Given the options the President has to have to deliver speeches away from Washington D.C., the White House is “hesitant to hold a campaign-style rally instead of the State of the Union address because of a perceived informality.” WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump declared his yearly State of the Union address “canceled” on Wednesday after House […]
This is the storm we’re in. Liberals at war with conservatives. Left versus Right. Republicans versus Democrats. Donald Trump supporters pitted against everyone else. These conversations touch every corner of our lives. They require reason and discussion and, as hard as it is for either side to admit, some degree of nuance. They beg us […]
History can be made again as California Senator Kamala Harris has officially thrown her hat in the ring to run for President of the United States in 2020. If elected Kamala Harris would not only the first female president, but she would be the first African American female president to run our country. Kamala Harris […]
The House has “passed a series of spending bills to reopen shuttered parts of the government over the course of the week” without using money for the border wall. “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has said he will not hold votes on legislation related to the shutdown that the President will not sign.” […]
(Gray News) – For a state of emergency to take effect, the president must declare a national emergency. The power to do this comes from the National Emergencies Act of 1976. The declaration of a national emergency gives the president special powers that he wouldn’t normally have. These emergency powers are designed to give the president […]
This morning I have to address the disturbing fact that our federal government has now been shut down for an astounding 19 days. Starting on Friday, hundreds of thousands of federal employees, including many of our listeners right here on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, are going to miss their first paycheck and many of […]
President Donald Trump said on Twitter that a meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on funding a wall along the southern border of America was a “total waste of time.” Trump met with Congressional leaders with both parties on Wednesday as a government shutdown approaches the three-week […]
WASHINGTON, DC (Gray News/CNN) – President Donald Trump and top Democrats came out of a White House meeting with different takes on the productivity of their discussions Friday. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke outside the White House following the meeting with Trump, saying the president mentioned keeping the government shutdown going for “months or […]
Trump moves to freeze pay for federal workers WASHINGTON – Amid the current partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze pay for federal workers in 2019. The move is consistent with Trump’s budget proposal and a notice to Congress in August, when he cited “serious economic conditions” in cutting pay to […]
President Donald Trump said Friday if lawmakers do not fund the border wall, he will shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. He called Democratic members of Congress “obstructionists.” The President has requested $5 billion to pay for the wall. President Trump continued to blame Democrats for the current government shutdown, which has lasted for a week […]
The President has previously looked at “wall prototypes” before his recent demand. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the government won’t reopen until funding is secured for his border barrier, and he plans to go to the border in January to visit a new stretch of wall. “I can’t tell you when the government is […]
If a deal is reached, Sunday is the earliest for votes to take place before Christmas. Lawmakers are expected to convene Saturday on Capitol Hill, as a plan to fund the government has yet to come to fruition. This comes just a day after members of Congress and President Donald Trump failed to come […]