New Polls Show Majority of Americans Blame Trump and the GOP—Not Democrats—for Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump, with Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh, sheriff of Chester County, Pa., left, and AJ Louderback, sheriff of Jackson County, Texas, attends a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New polls from the Washington Post-ABC News and CNN released Sunday revealed…
Why the FBI’s Counterintelligence Investigation Into President Trump Is Such a Big Deal
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump called into Jeanine Pirro’s show on Fox News to repeat his call for a border wall. The New York Times had just released a bombshell investigation revealing that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation into the sitting…
The Shutdown Has Halted Important Scientific Research
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Southern Utah, there is a patch of desert heated by infrared lamps. The lamps hang just above the plants and soil crusts commonly found in this desert surrounding Moab.…
Trump’s Border Wall Land Grab Makes No Sense for Conservatives Who Hate Eminent Domain
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On January 4, speaking from the Rose Garden, President Donald Trump threatened to declare a state of emergency so he could use a “military version of eminent domain” to start seizing private land along the southern border to build a wall he…
Trump Once Told Students to Never Let a Wall Get in Their Way
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Long before President Donald Trump threatened to “maybe, definitely” declare a national emergency over his $5 billion demands for funds to build a border wall, the former real estate magnate once offered a very different—if not inspirational—message about concrete walls. “I’ll tell you, to me,…
Schumer: President Stormed Out of Shutdown Talks in a “Temper Tantrum”
Olivier Douliery/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump walked out of the latest round of negotiations to end the partial government shutdown after Democratic leaders continued to refuse his demands for funds to build a border wall, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday. Schumer, who along with…