Congress Barrels Toward Shutdown as Trump Undercuts GOP Plan

… would need to vote with Republicans to keep the government open. Updated on Jan. 18, 2018: This article has been updated with comment from House Speaker Paul Ryan. Tags: Donald Trump, government, Republican Party, Congress, children’s health, children, health care, funds, Twitter, politics …

To broaden its audience, British left-leaning news site The Canary has been converting all its text articles to audio since last September. In time, it plans to make its audio articles available on voice assistant devices like Google Home and Amazon Echo, where publishers are increasingly making more …

President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, to travel to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) The Associated Press. By JILL COLVIN and ALAN FRAM, …

A Slate article published on Tuesday by Jacob Weisberg, editor in chief of the Slate Group, expanded on what he told The New York Times on Friday. Slate detailed his communications with Ms. Clifford from August to October 2016. Her account is similar to that published by In Touch. Ms. Clifford told Mr.

Germany’s deeply divided Social Democrats are starting to face up to politicalreality. … an existential threat than the most likely alternative: a snap election that polls suggest could see the SPD vote drop from a postwar low, cost the party its leadership and extend Germany’s political stalemate to all Europe.

Debbie Walsh of Rutgers University, who’s been studying women in politics for 35 years, says she had initially feared that women would be discouraged from seeking office by Clinton’s defeat. Instead, she says, “there was this instantaneous response that stemmed from this visceral need to take back some …

… Get Done During a Government Shutdown. There’s plenty that won’t get done if thousands of federal employees are barred from working during a shutdown until dysfunctional Washington agrees on a plan to restore funding. Jan. 19, 2018, at 12:29 a.m.. The Work That Won’t Get Done During a Government Shutdown …

You cannot escape race in the immigration debate, Mr. Buchanan argues, while pointing to the demographic composition of the two major political parties. “Americans have the sovereign right to discriminate in favor of some continents, countries and cultures, and against others,” Mr. Buchanan further …

… Trump’s CHIP Tweet Not Causing Problems for Spending Bill. A tweet from the president earlier Thursday appeared to undercut House Republicans’ plan to put a squeeze on Democrats. By Gabrielle Levy, Political Reporter |Jan. 18, 2018, at 12:56 p.m.. Ryan: Trump’s CHIP Tweet Not Causing Problems for Spending Bill …

A congressional committee has released a transcript of a private interview with Simpson, the co-founder of the political opposition research firm that commissioned a dossier of allegations involving President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) The Associated Press.