The White House has failed to agree with Democratic lawmakers on border wall funding. Analysts note that president Trump will have to make a tough and fateful choice on the wall if the shutdown is to be averted.
Stacey Abrams, one of the rising stars in the Democratic Party, delivered a sharply worded rebuttal of the State of the Union address calling out president Trump and GOP leaders.
In a series of tweets sent over the weekend, the president noted that Republicans in Congress have the responsibility to do “whatever is necessary for strong border security.”
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg thinks that the proposal to replace private, employer-provided health insurance with a Medicare-for-all system would be financially impossible.
William Barr, the nominee for Attorney General, has said that he will allow the special counsel Robert Mueller to finish his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, if confirmed