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Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown

President Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to end a partial government shutdown after the funding legislation was held up by lawmakers who have been agitated over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement efforts. The bill funds DHS for the next 10 days,

Watch live: Trump signs government funding bill

President Trump will sign legislation Tuesday afternoon that will reopen the government after a brief shutdown. The House narrowly passed the five-bill minibus and a continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security earlier Tuesday. Twenty-one Democrats voted

Poll: 62 percent think ICE efforts go 'too far'

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has gone “too far” in its effort to deal with unauthorized immigration, a slight increase from just a week ago, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Ipsos poll, conducted last Friday and

Rebirth of the madman theory in foreign policy?

Tariffs are on, until they are not. Military force is an option … and then it’s off the table. Erratic behavior and unpredictability are having a moment in foreign policy circles. In the White House and elsewhere, such behavior is seemingly being viewed as a strategic asset

Can the Kennedy Center survive with Trump's name attached?

The Washington, D.C., theater scene is responding with shock and sadness to President Trump’s planned two-year closure of the Kennedy Center, and concerns are mounting that construction and renovation won’t do anything to win over a local population that considers his brand