Fresno County authorities Wednesday identified the suspected rifleman in the wounding of a sheriff's deputy. Michael Congdon, 57, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after an hours-long standoff in Tollhouse. He surrendered after talking with negotiators. The injured deputy, John Erickson, 49, underwent surgery for internal injuries and a broken leg at Community Regional...
Trump Doubts Negotiators Will Strike Budget Deal He’d Accept
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50." As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers prepared to return to work, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn't think the...
Trump Feels Shutdown Pressure From Economists, Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON — Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought. In a letter to Trump, Pelosi cited...