The White House issues a veto threat against the legislation set to pass the House, but key Senate Republicans signal they want to bring the shutdown to a close.
By Erica Werner, Damian Paletta and Seung Min Kim · Read more
By the end of the day, the Democrat-controlled House plans to push through legislation to reopen the federal government. It has been declared dead on arrival in the GOP-led Senate.
The speaker will be the face of the Democratic opposition to the polarizing presidency of Donald Trump, and tensions were ever-present despite her talk of bipartisanship.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other female House members — nearly 90 percent of whom are Democrats — represent a new era in the historically male-dominated Congress.
The measure faces difficult odds in the Senate but is a sign of how influential Robert Mueller's probe will be for House lawmakers as the Democrats use their new majority to launch various probes of the president.
Emma Torres, an immigrant from Ecuador, said a human resources employee at the club in Bedminster, N.J., crossed her name off a list after she said she did not have legal status.
By Joshua Partlow, Tom Hamburger and Carol D. Leonnig · Read more
The senator could be the voice of a new willingness among Democrats to challenge the merits of long-running wars — even if it means backing up a president they oppose.
Pelosi's office looks almost exactly as it did 12 years ago when she first took charge during another Republican presidency. Even her allies know this time, with Trump, is different.
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