US President Donald Trump announced deportation protections for undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for border wall.Some Democratic lawmakers have already called the proposal unacceptable
1 min read20 Jan 2019The shutdown the longest in US history has paralyzed Washington and resulted in 800,000 federal employees being furloughed or working without pay
1 min read19 Jan 2019The shutdown on Saturday exceeded the 1995-1996 funding lapse, when Democrat Bill Clinton was president and Newt Gingrich was speaker of the House
4 min read13 Jan 2019Trump has demanded $5.7 billion from the Congress to construct a wall along the US-Mexico border
2 min read11 Jan 2019About 800,000 federal workers have been unpaid due to the closure of about a quarter of the federal government as Trump withholds his support for new funding
4 min read4 Jan 2019The threat yet again upped the ante in a political row that has led to a partial shutdown of the US government and seems set to dominate the start to the third year of Trump's presidency
4 min read29 Dec 2018Trump says he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5 billion from taxpayers for his US-Mexico border wall, a demand that has triggered a partial shutdown of the federal govt that is now in its fifth day
2 min read27 Dec 2018Democrats oppose spending money on a wall, preferring instead to pump the dollars into fencing, technology and other means of controlling access to the border
2 min read26 Dec 2018Trump said that he would remain in Washington over Christmas instead of going to Florida. 'I am in the White House, working hard,' the US President tweeted Saturday morning.
3 min read23 Dec 2018The failure of elected officials to keep the government fully operating caps a chaotic week in Washington, during which Trump announced a withdrawal of all US forces from Syria, a draw-down of US forces in Afghanistan, and the resignation of Defense Secretary
5 min read22 Dec 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared