WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's Republican allies controlling the Senate are awarding him his full $5 billion request to build about 200 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The wall money is contained in a $71 billion draft funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that cleared its...
Trump Insists He Never Pressed Ukraine to Dig for Biden Dirt
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Monday pressed their demands for full disclosure of a whistleblower's complaint about President Donald Trump and intensified calls for impeachment. Trump insisted anew he did nothing wrong in his conversation with Ukraine's leader that is at the center of the complaint. Republican lawmakers remained largely...
UN Chief Urges Action to Make Earth Carbon Neutral by 2050
UNITED NATIONS — World leader after world leader told the United Nations on Monday that they will do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels, but as they made their pledges, they conceded it was not enough. Sixty-six countries have promised to have more ambitious...
Trump Suggests He Raised the Bidens With Ukraine's President
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested that he raised former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden's son in a summer phone call with Ukraine's new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival. Trump told reporters...
Newsom Wanted to Go Bold on Housing. Have He and Lawmakers Delivered so Far?
On the campaign trail and after taking office, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised bold action to confront the issue he called California’s greatest challenge: making housing affordable again. Or at least returning us to a world where this house doesn’t sell for $900 grand. The rhetoric was lofty: A “Marshall Plan” for...
Alison Weir Answers 5 Questions on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
After speaking to a packed house at Clovis Community College on Wednesday about the U.S. role in furthering bloodshed between Israel and the Palestinian people, Alison Weir answered questions from GV Wire's Bill McEwen on the following topics: — The Israeli elections held Tuesday, Sept. 17, which could result in...
Trump Signals Restraint on Possible Military on Strike Iran
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he's not inclined to authorize an immediate military strike on Iran in response to the attacks on the Saudi oil industry, saying he believes showing restraint "shows far more strength" and he wants to avoid an all-out war. Speaking in the Oval...
California Defends Tax Return Law After Setback
SACRAMENTO — California's elections chief says he believes a state law requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns is constitutional despite a legal setback. A federal judge in Sacramento granted a request from President Donald Trump's campaign to block a new state law that requires presidential candidates to release five years...
Trump Says Gun Negotiations Going 'Very Slowly'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday poured cold water on prospects for a bipartisan compromise on gun legislation, even as Attorney General William Barr circulated a draft plan on Capitol Hill to expand background checks for gun sales. In a Fox News interview that aired Thursday, Trump said no...
Iran Envoy: 'All-out War' to Result if Hit for Saudi Attack
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Any attack on Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will spark an "all-out war," Tehran's top diplomat warned Thursday, raising the stakes as Washington and Riyadh weigh a response to a drone-and-missile strike on the kingdom's oil industry that shook global energy markets. The...