Trump Shut Down the Government to Protect National Security. He Hurt It Instead.
RomanBabakin/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two days before President Donald Trump finally agreed to end the longest government shutdown in American history, federal employees were already sounding the alarm about the threat posed to national security. From airport employees to FBI agents, Trump’s insistence on security at the southern…
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Refuses to Testify on the Shutdown’s Economic Impact
Anthony Behar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin doesn’t want to talk to Congress about the ongoing government shutdown, which has now entered its second month. On Wednesday, Mnuchin declined to appear at a Thursday morning hearing hosted by the House Ways and Means Committee on the…
GoFundMe Campaigns. Payday Loans. McDonald’s Shifts. The Painful Reality of Surviving Trump’s Shutdown.
A furloughed government worker during a silent protest against the ongoing partial government shutdown.Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The partial government shutdown forced Jason Muzzey, an Agriculture Department contractor in Kansas City, Missouri, to stop work the day after Christmas. He hasn’t been back since. Now, without a…
TSA Says the Number of Agents Skipping Work Has Spiked Due to the Shutdown
Transportation Security Administration agents help passengers through a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark. New figures released Sunday reveal a record number of agents are not showing up to work. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Transportation Security Administration has reported that the number of airport security…
Trump Announces His Plan to End the Shutdown: Trading Deportations for a Wall
President Donald Trump arrives to speak about his proposal to end the partial government shutdown. Alex Brandon Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a speech delivered at the White House this afternoon, President Donald Trump proposed spending $5.7 billion on a border wall in exchange for offering to protect some…
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