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Video Sen. Chuck Schumer: We arrived at this moment because Trump has been on a destructive two-week temper tantrum Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on President Trump to “abandon the wall” Saturday if he wants to reopen the government, saying Trump does not have the votes in the Senate to get it funded — hours after the government shut down over an impasse over funding for Trump’s signature 2016 campaign promise….

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr McGurk (L) had previously said the US should retain a presence in Syria A top US official in the fight against the Islamic State group has quit over President Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria, reports say. Brett McGurk, the US special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat IS, brought his departure forward from February. Before Mr Trump’s announcement he had…

A former Interior Department official warned on Friday of the dangers of leaving U.S. parks open during the partial government shutdown. Tim Fullerton, who served as Interior’s director of digital strategy in the Obama administration, worked in the department during the 2013 government shutdown. “As someone who worked @interior during the shutdown in [2013], let me tell you how dangerous this is,” he tweeted. “If someone falls, gets lost, or has any issue in a…

CLOSE David Hogg goes after Laura Ingraham and her advertisers. Buzz60 In this combination photo, Fox News personality Laura Ingraham speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 20, 2016, left, and David Hogg, a student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speaks at a rally for common sense gun legislation in Livingston, N.J. on Feb. 25, 2018. Some big name advertisers dropped Ingraham…

Not even a government shutdown can cancel Christmas for kids eagerly tracking his progress around the world and awaiting presents in the mail. As thousands of federal employees were likely to be sent home amid the gridlock in Washington after a partial shutdown on Saturday morning and even more were expected to work without pay, several agencies assured children and adults alike that Christmas was still coming. North American Aerospace…

Video House and Senate adjourn without reaching deal, partial government shutdown imminent A partial shutdown of the federal government appeared inevitable late Friday, as lawmakers left the Capitol without a deal to fund the government by a midnight deadline. The House adjourned Friday without a deal on spending. The Senate adjourned shortly thereafter and was not scheduled to return until noon Saturday. One early reaction came from Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.,…

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The challenge of replacing Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is twofold: His replacement needs to retain President Trump’s trust, but the person must also be willing to offer honest advice. Relatively few individuals could fill that role. But here are three that spring to mind. 1) Jon Huntsman A former governor of Utah, former ambassador to China, former ambassador to Singapore, and former U.S. trade representative, Huntsman currently serves as…

SAN FRANCISCO – Citing Pacific Gas and Electric’s “serious safety problems,” California utility regulators will now consider replacing its board of directors, breaking up the company in favor of smaller, regional energy suppliers and even taking it over and converting it to a public agency, they announced. In an extraordinary statement issued late Friday at the start of the holiday weekend, the state Public Utilities Commission announced it will deeply…

SAN FRANCISCO — In his 20 years as a paramedic, Mickey Huber assisted in two emergency deliveries. But to him, the most memorable birth is the one that didn’t happen on his watch. Huber was helping people evacuate from the terrifying wildfire that tore through the Northern California town of Paradise on Nov. 8 when he heard on the scanner about a pregnant woman going into premature labor. Anastasia Skinner’s…

Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital.

CLOSE A government shutdown could have an impact on everything from your passport application to your trip to a national park. USA TODAY FILE- This March 30, 2017, file photo shows the Capitol Dome at dawn in Washington. Congress returns to work Monday, June 4, 2018, facing a showdown in the House over immigration while Senate Republicans are trying to stop an all-out trade war after President Donald Trump’s decision…

‘It’s wild, isn’t it?’ From Hawaii and Texas, senators and House members rushed to return on Friday for a meeting at the White House and possible votes later that day. Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, caught an early morning flight, while Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, spent about 20 minutes with his family before an 11-hour flight back to Washington. “It’s wild, isn’t it?” Senator John Thune of…

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to allow the government to enforce President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum for immigrants who attempt to cross the southern border illegally. The court voted 5-4 to leave a lower court ruling in place that blocks enforcement of the crackdown. Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative judge who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, voted with the court’s four liberals. Justice Ruth…

The stumble that left Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with three fractured ribs proved to be good for her health. On Friday, doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City successfully removed two cancerous growths from the 85-year-old Ginsburg’s left lung — nodules that were discovered early because of tests on her broken ribs, which were injured after a Nov. 7 fall, according to the the…

Sean Sullivan December 21 at 8:04 PM Five years ago, a conservative revolt in Congress led to a 16-day partial government shutdown. Earlier this year, a Senate Democratic protest produced a three-day closure. On Friday, there was a new antagonist from beyond Capitol Hill: President Trump. As dozens of federal agencies stood on the brink of partially shuttering at midnight, lawmakers in both parties grappled with the jarring dynamic as…

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Meghan McCain, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” ripped Bill O’Reilly on Friday after the the former Fox News host suggested that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could be near death. In a tweet, McCain called O’Reilly’s public comments about Ginsburg’s health “gross and ghoulish” and asked him to join her in praying for the liberal Supreme Court justice. “There’s really nothing more gross and ghoulish than people in the media pontificating…

The Washington brinkmanship that threatens to partially shut the U.S. government at midnight could have major political repercussions for President Donald Trump and for Congress. But the most immediate impact would be felt by the vast numbers of workers who would have to do without a paycheck until the impasse ends. Government shutdown 2018: No deal with hours to go — live updates More than 420,000 federal employees would have…

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