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WASHINGTON — It’s an open secret on Capitol Hill: President Donald Trump wants a “big, beautiful” border wall, but few in Congress are willing to pay for it. The standoff, between the White House and lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats — has escalated tensions toward a possible government shutdown at midnight Friday as Congress races […]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday that President Trump needs to stay out of Congress’ budget negotiations in order to get a bill done by Friday’s deadline. On a Monday conference call with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez, Mrs. Pelosi said negotiations between the parties were

President Trump insisted Sunday he will keep his campaign vow to build a southern border wall and force Mexico to pay for it, even though he needs U.S. taxpayers to front the money. Mr. Trump is seeking a down payment on his signature barrier in a stopgap spending bill that must pass this week to

Berlin (dpa) – North Korea arrested a US citizen at Pyongyang’s airport as he was about to leave the country last week, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported citing unnamed sources. The report said the man, who was described as a former professor in his 50s, was in North Korea doing aid work. It was

North Korea may strike Australia for “blindly and zealously toeing the US line,” sources said. The Australian government had “better think twice” about Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s “reckless tongue-lashing,” North Korea said, warning the country was “inching close to the brink of war.” “What she uttered can never be pardoned,” a North Korean Foreign Ministry

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly on Sunday said anyone in the country illegally is subject to deportation by law but so-called “Dreamers” should rest easy and that undocumented residents should still report domestic violence and other crimes. Mr. Kelly said President Trump tasked him with two key objectives on immigration – secure the Southwest