Trump’s stopgap bill funds the department of homeland security until 13 February

Trump spoke Tuesday during a live White House press conference marking a year since his second term began.

The Senate’s hopes of voting to avert a shutdown hit the skids late Thursday night as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has a hold on the package, putting final passage into question. Graham told reporters the chamber would not be voting,

Musician and record producer Jack White mocked President Donald Trump’s recent live TV press conference with an elaborate post on Instagram. In the press conference, Trump read out from a “book on accomplishments” his team had achieved during his second tenure as the President.

Trump assured conference attendees that he "wouldn't have shown the pain" if the binder clip injured him: "Would've acted like nothing happened as my finger fell off."

President Trump signed the bill ending the partial government shutdown on Tuesday afternoon, hours after it narrowly passed the House. The measure funds an array of agencies for the rest of the fiscal year but sets up crucial negotiations over the administration’s immigration crackdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will hold a news conference Friday, a day after she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House. The news conference is expected to begin at 11 a.m. EST. Watch live in the player above.

Economists have expressed surprise and disappointment about the absence of any public remarks, which had been a routine part of the Fed nomination process going back almost 30 years.