WASHINGTON — While much of the government enters its fourth shutdown week Wednesday, what does keep going strong are the charges and countercharges from Republicans and Democrats.

California Republicans blame Democrats for being stubborn and hurting constituents. Democrats say it’s Republicans who are being obstinate and spreading pain.

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President Trump has reportedly demanded the Justice Department pay him $230 million in compensation for past investigations against him — and he just may get his wish.

Trump’s claims against the department, which he’s staffed with allies including his former personal attorney, is without precedent, according to The New York Times.

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WASHINGTON — Democrats’ hold on a House swing district in North Carolina’s northeastern corner is in jeopardy after the Republican-controlled state Senate approved a new congressional map Tuesday.

The redrawn lines, which are expected to receive final approval by the GOP-led state House later this week, would dramatically reshape North ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The federal government shutdown is approaching the second longest in U.S. history; however, Maryland lawmakers haven’t been idle as its members have often been front and center while parties spar over health care, rescissions and federal workers.

“Democrats want to reopen the government, but we will not be a rubber stamp for ...Read more

Despite a White House denial that President Donald Trump is considering commuting Sean “Diddy” Combs’ 50-month sentence for prostitution-related charges, TMZ is standing by its report that the president is “vacillating” on the matter and could make a decision this week.

Combs has served 13 months of his sentence at Brooklyn’s ...Read more

In the 1987 book “Trump: The Art of the Deal,” Donald Trump introduced the notion of “truthful hyperbole,” which he called an “innocent form of exaggeration and very effective form of promotion.” The idea is to use sensational imagery or language to get attention and generate excitement — regardless if it has anything to do with ...Read more

In the first week of October, with the government shutdown underway, the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to head up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Neil Jacobs.

Jacobs, who served as the acting under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere during the first Trump Administration, is best ...Read more

President Donald Trump has argued that he needs to deploy National Guard troops across state lines to protect federal personnel and property or to support overwhelmed local law enforcement in cities he claims are “overrun” by crime.

But a Stateline analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and federal crime data shows that Trump’s deployments and ...Read more

In the annals of American politics, few figures have reshaped the landscape as profoundly as President Donald Trump. His bombastic style, unfiltered rhetoric, and policy disruptions galvanized the Republican base while triggering a seismic reaction among Democrats.

As Trump’s second term approaches its end in 2029, the GOP stands at a ...Read more

Small businesses challenging many of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm lower court rulings that the import levies amount to a massive illegal tax on American companies.

Trump usurped the power of Congress to tax when he issued levies in February and April under an emergency law that was never ...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed to boost beef imports from Argentina as the U.S. faces soaring meat prices. But any increases may offer little relief to consumers — and risk angering American ranchers.

Trump said on Sunday that buying more meat from Argentina would “bring our beef prices down” while also aiding the struggling South American ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if “habitual drug users” should lose their gun rights under the Second Amendment.

The Trump administration is defending a federal gun control law dating to 1968 and challenging the rulings of two conservative appeals courts that struck down the ban on gun possession by any “...Read more

For most of this year, caseworkers in Rep. Suhas Subramanyam’s office have struggled to get through to federal agencies, as mass layoffs rippled through the Trump administration.

His staff was starting to make inroads again with certain agencies, like the Internal Revenue Service, the Virginia Democrat said.

Then, the shutdown came.

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President Donald Trump over the weekend continued to paint San Francisco as a hotbed of crime, and suggested in a Fox News interview, once again, that he planned to send federal troops to the city by the bay.

“I think they want us in San Francisco,” Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo during a Sunday interview. “San Francisco was truly...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and congressional Democrats have announced a sweeping investigation into potential misconduct in the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown that has ensnared citizens, made use of racial profiling and terrified communities for months.

Bass and the top Democrat on the House ...Read more

Outrage spread Monday over President Donald Trump’s effort to mock the huge No Kings protests over the weekend by posting an AI video of himself dumping waste on demonstrators.

Supporters of the sprawling rallies that drew millions slammed Trump for posting the 18-second clip depicting him wearing a crown and piloting a KING TRUMP warplane ...Read more