‘Negotiating with Jell-O’: How Trump's shifting positions fueled the rush to a shutdown … In a remarkable, televised 55-minute meeting with about two dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers earlier this month, President Trump twice proclaimed that any immigration deal would need to be …

Patrick Meehan, Congressman Combating Harassment, Settled His Own Misconduct Case  —  WASHINGTON — Representative Patrick Meehan, a Pennsylvania Republican who has taken a leading role in fighting sexual harassment in Congress, used thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to settle …

New Trump Ad Calls Dems ‘Complicit’ In Murders By Undocumented Immigrants  —  So much for “The Art of the Deal.”  —  The Trump campaign on Saturday released a new campaign ad calling congressional Democrats “complicit” in all murders committed by undocumented immigrants.

Gutiérrez ready to give in on wall  —  Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) said Saturday that he's ready to give President Trump  —  his signature border wall if the Republicans will agree to new legal protections for “Dreamers.”  —  Furthermore, he said he'd help with the construction.

Amid Trump's inaugural festivities, members of Russia's elite anticipated a thaw between Moscow and Washington … In the days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a wealthy Russian pharmaceutical executive named Alexey Repik arrived in Washington, expressing excitement about the new administration.

Women's March 2018: Thousands of Protesters Take to the Streets  —  A year after millions of people turned out for the Women's March and took to the streets en masse to protest President Trump's inauguration, demonstrators gathered on Saturday in cities across the United States …

Trump wants a kinder, gentler, shutdown  —  Trump administration officials are determined to keep large segments of the government open even after Congress failed to approve a funding bill late Friday night, saying they don't want to “weaponIze” the government shutdown to score political points.

Meadows: House majority loss wouldn't ‘change a whole lot’  —  (R-N.C.) Thursday in the midst of the GOP's hunt for a spending deal that could attract enough votes in the House to shift the risk of a shutdown to Democrats in the Senate.  —  The president didn't realize he reached Meadows …

Missouri governor: ‘no blackmail,’ ‘no violence’ in affair  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In his first interview since acknowledging an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Saturday that there was “no blackmail” and “no threat of violence” by him in what he described as a months-long …

Minnesota woman strikes St. Kate's  —  St. Catherine University (a/k/a St. Kate's, formerly St. Catherine College) sits on a leafy 110-acre campus in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul.  It is located a few blocks down the street from my high school alma mater and within shouting distance …

Overseas military families lose AFN; access to other services remains unclear  —  KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Defense Department personnel and their families overseas woke up Saturday to much confusion, uncertainty and some anger about how their lives would be affected by the U.S. government shutdown.