Senate Democrats said Thursday they have struck an agreement to move forward with a package of bills to avert a partial government shutdown. The agreement will see the Department of Homeland Security funding bill separated from a package of five other bills. Programs funded by the five-bill package will be funded until the end of […]
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What Democrats want in exchange for funding DHS : NPR
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP With the government on the brink of a partial shutdown, the Senate is scrambling to keep funding flowing and address bipartisan distress over President Trump’s […]
Trump yanks permitting process from Democrats after California fires | Donald Trump News
They were among the most costly wildfires in United States history, ravaging the densely populated metropolis of Los Angeles in southern California. But almost a year after they were contained, the Eaton and Palisades fires are back in the headlines, as the administration of President Donald Trump seeks to wrest control of the rebuilding effort. […]
Schumer: Democrats will block funding package if it includes homeland security money | US politics
In the wake of another fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minnesota by a federal officer, the Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, said his party would block a funding package next week if it includes money for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The announcement, which dramatically escalates the potential for another partial government […]
Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Trump vows ‘day of reckoning & retribution’ for Minnesota Democrats
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have also sued the Trump administration, alleging in a lawsuit filed Monday that the Department of Homeland Security has been “causing turmoil and imposing a climate of fear.” The 103-page complaint alleges that Border Patrol agents were told to “push the envelope” on immigration enforcement and […]
Republicans largely back Trump on Venezuela action, Democrats decry it as unjustified
Top congressional leaders — comprising the “Gang of 8” — did not receive a briefing from the administration before the U.S. strike in Venezuela began, multiple sources told ABC News Saturday morning. Per one source, the Department of Defense notified congressional staff after the operation started. Weeks ago, President Donald Trump indicated he wouldn’t brief […]
Questions for Trump, Democrats and the GOP : NPR
President Trump attends a concert by Andrea Bocelli in the East Room of the White House on Dec. 5, 2025. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images There are a lot of different ways politics could go in 2026, from control of power in Washington to the agenda […]
Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats win House in ‘26, reflects on career and Jan. 6 attack
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confident that Democrats will re-take the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms and that Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will hold the speaker’s gavel. “Hakeem Jeffries is ready, he’s eloquent, he’s respected by the members, he is a unifier,” Pelosi told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl during a new interview that […]
House Democrats release Epstein photos with Trump, Bannon, Clinton and others | Jeffrey Epstein
House Democrats have published a new tranche of what they called “disturbing” photographs from the estate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring among others Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and the British former royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. The 19 photographs in the initial drop – some of which have been seen before – plus another […]
House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing Trump
Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein referred to Donald Trump as the “dog that hasn’t barked” and told his former companion Ghislaine Maxwell that an alleged victim had “spent hours at my house” with Trump, according to email correspondence released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “I want you to realize […]