About 30 furloughed federal employees were accidentally paid in an apparent glitch before the funds were recovered, The Washington Post reported Friday. [...]
President Donald Trump often boasts he's presiding over a record breaking presidency. [...]
The ongoing partial government shutdown entered its 22nd day on Saturday, breaking the record to become the longest government shutdown in US history. [...]
The New York Times reports that law enforcement were so concerned when President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey they saw fit to open an investigation. CNN's John Berman speaks with Josh Campbell, who is a former special assistant to Comey. [...]
The partial shutdown enters its 22nd day leaving tens of thousands of federal staff without salaries. [...]
The congressional testimony of President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen is already set to be one of the most highly anticipated moments of the new Democratic-controlled House, but those expecting significant public insights into the Russia investigation could be disappointed. [...]
At the same time the FBI opened a probe into President Donald Trump for possible obstruction of justice after he fired FBI Director James Comey, counterintelligence agents were investigating why Trump was acting in ways that seemed to benefit Russia, according to a source familiar with the matter. [...]
The wall won't work "not because it's a throwback to imagined medieval barbarism," writes medieval historian David Perry, "but because it's a con." Solutions to medieval challenges required leaders who were flexible, intelligent, and able to understand the complexities of their world, says Perry, and that's just as true today. [...]
As President Donald Trump weighs declaring a national emergency to secure border wall funds, congressional Republicans have been split this week on whether the President should use such executive power. [...]
There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who take it upon themselves to go to understaffed national parks to keep them clean during the government shutdown, and then those who set up illegal campsites and cut down Joshua trees in the national park of the same name. [...]
Only 18% of Americans said they could trust the government in Washington to do what's right "just about always" or "most of the time" -- nearly the lowest that marker has ever been -- in a December 2017 survey by Pew Research. [...]
Here is a list from CNN reporting and other news outlets of the ways, large and small, that the partial government shutdown is affecting Americans nationwide. [...]
As you read this, senators and House members are either at home or on their way there. The government shutdown is about to enter its 22nd day at midnight, breaking the record for the longest the federal bureaucracy has ever been shuttered. [...]
CNN's Scott McLean reports from Ogden, Utah, where the shutdown is taking a toll across the entire city caught in a partisan battle being waged in Washington. [...]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was not in the Capitol Friday, when some furloughed federal works missed their first paychecks and the government shutdown tied the mark for the longest in American history. [...]
Joe Biden is poised to decide in the coming month whether he will jump into the Democratic presidential race, inching closer to answering the looming question of whether he will make a third bid for the White House. [...]
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke will be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on February 5 in Times Square. [...]
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is discussing a possible run for one of Georgia's seats in the US Senate in 2020 and has already started talking with top Democrats about a potential bid. [...]
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is fighting back against criticism from her own party. CNN's Jason Carroll finds a new report says Democrats are looking for ways to reign in their newest member. [...]
Does she have 'it'? [...]