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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….

President Trump, top Democrats and top Republicans appear no closer to building bridges as Mr. Trump continues to demand funding for his border wall. Mr. Trump will make a Rose Garden appearance after the meeting, CBS News’ Fin Gomez confirms. Newly minted Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and top Republicans are meeting in the White House Situation Room Friday morning for their second meeting…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. court on Friday ruled in favor of a Trump administration policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the U.S. armed forces, handing the president his first legal victory on the issue after several defeats. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit overturned a decision by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that blocked the policy, saying it likely violates the…

Ngoc Nhu Nguyen, of Garden Grove Calif., was killed over the weekend as she tried to stop a customer, identified by authorities on Thursday as Krystal Whipple, from leaving Crystal Nails and Spa without paying.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib wasted no time in calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump just hours after being sworn in. Speaking to a crowd of supporters Thursday night, the Michigan Democrat and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress said of Trump: “People love you and you win. And when your son looks at you and says, ‘Momma, look you won. Bullies don’t win.’ And…

The U.S. economy gained 312,000 jobs in December versus 176,000 expected, a robust gain that indicates the labor market has remained largely immune to recent Wall Street whiplash and rumblings of an economic slowdown. The monthly jobs report, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, also showed that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9 percent as more people entered the workforce. Wage growth for the month was up…

Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D’Alesandro PelosiHouse passes legislation to re-open government despite opposition from Trump Ocasio-Cortez after being booed voting for Pelosi: ‘Don’t hate me cause you ain’t me’ Pence backs ‘no wall no deal’ amid partial government shutdown MORE (D-Calif.) reclaimed the Speaker’s gavel on Thursday — and with it, the enormous power to decide whether to impeach President TrumpDonald John TrumpDHS requesting more troops at border: report House passes…

In a speech accepting the speaker’s gavel on Thursday, Ms. Pelosi said the bill would “restore integrity to government so that people can have confidence that government works for the people, not the special interests.” Leaning on constitutional authority to determine the parameters of House elections, the bill would effectively outlaw the gerrymandering of congressional districts, a practice employed by both Republicans and Democrats to maximize one-party control of individual…

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi reclaimed the gavel of the House of Representatives on Thursday and has already signaled to a new wave of liberal members that she mainly plans to give them symbolism. After narrowly securing the votes to be elected speaker, the California Democrat is set to hold a vote on a new rules package that is an ominous sign for liberals pushing for a radical, transformational agenda. Among the…

Thursday marked the start of a new Congress as Democrats not only took back the House, but began talk of impeaching President Trump. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a freshman lawmaker, told attendees at an event hosted by progressive organization MoveOn she was determined to strip Trump from the Oval Office. She paraphrased a conversation she had had with her son. “Look mama, you won. Bullies don’t win,” she recalled him…

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to ask the Pentagon to extend the deployment of thousands of troops near the southwestern border and to send additional troops to erect barbed wire and barriers, CBS News has learned.  The request would extend the military’s operation at the border, which is set to end on Jan. 31, and deploy additional engineers to erect 160 more miles of concertina wire. So…