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Funding lapsed for about a quarter of the federal government in late 2018, a few days before Christmas, as Democrats in the U.S. Senate blocked efforts by President Donald Trump to fund his planned border wall along the U.S.

Every year, more than 100,000 foreign workers are brought to the U.S. on the H-1B visa and allowed to stay for up to six years. There are about 650,000 H-1B visa Breitbart News. More than 85,000 Americans a year potentially lose their jobs to foreign labor through the H-1B visa program. In a tweet Friday morning, Trump reversed course on his “Buy American, Hire American” executive order, saying he wants to offer a pathway to U.S.

SCOT LEHIGH In the absences of leadership, US senators have to take matters into their own hands.  Michael A. Cohen What sets America apart from other countries is how little we value the lives of our fellow citizens.  Renée Graham Democrats want diverse and progressive representation, not just the same revolving door of old white guys.  A look at the developments in law enforcement officials’ investigations.  An investigation began after President Trump fired James Comey in 2017.

SCOT LEHIGH In the absences of leadership, US senators have to take matters into their own hands.  Michael A. Cohen What sets America apart from other countries is how little we value the lives of our fellow citizens.  Renée Graham Democrats want diverse and progressive representation, not just the same revolving door of old white guys.  A look at the developments in law enforcement officials’ investigations.  An investigation began after President Trump fired James Comey in 2017.

WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in US history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess. A solution couldn’t come soon enough for federal workers who got pay statements Friday but no pay. The House and Senate voted to give federal workers back pay whenever the federal government reopens and then left town for the weekend, leaving the shutdown on track to become one for the record books once the clock struck midnight and the closure entered its 22nd day.

SCOT LEHIGH In the absences of leadership, US senators have to take matters into their own hands.  Michael A. Cohen What sets America apart from other countries is how little we value the lives of our fellow citizens.  Renée Graham Democrats want diverse and progressive representation, not just the same revolving door of old white guys.  A look at the developments in law enforcement officials’ investigations.  An investigation began after President Trump fired James Comey in 2017.

SCOT LEHIGH In the absences of leadership, US senators have to take matters into their own hands.  Michael A. Cohen What sets America apart from other countries is how little we value the lives of our fellow citizens.  Renée Graham Democrats want diverse and progressive representation, not just the same revolving door of old white guys.  A look at the developments in law enforcement officials’ investigations.  An investigation began after President Trump fired James Comey in 2017.

The Democratic-led House passed a standalone spending measure Thursday to provide funding for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and other agencies. The House voted 244-180 to approve the clean funding measure. Twelve Republicans bucked party lines to join Democrats in voting for the bill on the floor. The chamber then voted 243-183 to pass a separate measure to fund the Department of Agriculture and related agencies through Sept.

MORE’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen has agreed to voluntarily testify before the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee next month, the Democratic chairman of the panel announced Thursday.  “I thank Michael Cohen for agreeing to testify before the Oversight Committee voluntarily,” Chairman MORE (D-Md.) said in a statement. “I want to make clear that we have no interest in inappropriately interfering with any ongoing criminal investigations, and to that end, we are in the process of consulting with Special Counsel Mueller’s of

A last-ditch effort by a group of Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown and clinch a long-stalled immigration deal quickly unraveled on Thursday. Senators said their talks were basically dead, underscoring the uphill climb any potential agreement has amid the entrenched border fight. The shutdown is expected to become the longest in history on Saturday when it breaks the 21-day record set during the Clinton administration. “I think we're stuck. I just don't see a pathway forward,” Sen. MORE (R-S.C.) told reporters.