WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Republicans are “totally unified” in the shutdown standoff over his long-promised southern border wall, though some GOP lawmakers have been expressing concern about the 19-day partial government closure. Trump traveled to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with Senate Republicans. He says there was “no discussion about anything…
By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready to make his case on prime-time TV, President Donald Trump is stressing humanitarian as well as security concerns at the U.S.-Mexico border as he tries to convince America he must get funding for his long-promised border wall before ending a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official says income tax refunds for 2018 will go out on time during the partial government shutdown because rules will be changed to make funding available to pay them. Russell Vought, acting director of the White House budget office, tells reporters: “The refunds will go out as normal. There…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A first round of talks between White House officials and congressional aides has made little progress toward ending the government shutdown, with each side accusing the other of giving no ground. More discussions were planned for Sunday, while President Donald Trump, who did…
By CATHERINE LUCEY, LISA MASCARO and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday he could keep parts of the government shut down for “months or even years” as he and Democratic leaders failed in a second closed-door meeting to resolve his demand for billions of dollars for a border…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s waiting for Democrats to come back to negotiate a deal to end a week long partial government shutdown that will almost certainly extend into the new year. In a tweet Saturday, Trump says he’s “in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come on over and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers don’t plan to vote this week to end the government shutdown. That’s according to the office of Republican Whip Steve Scalise, who announced the schedule Thursday. Scalise’s office says lawmakers are waiting on the Senate. But the Senate already approved a bill to keep government running. The House panned that…
By DAN ELLIOTT , Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The government may be partially shut down, but that won’t stop hundreds of volunteers dressed in Christmas hats and military uniforms Monday from taking calls from children around the world who want to know when Santa will be coming. The military says the NORAD Tracks Santa…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) – The partial federal government shutdown is impacting the St. Louis area The Gateway Arch and the Old Courthouse are closed due to the shutdown. The partial shutdown will also have an impact on farmers, as the USDA will close local and state farm service centers across the United States.
By LISA MASCARO, MATTHEW DALY and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A partial federal shutdowtook hold early Saturday after Democrats refused to meet President Donald Trump’s demands for $5 billion to start erecting his cherished Mexican border wall, a chaotic postscript for Republicans in the waning days of their two-year reign controlling…