The standoff over a proposed new border barrier and the partial government shutdown which created it continued on Monday. President Donald Trump will make a prime-time national television address on Tuesday at […]
American employers added 312,000 new jobs in December, a sharp increase over the estimate of 180,000 originally projected. The news of the upbeat hiring report spurred a positive reaction on Wall Street, […]
Heralding a change in the political landscape in Washington, D.C., Nancy Pelosi again became the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, making her the most powerful Democrat in the national […]
One day before a new Congress is set to convene, talks to end the partial shutdown of the federal government aren’t showing many signs of progress. Congressional leaders from both parties met […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Monday became the first big name candidate to begin a bid for the Democratic 2020 presidential nomination. Her announcement that she was forming an “exploratory committee” […]
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order freezing pay for federal employees through 2019, knocking out a 2.1 percent increase set to take effect next week. The president cited budget concerns […]
The Nov. 6 election is over, sort of, but the bitterness isn’t. Two incidents on Friday underlined that point. In North Carolina, the state board of elections dissolved itself without certifying the […]
President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats continued to spar on Thursday over the partial government shutdown that is continuing with no end in sight. On Wednesday the president told reporters he would […]
Reversing a trend that threatened to push the stock market into the red for 2018, the Dow Jones Average posted its biggest gain ever on Wednesday, jumping up by 1,086 points, an […]
UPDATE: The number of persons reported killed in the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has been increased to 11 people, according to multiple news sources. ––––––––––– At least eight people are dead […]
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