Author: Jill Colvin
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Trump backs off border shutdown but threatens auto tariffs
WASHINGTON • Abandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead on Thursday that he’d slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the Mexicans do more to stop the flow of migrants and drugs to the U.S. In his latest backtrack in recent days, Trump said…
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Trump waiting on possible border closure
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s taking a wait-and-see approach on his threat to close the southern border as soon as this week. His administration is grappling with a surge of Central American migrants trying to enter the U.S., and Trump said last week he’d seal the border in the coming days…
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Trump reverses new North Korea sanctions, bucking US Treasury
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he has reversed his administration’s decision to slap new sanctions on North Korea, with his press secretary explaining that he “likes” leader Kim Jong Un and doesn’t think they’re necessary. It’s unclear, however, which sanctions the president was referencing in his tweet, which took Treasury…
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Trump to declare national emergency at border as he signs Senate’s spending compromise
WASHINGTON — The Senate resoundingly approved a border security compromise Thursday that ignores most of President Donald Trump’s demands for building a wall with Mexico but would prevent a new government shutdown. The White House said Trump would sign it but then declare a national emergency and perhaps invoke other executive powers to try to…
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In El Paso, Trump and O’Rourke go head to head over wall
EL PASO, Texas • President Donald Trump charged ahead Monday with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers’ tentative deal that would give him far less than he’s been demanding and declaring he’s “setting the stage” to deliver on his signature campaign promise. In the first…
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Trump’s State of the Union aims for a unifying tone
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump heads into his State of the Union address after losses in the midterms and wounded by a bruising standoff with Democrats. But for the stately speech, he plans to embrace unity. “Choosing Greatness” is the official White House theme. Addressing the nation at the weakest point of his presidency, Trump…
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Trump’s State of the Union to focus on ‘choosing greatness’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump heads into his State of the Union address dogged by bruising midterm losses and sinking poll numbers, wounded by a blistering standoff with Democrats. But for the stately speech, he plans to embrace unity — at least for the night. “Choosing Greatness” is the official White House theme. Addressing the…
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Longest shutdown ends: Trump signs bill to reopen government; deal comes without money for border wall
WASHINGTON — Submitting to mounting pressure amid growing disruption, President Donald Trump signed a bill Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congress give him money for his border wall before federal agencies get back to work. Standing alone in the Rose Garden, Trump said he would sign…
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Trump will look for another State of the Union site after Pelosi’s rejection
WASHINGTON — In a high-stakes case of dare and double-dare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi served notice that President Donald Trump won’t be allowed to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday after the president said he was aiming to show up even though he was not welcome.…
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Shutdown continues as Trump offer doesn’t budge Dems
WASHINGTON • Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he’d billed as a compromise. Trump on Sunday branded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “radical” and said she…