#federal-assistance

#federal-assistance

Trump tends to become "involved when there's a need for him," Seung Min Kim, a White House reporter at the Associated Press said last night. "That need is going to come when Republican leaders tell him, 'Okay, you need to come and do something about this.'" Still, Kim continued, messaging from Republicans has been fairly consistent: To end the shutdown, Democrats will have to vote for the existing funding bill. "That calculus-that line from Republicans down-hasn't changed as of this point," she added.

The bill would cut federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by about $1 trillion over the next decade.

US District Judge John McConnell's involvement with a homeless services provider poses serious conflicts of interest regarding his recent ruling against the Trump administration's policies.