Political fallout uncertain as shutdown moves into month 2

By VOA,

As the partial shutdown of the U.S. government goes into a second month, neither side can be sure about the long-term political fallout. Public opi...

Political fallout , Washington

Locked out of House by Pelosi, Trump vows State of Union alternative

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would hold an alternative event to the State of the Union address after Democratic leader Nancy Pelos...

pelosi , Trump

Senate prepares to vote on competing measures to end shutdown

By VOA,

The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on competing partisan efforts to end a partial federal government shutdown, now in its second month, but neither ...

senate , U.S , voting

Court to rule whether to allow Orengo, Qureshi in DCJ Mwilu case

By Dzuya Walter,

A decision on whether or not Queen’s Counsel Khawar Qureshi will represent the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in a graft case against Deputy ...

Khawar Qureshi , Philomena Mwilu , Senator James Orengo

Senate sets votes but U.S. shutdown likely to go on

By Reuters,

There was no sign of quick relief for 800,000 federal workers going without pay because of the partial government shutdown as the U.S. Senate schedule...

House of Representatives , Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , President Donald Trump , U.S Senate , U.S-Mexico border wall

Trump: US civil servants working without pay are ‘great patriots’

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday described hundreds of thousands of federal civil servants working without pay during the partial government shut...

Donald Trump , Government shutdown

Philippine Senators oppose president’s push to lower criminal age to 9

By Reuters,

Senators in the Philippines on Tuesday joined activists and child protection groups in condemning a lower house move to reduce the age of criminal lia...

Philippine , President Rodrigo Duterte , Senator Panfilo Lacson , Senators , unicef

Moses Kuria wants Kenya to have deputy Prime Ministers

By Citizen Reporter,

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has written to the building bridges team proposing a constitution review that would see Kenya have a President, a Deputy ...

Deputy Prime Ministers , Moses Kuria

On Day 28, no sign of end to U.S. partial government shutdown

By Reuters,

As the partial U.S. government shutdown hit the four-week mark on Friday, tensions mounted in Washington on either side of the standoff over President...

Early surge of Democratic contenders for 2020

By VOA,

Several Democrats have taken steps in recent days to get an early jump on the 2020 presidential race. Democrats expect a large field of candidates ...

Democrat Elizabeth Warren , democratic

Trump startled by cozy Barr-Mueller relationship

By CNN,

President Donald Trump was startled Tuesday as he watched television coverage of his nominee for attorney general describing a warm relationship with ...

Bar-Mueller relationship

Trump blocks Pelosi trip as tensions mount over U.S. government shutdown

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democrats over a partial U.S. government shutdown escalated on Thursday with Trump denying House Speaker Nanc...

pelosi , Trump

Nancy Pelosi just pulled a major power move on Donald Trump’s State of the Union

By CNN,

Sometimes the best power moves in politics are conveyed in the most mundane language. "Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-...

Donal Trump , Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , United States , US President Donald Trump State of the Union address

Trump threatens to use emergency power to build wall, end shutdown

By Reuters,

Flanked by border agents who are going without paychecks during a government shutdown, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to use emerg...

Trump eyes emergency powers to pay for border wall, end shutdown

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use emergency powers to bypass Congress and get billions of dollars to pay for a wall on the U.S...

Donald Trump , Mexico border

Scenarios: How U.S. shutdown over border wall fight might play out

By Reuters,

As the partial U.S. government shutdown neared the end of its 19th day, President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats were still divided over his...

Trump storms out of talks on shutdown, bemoans ‘total waste of time’

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump stormed out of talks with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday over funding for a border wall with Mexico and reo...

Trump , U.S. shutdown

House Democrats to test Republicans on Trump’s wall demand

By Reuters,

On the 19th day of a partial U.S. government shutdown, Democrats were set on Wednesday to test Republicans’ resolve in backing President Donald Trum...

In Oval Office speech, Trump demands a wall but does not declare emergency

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump urged Congress in a televised speech on Tuesday to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the U.S. border with...

House Democrats to test Republicans on Trump’s wall demand

By Reuters,

As a partial U.S. government shutdown neared the three-week mark, Democrats on Wednesday were set to test Republicans’ resolve in backing President ...