Heading into second week of partial government shutdown -- What's at stake?
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Siraj Hashmi with the Washington Examiner and Jason Dick, Deputy Editor of Roll Call talk with Tom Fitzgerald to discuss what's at stake with the end-of-year government shutdown and what needs to be done for sides to come to an agreement.

Short on solutions, long on blame in 2nd shutdown weekend

Cooped up in the White House after canceling a vacation to his private Florida club, President Donald Trump fired Twitter barbs at Democrats on Saturday as talks to end a week-long partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate.

Dems, Trump trade blame as shutdown slogs into 2nd weekend

President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the disruption in federal services and public employees' pay slogs into another weekend.

Barack and Michelle Obama are America's most admired man and woman, annual Gallup poll says

Former first lady Michelle Obama is the woman most admired by Americans this year, taking over the top spot that Hillary Clinton has held for 16 years, a new Gallup poll says.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser sends letter to President Trump urging him to end shutdown

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to end the partial government shutdown that is affecting tens of thousands of federal workers in the Washington region.

Trump signals no end to shutdown: 'You have to have a wall'

A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January.

Trump makes unannounced visits to American troops in Iraq, Germany

In an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday, President Donald Trump staunchly defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from neighboring Syria despite a drumbeat of criticism from military officials and allies who don't think the job fighting Islamic State militants there is over.

Trump signals no end to shutdown: 'You have to have a wall'
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A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Jesus was a 'refugee' in Christmas tweet

(FOX NEWS) - U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., wished her Twitter followers a Merry Christmas Tuesday by referring to the newborn Jesus as a "refugee." "Joy to the World!" Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "Merry Christmas everyone - here’s to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. (Including refugee babies in mangers +...

Trump: Government won't be open 'until we have a wall'

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that parts of the federal government will stay closed until Democrats agree to put up more walls along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter criminal elements. He said he's open to calling the wall something else as long as he ends up with an actual wall.

Trump tells boy that believing in Santa at 7 years old is 'marginal'

Before attending Christmas Eve services at Washington National Cathedral, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump took calls from children anxious to find out where Santa is on his gift-giving journey.

Trump: 'Nothing new on the shutdown' on Day 3 of closure

President Donald Trump met Monday with his Homeland Security secretary and other officials to discuss border security issues as a partial government shutdown over his U.S.-Mexico border wall entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight.

Amy Adams on "Vice"
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Kevin McCarthy sits down with Amy Adams who plays Lynne Cheney, wife of former VP Dick Cheney. Amy talks about diving into her character and teh changing role of women in politics. (Travel/Studio: Annapurna)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for furlough of congressional salaries during government shutdown

Newly elected New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described Democratic socialist, called for a furlough of congressional salaries in the event of another government shutdown.

Mattis leaving as Defense Secretary sooner than planned, Shanahan taking over Jan. 1

The sooner-than-expected departure of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis shifts the focus to President Donald Trump's appointment of an acting Pentagon chief and plans for a permanent replacement.

Trump would accept less money for border wall, White House says

Both sides in the long-running fight over funding President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall appear to have moved toward each other, but a shutdown of one-fourth of the federal government entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight.

Mattis leaving 2 months earlier than planned, replaced by Depty. Defense Sec. Shanahan Jan. 1

Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, President Donald Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding in recent months.