The former president joined Gavin Newsom on a volunteer call two weeks out from Election Day. SACRAMENTO, California — Barack Obama joined Gavin Newsom to rally supporters of California Democrats’ congressional redistricting ballot measure as the Nov. 4 special election nears. The former president during a Wednesday call with volunteers painted Proposition 50 — a … Read more
The San Francisco mayor’s quiet diplomacy helped defuse a federal surge in a city bracing for confrontation. SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Lurie still won’t say Donald Trump’s name. But on Thursday, that deliberate omission — a strategy ridiculed by progressives in his liberal city — appeared to spare San Francisco from the president’s wrath. Trump’s … Read more
The Trump administration is seeking to overturn a district judge who ordered Khalil released. A panel of federal appeals court judges appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday of the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil using an obscure provision of immigration law. A three-judge panel from the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of … Read more
The White House has tried to blunt the shutdown’s impacts on Americans. But that may not last much longer. The White House has tried to tune the ongoing government shutdown so that everyday Americans barely notice. That’s harder to do every day the government’s doors stay shut. Though air traffic controllers are working, it wouldn’t … Read more
The top Democrats’ entreaty came ahead of the president’s weeklong Asia journey. The top congressional Democrats contacted President Donald Trump on Tuesday to request a meeting as the shutdown drags into a fourth week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in comments to reporters after a closed-door caucus lunch that he and House Minority Leader … Read more
Informal bipartisan talks are nowhere close to ending the second-longest government closure in U.S. history. When Washington first woke up to a government shutdown earlier this month, there was one hope for a quick exit: A bipartisan clutch of rank-and-file senators were at least talking. There was reason for optimism. Past groups had evolved into … Read more
With a Nov. 21 stopgap getting stale, lawmakers are now eyeing a longer-term patch to end the shutdown. Republican congressional leaders are making plans for a new spending punt as the shutdown drags on, and any new version is likely to postpone the next deadline until 2026. House and Senate GOP leaders are debating a … Read more
The group discussed health care ideas, including expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday as Republicans quietly discuss possible paths forward on health care once the government reopens. The group met to talk about ideas including what to do about soon-to-expire Affordable Care … Read more
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1. Missed paychecks, canceled infrastructure projects and mass firings haven’t yet convinced congressional Democrats to change their government shutdown stance. But they are now facing down another pressure point threatening a program they’ve long … Read more
The legislation would also do the same for TSA baggage screeners. Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has introduced a bill that would ensure air traffic controllers get paid during the ongoing government shutdown. S. 3031, whose text POLITICO obtained, is co-sponsored by Republican Sens. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). … Read more