The President, who will address the nation today, isn't expected to change his border wall demand but will offer Dems other concessions, senior official says

President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday afternoon according to a senior administration official. ...

Opinion: The revealing words Trump said about Pelosi's trip

I can almost understand President Trump's decision to ground Nancy Pelosi and her traveling delegation. ...

Susan Pompeo's travels during shutdown anger some diplomats, sources say

At a time when most State Department staff weren't allowed to travel for work and some weren't even allowed to use their work phones, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's wife Susan embarked on an eight-day trip with her husband, requiring unpaid staffers to prepare and support her across the Middle East. ...

Despite shutdown, DOJ moves forward with land-grab cases for border fence

Justice Department attorneys are continuing to work on cases to seize land from property owners along the US-Mexico border, despite other cases being put on hold until the government reopens. ...

Ex-president orders pizza for Secret Service during shutdown

Former President George W. Bush called for federal lawmakers to "put politics aside" and end the government shutdown in an Instagram post Friday that showed him giving pizza to his Secret Service detail. ...

Stalled shutdown talks leave Trump cold

A year ago, President Donald Trump was spending a holiday weekend in the South Florida sun, making morning excursions to his golf course and passing warm evenings on the patio of his estate as a the sound of a piano wafted in the breeze. ...

Mueller's office disputes report that Trump told Cohen to lie to Congress

Special counsel Robert Mueller's office is disputing a BuzzFeed report that President Donald Trump directed his then-personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the proposed Moscow Trump Tower project. ...

Toobin: A bad day for the news media

Special counsel Robert Mueller's office disputed an explosive story from BuzzFeed News as "not accurate" Friday night, after the news outlet reported the President had directed his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, for which Cohen was later prosecuted. ...

Reporter with checkered past comes back with Trump story

Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier, two reporters for BuzzFeed News, may have just scored the scoop that, if it is ultimately confirmed, irrevocably changes the course of the Trump presidency. If so, it will represent for Leopold the apex of a comeback from a troubled personal and professional past. ...

Cooper presses BuzzFeed editor on disputed story

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks to BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith after a spokesperson for special counsel Robert Mueller says BuzzFeed's characterization of documents and testimony regarding Michael Cohen's congressional testimony are "not accurate." ...