Shutdown

Forty-six percent of independents said Trump and the congressional GOP are primarily responsible for the shutdown, the survey shows.

The legislation would "protect federal government workers from being used as pawns in policy negotiations."

Both proposals will need 60 votes to advance, and it is unlikely either one will muster enough support.

"We get that this is unfair to you, but this is so much bigger than any one person.... It's going to be for the future of our country," said Trump.

With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump vowing not to give in, the House and Senate will take diverging paths this week on spending legislation. 

Right now some 800,000 government employees aren't collecting paychecks. Nor are hundreds of thousands of government contractors being paid. None of them can buy as much as before.

In her latest bid for attention, right-wing provocateur Tomi Lahren took on Bronx-born hip-hop star Cardi B Sunday, sparking an argument over racism and "blind" support of President Donald Trump.

Federal workers who are PayPal Credit customers can receive a one-time cash advance of $500.

The money will fund the park for 16 days, allowing Super Bowl visitors to see the site.

More than 42,000 Coast Guard members have missed their paychecks.

"One sophomoric response does not deserve another," Graham said of Trump's rebuke to Pelosi.

The average federal worker has missed over $5,000 in wages during the shutdown, the Times analysis showed.

"You can debate border security all day long but you can't do it with people locked out and not able to feed their families."

"I would say it is less safe today than a month ago. Absolutely," Trish Gilbert, executive vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told CNN. "We do not have the professionals on the job.

About 800,000 federal workers missed a pay check last Friday.

Trump is treating the government of the United States as a bargaining chip. He is asserting power by any means possible. This is the method of a dictator. 

President Donald Trump ripped Mick Mulvaney in front of Democratic leaders over his new chief of staff's handling of shutdown negotiations, according to a new report.

A majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump more than his Democratic opponents for the ongoing government shutdown, according to two polls released Sunday.

The shutdown has become the longest in history, and 800,000 government workers missed their first paychecks on Friday.

"They are hiding out. They want to hide behind the president instead of doing their jobs as leaders in a co-equal branch of the government," Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said about Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his caucus.

So far, two federal unions have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration. One of those groups, The National Treasury Employees Union, represents over 30,000 Customs and Border Protection officers.

But a path to citizenship for foreigners in the U.S. on temporary, speciality work visas would almost certainly require Congressional approval.

The bad news is during a shutdown, Smithsonian museums are closed. The good news is that now you have more time to file your taxes.

"There have been incidents of new roads being created by motorists and the destruction of Joshua trees in recent days," the park said in a statement.

President Donald Trump has reportedly received legal advice on how money could be diverted from disaster funds—such as those set aside to help storm-ravaged Puerto Rico—to pay for a border wall.

President Donald Trump taunted CNN's Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta over a video he shot at a fenced part of the southern border to show that no crisis exists.

"Trust me. I can build a wall around your homes that nothing—nothing!—will penetrate." Walter Trump said "You ask 'how do you build that wall?' You ask, and I'm here to tell you."

At issue is corrosion of the pillars of modern civilization: rule of law, respect for the truth, upholding basic societal values, and the imperative to be guided by them in policy decisions.

Agencies like the Food and Drug Administration and the Transportation Security Administration have been mostly shuttered since the shutdown began in December.

"The federal government should be a model employer for this country, but right now they're failing," American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council President Hydrick Thomas said.