WASHINGTON — Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump announced Friday he was declaring a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump made the announcement from the Rose Garden, as he claimed illegal...
Trump Will Sign Bill, Then Declare Border Emergency
WASHINGTON — Congress steamed toward lopsided approval of a border security compromise Thursday night that would avert a second painful government shutdown but ignite a major new confrontation — this time over President Donald Trump's plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions from other federal...
It's Official: Fast-Food Loving Trump Is Obese
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has put on some pounds and is now officially considered obese. The White House on Thursday released results of his most recent physical, revealing that his Body Mass Index is now 30.4. That's based on the fact that he's now carrying 243 pounds on his...
In House’s Yemen Vote, Congress Reasserts War-Making Powers
WASHINGTON — Asserting congressional authority over war-making powers, the House passed a resolution Wednesday that would force the administration to withdraw U.S. troops from involvement in Yemen, in a rebuke of President Donald Trump's alliance with the Saudi-led coalition behind the military intervention. Lawmakers in both parties are increasingly uneasy...
AP Fact Check: Newsom Wrong on Illegal Border Crossings
SAN DIEGO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted part of his first State of the State address to attacking President Donald Trump's positions on illegal immigration, declaring, "This border emergency is nothing more than a manufactured crisis and California will not be part of this political theater." His rhetoric in...
Though Unhappy With Deal, Trump Doesn’t Expect a New Shutdown
WASHINGTON — Under mounting pressure from his own party, President Donald Trump appears to be grudgingly leaning toward accepting an agreement that would head off a threatened second government shutdown but provide just a fraction of the money he's been demanding for his Mexican border wall. Trump said Tuesday he would need...
AP Fact Check: Trump on the Wall, and a Ban on Cows?
WASHINGTON — Let Democrats have their way, President Donald Trump suggested, and the United States will become a country without border security, airplanes or cows. Trump warned of a variety of dire consequences from the Democratic playbook as he rallied Monday night in the border city of El Paso, Texas, in a...
Budget Deal Allows Far Less Money Than Trump Wanted for Wall
WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks. Republicans were desperate to avoid another bruising shutdown. They tentatively agreed Monday night to...
Iranian-American Nurture New Generations After Revolution
IRVINE — Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s for graduate school, and like many others, wound up settling in America, starting a career and raising her family while a revolution upended her homeland and fractured relations with the U.S. The two countries remain bitter...
Newsom Will Rebut Trump in State of the State Address. How to Watch It.
Gov. Gavin Newsom will deliver his first State of the State address to a joint session of the California Legislature at 11 a.m. today. You can watch it live on The California Channel at this link. Go to CALmatters.org afterward for coverage and live analysis. Political junkies who would like to compare Newsom's speech with...