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FILE - In this April 17, 2018, file phot, military members get into place before President Donald Trump welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Trump's private Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. rump is making his return to Florida, kicking off the Palm Beach social season at his “winter White House.” All presidents have had their favorite refuges from Washington. But none has drawn the fascination or raised the ethical issues of Mar-a-Lago, where Trump spends his days mixing work, business and play in the company of dues-paying members and staff are on high alert for those seeking influence. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

Dinged by illegal hires, Trump companies agree to use E-Verify

President Trump's business empire will start to use the federal E-Verify program to weed out workers who are in the country illegally, the Trump Organization announced this week, after another set of workers came forward to say they had been employed at one of his golf courses.

January 30, 2019
President Donald Trump walks through the colonnade of the White House on arrival to announce a deal to temporarily reopen the government, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump moves are damaging U.S. economy, CBO concludes

The government shutdown President Trump orchestrated will sap $3 billion from the U.S. economy, his tariffs will take another bite, and the sugar high from his tax cuts will soon wear off, leaving a federal budget gasping for relief, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday.

January 28, 2019
President Donald Trump announces a deal to temporarily reopen the government, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Pelosi sets Feb. 5 date for new State of the Union

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a new invitation Monday to President Trump to deliver his delayed State of the Union address on Feb. 5. In a response letter Mr. Trump said it was "my great honor" to accept the new date.

January 28, 2019
President Trump's base still wants a wall or barrier on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, but their support for the shutdown had slowly eroded as the impasse between Mr. Trump and congressional Democrats lasted for a record 35 days. (Associated Press)

Trump’s shutdown, tariffs ding economy

The government shutdown sapped the economy of $3 billion last year and another $8 billion this month, the Congressional Budget Office calculated Monday, putting a hard dollar total to the monthlong standoff.

January 28, 2019
In this Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, photo pedestrians pass a makeshift encampment where migrants seeking asylum wait in Matamoros, Mexico, on a bridge connecting the U.S. and Mexico. The latest proposal President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans made to fund the border wall includes provisions that would be far more consequential than the wall, by making the already difficult task of winning asylum even harder. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

White House says no deal without border wall money

As Senate leaders began a new round of negotiations to end the government shutdown Thursday, President Trump said any deal must include at least symbolic money for his border-wall plans.

January 24, 2019
This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith) ** FILE **

Census Bureau focus groups find Americans fear citizenship question

Members of key minority communities are convinced that the government wants to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census in order to find and deport illegal immigrants, according to a Census Bureau report that shows the hurdles the administration faces.

January 24, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to reporters after officially postponing President Donald Trump's State of the Union address until the government is fully reopened, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The California Democrat told Trump in a letter Wednesday the Democratic-controlled House won't pass the required measure for him to give the nationally televised speech from the House floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi revokes Trump invitation for State of the Union

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she will refuse to allow President Trump to deliver his State of the Union address at the Capitol next week, sending the White House scrambling for other options -- and dragging the shutdown showdown to "petty" new depths.

January 23, 2019