The bill now heads to the House for a final vote. Trump plans to sign the bill but will also declare a national emergency to secure border wall funding.
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As Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union Speech, Nancy Pelosi not-so-subtly rolled her eyes over one particular comment. And everyone noticed.
At least eight people have died in the US Midwest as the region shivers in the grip of its worst cold snap in decades.
21-year-old had been sought on first-degree murder charges
Trump then began to pitch his border wall – hard.
A nurse has been accused of sexual assault after a woman in a vegetative state gave birth to a baby boy at a care facility.
Insisting on his demand for $5.7 billion to fund a U.S.-Mexico border barrier as part of any bill to fully reopen the government, Trump sought to pile pressure on Democrats by appealing to immigrants they have tried to help.
Democrats have asked President Donald Trump to postpone a speech to Congress saying security cannot be guaranteed due to the government shutdown.
“We’re talking about $5.7 billion for a wall, but the costs that are inflicted on the economy are orders of magnitude beyond that $5.7 billion,” one expert warned.
In a somber televised plea, President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday night, blaming illegal immigration for what he called a scourge of drugs and violence in the U.S.
The speech is part of a public relations blitz by the president.
In the eyes of some social media critics the United States' youngest-ever congresswoman can do no right.
US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi Speaker has shrugged off a new lawmaker's use of a profane epithet to assail President Donald Trump.
Trump has refused to sign a broader funding package, insisting that the border wall issue take precedence.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have made an unannounced Christmas visit to US troops in Iraq.
US President Donald Trump is backing down on his threat to shut down the government after Democrats refused to grant him the funding to build the wall he wants on the border with Mexico.
The US is facing an impending crisis which could cost the economy billions of dollars. And both sides of politics are refusing to budge.
Repealing the Affordable Care Act could lead to about 15 million people losing their health insurance coverage, according to Ana Gupte, a Wall Street analyst at Leerink Partners.
apenheim, a Minnesotan native, died Wednesday afternoon after she was attacked at her apartment in Rotterdam, according to Rotterdam police and Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP.
US President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened a government shutdown over funding for his proposed border wall in a budget row with top Democrats.