Trump attempted to preemptively undercut the proposal by delivering an ultimatum: Pass my plan or risk...
The Rob Porter scandal engulfing the White House is now under congressional investigation
The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is investigating the White House's employment of former senior aide Rob Porter after allegations emerged that he abused his...
Spending plan remains unsettled as clock ticks toward government shutdown deadline
Top Senate leaders said Tuesday that they were approaching a sweeping two-year deal to increase federal spending, which would clear a legislative roadblock that has kept Congress spinning its wheels...
Trump slams Democrats as third day of government shutdown begins
The government shutdown headed into the workweek Monday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would consider allowing a floor debate on immigration issues in mid- to late...
Funding for government lapses as short-term spending bill stalls in the Senate
The government shut down early Saturday morning on the first anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration after Congress failed to meet a midnight deadline to renew funding.