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President Trump's Sniping Hurts Bipartisan Border Talks

By Alana Abramson

Lawmakers Don't Want Another Shutdown. Now They Just Need to Convince Trump

By Alana Abramson

How Donald Trump Lost More Than Just the Shutdown

By Alana Abramson and Tessa Berenson

There’s a Food Pantry at the Coast Guard Academy

By Tara Law
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The Senate's First Moves to End the Shutdown Failed

As expected, both procedural votes that would have paved a path to ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history failed Thursday. The procedural vote on the proposal backed by President Donald Trump, which included...

By Alana Abramson

Celebrity Chef José Andrés Briefly Bridged the Shutdown Divide

Washington remains divided along partisan lines on the partial government shutdown, but celebrity chef José Andrés briefly brought both sides together at a soup kitchen for furloughed workers. Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts...

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

Still No End in Sight

After a long month of inaction, the Senate will now vote on two bills that could possibly end the month-long government shutdown. But both are widely expected to fail, raising more questions about how the...

By Alana Abramson

President Trump Says 'No Deal' to Shutdown Negotiations on 'Saturday Night Live' Cold Open

"Cool story, bro," Baldwin's Trump said at one point. "No deal."

By Alejandro de la Garza

Trump Sticks to Presidential Script

In past presidencies, Jan. 19's events might have seemed normal. President Donald Trump began his Saturday on a bitterly cold tarmac in Delaware, paying his respects to the remains of four Americans killed in Syria....

By Tessa Berenson / Dover, Delaware

Only Two People Can End This Shutdown. And Neither Is Budging

A bipartisan group of senators got involved. The president's son-in-law and the vice president took a shot. A group that calls itself the Problem Solvers Caucus tried its hand. But in the end, none of...

By Alana Abramson

Trump vs. Pelosi

One day after she essentially disinvited him from delivering his State of the Union

By Alana Abramson

Why Trump Is Quietly Caving on Parts of Shutdown

When President Donald Trump signs a bill guaranteeing back pay for furloughed federal workers Wednesday afternoon, it will be a rare moment of bipartisan agreement during the ongoing partial government shutdown. It will also be...

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

How the Shutdown Has Spurred Political Stunts

No one on Capitol Hill or the White House seems any closer to resolving the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. In an effort to appear busy, however, both sides are resorting to political stunts....

By Alana Abramson

3 Ways the Government Shutdown Could End

As the partial government shutdown enters its fourth week, no one seems to have any answers on how it may end – even the people driving the negotiations. President Donald Trump remains dug in on...

By Alana Abramson

This Is Now the Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History

It has passed the previous record, which took place under Bill Clinton

By Abigail Abrams

Why Republicans Are Cautioning Trump Against Using Emergency Powers

"Republicans are not united"

By Alana Abramson

Trump May Have Trouble Proving His Case for a 'National Emergency'

"It's not supposed to be used just because you can't reach a deal"

By Abby Vesoulis

The Real Border Crisis

President Trump stood on the edge of the Rio Grande in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday and looked at Border Patrol vehicles, bales of marijuana seized from smugglers and a Border Patrol helicopter flying over the...

By Brian Bennett

How Mitch McConnell Is Working Behind the Scenes to End the Shutdown

President Donald Trump gave an Oval Office address and headed to the border. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have been holding regular press conferences to rebut him. But when the shutdown...

By Philip Elliott

Trump Denies He Said Mexico Would Pay for the Wall

In a 2016 memo, his campaign said Mexico would make a one-time payment of $5 to $10 billion

By Tara Law
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