U.S. states sue Trump administration over border wall funds
By Jeff Mason and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – A coalition of 16 U.S. states led by California sued President Donald Trump...
US government shutdown
US lawmakers reach tentative deal to avoid shutdown
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – US congressional negotiators on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another...
U.S. government shutdown breaks record, with no end in sight
By David Brunnstrom and David Morgan WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – A partial U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to...
Trump to preside over the longest shutdown in U.S. history
By Richard Cowan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency “right...
As US shutdown continues, Trump weighs declaring emergency
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, facing the prospect within days of the longest US government shutdown in history, was...
U.S. Congress to reconvene with no end in sight for federal shutdown
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Congress was set to reconvene on Wednesday with no signs of a workable plan to end a...
Trump widens demands in wall standoff, threatens Mexico border closure
By David Morgan and James Oliphant WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to close the southern U.S. border with Mexico...
US Congress takes no steps to end shutdown, Americans blame Trump
Both chambers of the US Congress convened for only a few minutes late on Thursday, but took no steps to end a partial federal government...
US Congress votes to end brief government shutdown (Update 2)
The US House of Representatives joined the Senate early on Friday morning in approving a bill to end an overnight federal shutdown, sparing Republicans further...
Government still shut down on Monday as U.S. Senate fails to clinch deal
A U.S. government shutdown will enter its third day on Monday as Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement late on Sunday to restore federal spending...
