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The White House and senior lawmakers on Sunday indicated the partial government shutdown is likely to drag on into 2019, as neither side appears willing to budge over the charged issue of MORE’s border wall. Incoming acting White House chief of staff MORE (N.Y.), warned the stalemate could last until after New Year’s Day. “I don’t think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple days.

MORE on Sunday reignited his feud with Sen.

The early departure of Defense Secretary MORE, which caught congressional leaders by surprise, adds to a growing number of Cabinet vacancies in the Trump administration as well as a confirmations backlog in the Senate. MORE on Sunday announced he is removing Mattis, who resigned on Thursday, two months earlier than his scheduled departure at the end of February. Also due to depart at year’s end are Interior Secretary MORE. The Senate will have to hold hearings and vote to confirm their replacements, as well as vote o

A staunch ally of wield the gavel on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Democrats are worried they will have little power to act as the first line of defense when the panel considers judicial nominees. Sen. MORE (R-Iowa), who has made judicial confirmations the panel's main focus during his tenure, drawing criticism from opponents for how quickly he moved nominees to the floor. Democrats on the committee such as Sens.

“The physical caliphate of ISIS is destroyed — a threat that Obama said is a generational one that we’re just going to have to get used to … That part is right: we have won the war against the physical caliphate. But that doesn’t mean that we have won the war against global jihadism. Some units of ISIS remain in Syria, others have, in fact, moved to Afghanistan.

“The physical caliphate of ISIS is destroyed — a threat that Obama said is a generational one that we’re just going to have to get used to … That part is right: we have won the war against the physical caliphate. But that doesn’t mean that we have won the war against global jihadism. Some units of ISIS remain in Syria, others have, in fact, moved to Afghanistan.

“First thing’s first: the president is never going to go soft on this issue [of the border wall]. … Let’s remember Donald Trump built his campaign, his first big event, with then-Senator Sessions, when he put on that red MAGA hat,” Gorka told Breitbart News’ Alana Mastrangelo on Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida. “He knows this is why he’s president, so the wall will be built.” As for what he expects will happen over “the next four weeks”, “Nothing is going to happen,” Gorka said. “Why? Because the GOP have no spine.

“First thing’s first: the president is never going to go soft on this issue [of the border wall]. … Let’s remember Donald Trump built his campaign, his first big event, with then-Senator Sessions, when he put on that red MAGA hat,” Gorka told Breitbart News’ Alana Mastrangelo on Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida. “He knows this is why he’s president, so the wall will be built.” As for what he expects will happen over “the next four weeks”, “Nothing is going to happen,” Gorka said. “Why? Because the GOP have no spine.

WASHINGTON — Irritated with the criticism and fallout from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s resignation, President Trump on Sunday pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned, an acrimonious end to a tense relationship that had been eroding in recent months. In a series of tweets, Trump appeared to question why he had put Mattis in his Cabinet in the first place and said Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will take over as acting secretary on Jan.

Michael A. Cohen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the best things to happen in American politics. She should pick her battles wisely.  Editorial Warren-Gardner bill would take pot shops out of legal limbo and clear the way for access to banking and credit care services.  Opinion | Stephen Kinzer Wherever the United States deploys troops, we stay until we get what we want. President Trump seems to recognize this as a recipe for permanent war and occupation.   As the stock market buckles, the president has a lot less to crow about.