G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners. Source: Original News
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners. Source: Original News
The president’s comments and a note from Marco Rubio hinted that the two-year-long conflict may be about to pause, if not end. Source: Original News
State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image. Source: Original News
The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago. Source: Original News
As the federal closure slides into a second week, Republicans are working to peel off five more Democratic senators to join them in voting to reopen the government. Source: Original News
A pair of Democratic senators confronted the Republican speaker of the House over his refusal to swear in a colleague during the shutdown. Source: Original News
Union leaders representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers urged both parties to negotiate as their members prepared to receive their last paychecks until the standoff is resolved. Source: Original News
An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters. Source: Original News
Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats. Source: Original News
Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black. Source: Original News