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The shutdown is barreling into the workweek after senators failed late Sunday to clinch a deal to reopen the government. The impact of the closure is set to dramatically increase starting Monday. Hundreds of thousands of government employees face possible furloughs, some federal functions could cease, and it remains to be seen whether public museums and tourist attractions will remain open. “It gets a lot more real when the week starts,” Rep. MORE (R-Pa.) told reporters.

Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday that he will give an immigration bill a vote, but it won't be attached to a spending deal. "It is still my view that I will call up a DACA related immigration bill that ... the president will sign and that it will not be a part of any overall spending agreement," McConnell told reporters, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Congress has less than two weeks to meet a Jan.

That’s the view of San Francisco Chronicle senior political writer Joe Garofoli, who noted on the one-year anniversary of Trump’s presidency that California’s politicians had embraced more radical policies, and California’s voters had become less tolerant of Republicans, as the state took the lead in the so-called “Resistance” against the new administration. Garofoli writes: Garofoli could have added that the Trump era has seen the revival of proposals to have California se

That’s the view of San Francisco Chronicle senior political writer Joe Garofoli, who noted on the one-year anniversary of Trump’s presidency that California’s politicians had embraced more radical policies, and California’s voters had become less tolerant of Republicans, as the state took the lead in the so-called “Resistance” against the new administration. Garofoli writes: Garofoli could have added that the Trump era has seen the revival of proposals to have California se

Pageantry and politics mix at the White House at those most festive of evenings when the president rolls out the red carpet to host a foreign head of state at the presidential mansion for an official state dinner. But in a break with precedent, the Trump White House has yet to utilize the power of the Oval Office to its full social and diplomatic advantage by feting a foreign leader with the honor of a state dinner. Almost every other president in the last century hosted at least one such affair during the first

The DACA) case and resolve the dispute this term -- in an effort to move forward with the termination of the program. An "immediate review is warranted," by the Supreme Court, reads the DOJ petition. "The district court has entered a nationwide injunction that requires DHS to keep in place a policy of non-enforcement that no one contends is required by federal law and that DHS has determined is, in fact, unlawful and should be discontinued," the pet

The House a cleared a must-pass bill Thursday night to fund the government through Feb.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds substantially greater Republican risk in a Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress than the congressional Democrats if one occurs. Forty-eight percent in the national survey say they’d blame Trump and the Democrats in Congress.

The TAKE with Rick Klein This is quite the way to celebrate a year in office. As we move past midnight tonight, the Trump presidency turns one year old.