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Video Trump: We had a productive meeting with Pelosi and Schumer, we’re all on the same page of wanting to get government open President Trump says discussions will continue about funding for border security after meeting with congressional leaders at the White House. President Trump stood firm Friday on his demands for a border wall after the second White House meeting with congressional leaders this week broke up with no…

Brandon Tyre, 31, said he was inside celebrating a friend’s birthday. He was bowling when a fight broke out, then he heard gunshots. When he looked, his brother had been shot in the chest. Tyre was waiting to hear what happened to his brother, who remained inside.

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SEATTLE — More than six years after the state legalized the adult use of marijuana, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday he plans to pardon thousands of people convicted of small-time possession charges — the latest in a series of moves by states and cities to ease the burdens people face from having minor criminal records for using pot. The Democrat, who is mulling a 2020 presidential run, made the…

Mexico paying for the wall? The president said that the new trade deal with Mexico and Canada will yield billions of dollars for this country. “That is paying for the wall,” he said. “Many, many times over. In fact, what we save on the U.S.M.C.A., the new trade deal we have with Mexico and Canada, what we save on that just with Mexico will pay for the wall many times…

With the partial government shutdown stretching into 2019, here’s what you need to know about the effects. USA TODAY

The two-week-old partial government shutdown could significantly reduce food stamps for nearly 40 million Americans and freeze or delay more than $140 billion in tax refunds if it extends into February, The Washington Post reported Friday. Several senior administration officials told The Post that the White House did not anticipate the shutdown could last that long and only recently recognized its widespread impact. Approximately 25 percent of the government shut down on…

CARLSON: Well, of course, but the Democrats’ focus is on getting amnesty for people here illegally, will you agree to that? PENCE: What we’ve completely focused on is keeping the president’s promise, to build a wall, to pass legislation that provides other support for border security, that gives the people that are enforcing our laws at the border, and across the border — enforcing our immigration laws,…

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Lights shine at a shuttered entrance station at Joshua Tree National Park in California on Jan. 3, 2019. The gate is normally staffed during the day but is now unstaffed 24 hours per day, allowing free entrance for all visitors. Campgrounds have been closed at the park and other services suspended during the partial government shutdown. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Darryl Fears Juliet Eilperin January 4 at 6:35 PM…

Damian Paletta Erica Werner January 4 at 6:17 PM Food stamps for 38 million low-income Americans would face severe reductions and more than $140 billion in tax refunds are at risk of being frozen or delayed if the government shutdown stretches into February, widespread disruptions that threaten to hurt the economy. The Trump administration, which had not anticipated a long-term shutdown, recognized only this week the breadth of the potential impact, several…

(Reuters) – California utility company PG&E Corp (PCG.N) is exploring filing some or all of its business for bankruptcy protection as it faces billions of dollars in liabilities related to fatal wildfires in 2018 and 2017, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The company is considering the move as a contingency, in part because it could soon take a significant financial charge for the fourth quarter of 2018…

PHOENIX — Arizona authorities are investigating the rape of a female patient in a Phoenix nursing facility. The victim, who has been in a vegetative state at the facility for at least 14 years, stunned workers at Hacienda Healthcare when she went into labor because they didn’t even know she was pregnant. KPHO reporter Briana Whitney spoke with a woman familiar with the situation who wishes to remain anonymous. Reporter:…

“I’m not in the censorship business. I don’t like that language, I wouldn’t use that language, but I wouldn’t establish language standards for my colleagues,” Pelosi told MSNBC Friday, when asked about Tlaib’s comments, before adding that “I don’t think it’s anything worse than what the president has said.”

Video ‘We are not doing a wall’: Pelosi vows there will be no funding for a border wall in her first hours as House speaker After retaking the gavel on Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi dashed any hopes from Republicans that she would be more agreeable to a border wall once her House speakership campaign was over by telling the press that Democrats will not agree to one; Doug McKelway reports….

“I’m not in the censorship business. I don’t like that language, I wouldn’t use that language, but I wouldn’t establish language standards for my colleagues,” Pelosi told MSNBC Friday, when asked about Tlaib’s comments, before adding that “I don’t think it’s anything worse than what the president has said.”

Video ‘We are not doing a wall’: Pelosi vows there will be no funding for a border wall in her first hours as House speaker After retaking the gavel on Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi dashed any hopes from Republicans that she would be more agreeable to a border wall once her House speakership campaign was over by telling the press that Democrats will not agree to one; Doug McKelway reports….

“I’m not in the censorship business. I don’t like that language, I wouldn’t use that language, but I wouldn’t establish language standards for my colleagues,” Pelosi told MSNBC Friday, when asked about Tlaib’s comments, before adding that “I don’t think it’s anything worse than what the president has said.”

Video ‘We are not doing a wall’: Pelosi vows there will be no funding for a border wall in her first hours as House speaker After retaking the gavel on Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi dashed any hopes from Republicans that she would be more agreeable to a border wall once her House speakership campaign was over by telling the press that Democrats will not agree to one; Doug McKelway reports….