Government shutdown updates: Senate again fails to pass funding bills
The Senate on Monday again rejected Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government and end the shutdown, now in its sixth day. The Democrats'...
White House threatens mass layoffs amid deepening US government shutdown
US President Donald Trump blames Democrats for looming federal layoffs as shutdown enters fifth day. The White House has warned that mass layoffs of federal...
Border Patrol agents shoot armed woman in Chicago as protesters confront immigration personnel
U.S. Border Patrol personnel shot an armed woman in Chicago on Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said, as scores of protesters faced off against...
Most Americans continue to rate the U.S. economy negatively as partisan gap widens
U.S. adults’ ratings of the national economy continue to be more negative than positive: 26% now say economic conditions are excellent or good, while 74%...
40% of arrests in D.C. federal crackdown have been immigration-related, data shows
While President Trump billed the federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital as an effort to crack down on violent crime, internal government data...
U.S. consumer confidence declines again as Americans worry about inflation, job market
U.S. consumer confidence declined again in September as Americans’ pessimism over inflation and the weakening job market continued to grow. READ MORE: Fed’s favored inflation gauge...
Several of Trump’s immigration policies have faced lawsuits, court rulings
President Donald Trump has promised to remove millions of people from the United States in the largest deportation program in American history. But his immigration agenda is...
America just got another slate of lousy job market news
Warning signs have been flashing for months that the US job market has been losing steam. That became starkly clearer in July, and the initial data for...
Costa breaks ranks on EU-US trade deal, fires warning shot at Trump
The European Council president appears to admit the war in Ukraine was a factor in accepting the bloc’s lopsided pact with Washington. European Council President...