Frustrated lawmakers say lack of trust is obstacle to ending shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A president looking to seize power beyond the executive branch. A Congress controlled by Republican…
Federal government shutdown enters sixth day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the…
Trump Hassett layoffs government shutdown
White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett talks to reporters on the West Wing driveway at the White…
Trump to mark Navy’s 250th anniversary as shutdown drags on
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has decided not to let the government shutdown interfere with a stop…
Shutdown triggers new wave of ads aimed at 2026 midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Political leaders in Washington are spending considerable energy blaming the other party for what could…
Some in GOP are worried about Trump’s spending cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has embraced the federal shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” to slash spending…
New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a package of bills Friday aimed…
An Oval Office meeting turns to classic Trump trolling
WASHINGTON (AP) — Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership days before a government…
Have agencies violated the Hatch Act by using Democrat-blaming language online?
Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, Deanna: Have agencies violated the Hatch…
Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House…
Trump now openly backing Project 2025 during shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance…
Trump cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in targeted states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy…