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A partial U.S. government shutdown was widely expected to continue after Congress reconvenes on Thursday, with lawmakers split over President Donald Trump's demand for $5 billion in taxpayer funding for a proposed Mexican border wall. Powered by... by admin | Dec 27, 2018 | peopleNews
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is prepared to wait as long as it takes to get $5 billion from taxpayers for his U.S.-Mexico border wall, a demand that has triggered a partial shutdown of the federal government that is now in its fifth day. Powered by... by admin | Dec 27, 2018 | peopleNews
Sister Wendy Beckett, a nun and art historian who became an unlikely television star in Britain in the 1990s, died at the age of 88 on Wednesday, the Carmelite monastery at Quidenham in Norfolk said on Wednesday. Powered by... by admin | Dec 26, 2018 | peopleNews
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's job is not in jeopardy, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump's repeated criticism of the central bank and Powell for raising interest rates. Powered by... by admin | Dec 26, 2018 | peopleNews
U.S. President Donald Trump is "very happy" with his Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, a top White House economic adviser said on Wednesday, as he defended the Treasury for a recent call to top bankers to discuss markets. Powered by... by admin | Dec 25, 2018 | peopleNews
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the partial shutdown of the federal government was going to last until his demand for funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is met. Powered by... 