Donald Trump Shutdown

• Trump signs off on US$1.4 trillion in spending, avoiding shutdown ahead of 2020 election

  White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said Trump signed the legislation aboard Air Force One as he travelled to his Mar-a-Lago resort, where he will be celebrating Christmas and New Year’s.

  World

  Dec 21, 2019
  
• How Donald Trump was pressured into ending the government shutdown — for now

  Over 35 days and a critical final 24 hours, Trump finally came to see what many allies had known for weeks about his strategy: His only option was to climb down, at least for now.

  Politics

  Jan 26, 2019
  
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• Donald Trump caves, signs deal to temporarily re-open U.S. government

  Trump says lawmakers have reached a deal to reopen the government for three weeks, ending the longest shutdown in US history

  World

  Jan 25, 2019
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• Trump’s State of the Union address in limbo as Pelosi urges delay

  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to reschedule the annual State of the Union address until the federal government fully reopens.

  Politics

  Jan 16, 2019
• U.S. now stuck in the longest government shutdown in its history

  Some Americans may find the shutdown destabilizing. Others might not notice it at all.

  Politics

  Jan 12, 2019
• Trump says he’ll almost ‘definitely’ declare emergency if border wall demands not met

  The president added that he has the power to invoke national emergency powers to get his wall funded, according to his lawyers — a course of action that Democrats have said may be illegal.

  Politics

  Jan 10, 2019
• Decades of failure paved way for Donald Trump’s immigration policies

  What happens when decades of leaders fail to fix U.S. immigration? You get Donald Trump, Matt Gurney says.

  Commentary

  Jan 10, 2019
• Free burgers for furloughed government workers at DC burger joint

  It's not all bad for federal government workers in D.C. during the shutdown — at least they're offered free burgers.

  News

  Dec 28, 2018
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• U.S. House approves $5.7 billion in spending for Trump’s border wall

  On Thursday, Trump lashed out on Twitter at Republican leaders over the issue of Mexico border wall funding.

  Politics

  Dec 20, 2018
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• Donald Trump urges Republicans to use ‘Nuclear Option’ to end shutdown

  Donald Trump issued a tweet urging his fellow Republicans to use the “Nuclear Option” to end the government shutdown.

  Jan 21, 2018