North Carolina court asked to order GOP win in US House seat
Interested in Elections? Add Elections as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Elections news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The Republican in the nation’s last…
No end in sight to shutdown as lawmakers mull over options
With the New Year underway and a new Congress set to reconvene with the partial government shutdown stretching into its 12th day, Republican lawmakers are floating multiple different options to…
Farmers risk loss of federal payments, loans, from shutdown
The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs,…
Shutdown to close DC museums; some basic services provided
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US borders ‘pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders’: Nielsen
Declaring the U.S. immigration system had been “pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday ordered mandatory medical checks on…
Trump claims ‘many’ furloughed or unpaid federal workers want wall, support gov’t shutdown
President Donald Trump argued Tuesday that federal workers support his position in the fight with Democrats over billions of dollars in funding for the border wall, four days into a…
Schumer demands Trump ‘abandon the wall’ as government shutdown continues
The Capitol was nearly empty Saturday morning as the House and Senate came back into session, and White House and congressional aides continued to negotiate a way to end the…
House Republicans approve bill to fund border wall, setting up a final showdown in the Senate
House Republicans voted to approve a bill to fund President Donald Trump’s $5 billion demand for a border wall, setting up a final showdown in the Senate ahead of Friday’s…
Trump announces Secretary of Defense James Mattis will retire at the end of February
President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Thursday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February. In his resignation letter, Mattis said he was leaving his…
Flynn drew judge’s ire with ‘guilty-but-not-really’ filing: Experts
When a federal judge unleashed a tongue-lashing on former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn Tuesday, legal experts saw a dramatic push back to Flynn’s eleventh-hour attempt to seed…