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<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Trader Talk with Bob Pisani It’s Day 21 of the partial government shutdown. That ties the record for a standoff set in the 1995-96 budget battle between President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. We are now seeing a rash of analyst notes warning that this will soon start to affect different businesses. American Airlines shares fell Thursday because of lower revenue guidance…

Video White House clarifies conditions about the planned US troop withdraw from Syria The U.S.-led military coalition in Syria started the process of withdrawing troops from the embattled region, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News on Friday. The U.S. started “the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syria,” said Col. Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the coalition fighting the Islamic State. ENDLESS WARS WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO A…

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Video Chad Pergram lays out everything you need to know about the latest fiasco going on in Washington on The Next Revolution The good news is that the sides were at least talking when it came to the government shutdown over the weekend. The dialogue abruptly fell silent Wednesday. “It’s cold out here and the temperature wasn’t much warmer in the Situation Room,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Our…

Hundreds of furloughed government workers and contractors descended on the White House on Thursday to plead to be allowed to return to work. Holding signs such as “Stop the war on workers” and “We want work, not walls,” the protesters assembled in the bitter cold outside of AFL-CIO union headquarters before making their way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Donald Trump wasn’t at the White House, but many of the…

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the top Republican on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Thursday criticized news that President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen is set to publicly testify before the panel next month. Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said in a statement earlier Thursday that Cohen had agreed to voluntarily testify on Feb. 7. “Chairman Cummings promised to pursue rigorous, responsible, fact-based oversight,” Jordan said in a statement. “However, the Chairman’s announcement today suggests he will be using the committee…

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was among the few prospective Democratic presidential candidates to skip Iowa during the midterm elections last fall. | Mary Altaffer/AP Photo 2020 Elections By NATASHA KORECKI and ELENA SCHNEIDER 01/10/2019 09:35 PM EST Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pursuing a trip to Iowa next weekend, three sources with knowledge of the potential 2020 contender’s planning told POLITICO. The New York Democrat, who just won reelection to her Senate…

Video Republicans say some Democrats who used to favor a border wall are hypocrites now for opposing it As many lawmakers face calls of hypocrisy for opposing a wall that they supported in the past, Democrats claim things have changed; Peter Doocy reports from Capitol Hill. The White House has directed the Army Corps of Engineers to “look at possible ways of funding border security,” Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told…

BARRON, Wis. — A Wisconsin 13-year-old missing since October has been found alive, according to the Barron County Sheriff’s Department. The department shared on Facebook Thursday night that they’ve been notified by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department that they have located Jayme Closs alive. A suspect has been taken into custody and the sheriff will give a press briefing at 10 a.m. Friday. “I mean I’m shocked,” said…

A group of Republican senators led by South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham (left) met with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) and Vice President Mike Pence to pitch a new immigration proposal. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Congress The South Carolina senator and his GOP allies had been pushing to reopen the government and begin a broad immigration debate in the Senate. By BURGESS EVERETT 01/10/2019 02:01 PM EST Updated 01/10/2019 06:30…

“I want to make clear that we have no interest in inappropriately interfering with any ongoing criminal investigations,” Mr. Cummings said. Lawmakers of both parties have sought to protect Mr. Mueller since he was appointed. That is likely to be a key theme of the Senate confirmation hearing next week for Mr. Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William P. Barr, who could soon oversee the Mueller investigation. Democratic lawmakers on…

The second man to have been found dead at the West Hollywood home of a prominent Democratic Party contributor was identified Thursday by the Los Angeles County medical examiner as 55-year-old Timothy Dean. Dean was found at 1:05 a.m. (4:05 a.m. ET) Monday in the apartment of Ed Buck, a longtime financial backer of Democrats’ campaigns, after someone called 911, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Charles Moore. The cause…

“I want to make clear that we have no interest in inappropriately interfering with any ongoing criminal investigations,” he said in a statement. Mr. Cummings said in a brief interview on Thursday that he had known Mr. Cohen would come for some time and had spoken with him briefly when arranging the hearing. “He’ll have a chance to tell his side of the story, and we’ll have a chance to…

Two-thirds of countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development guarantee six months of paid time off to new mothers. Newsom’s plan doesn’t go that far. Instead, the proposal, unveiled as part of his 2019 budget, would allow two caretakers to split six months off, according to a fact sheet provided by his office. One parent could take three months, and the other parent or partner or another family member could…

Vice President Pence vowed Thursday that President TrumpDonald John TrumpGovernment workers protest outside White House on shutdown day 20 Fed chief Powell: Prolonged shutdown will harm US economy Senators say questions remain on Trump strategy in Syria after briefing MORE would not back any deal to reopen the government without money for his proposed border wall, a sign the government shutdown will likely be headed into its fourth week this…

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