Politics

Trump asking Congress, not Mexico, to pay for border wall

Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has signaled to congressional Republican leaders that his preference is to fund the border wall through the appropriations process as soon as April, according to House Republican officials.

The move would break a key campaign promise when Trump repeatedly said he would force Mexico to...

Retired iron workers could face pension cuts next month

Larry Burruel is starting the new year with a grim reality: His monthly pension check could be cut in half at the end of the month. Burruel, 68, is among the hundreds of retired iron workers who received the tough news a few weeks before the holidays. The cuts proposed by his pension plan, a small Cleveland-based fund with about...

House GOP moves to end independent ethics oversight of Congress

Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post congressional reporter, talks with Rachel Maddow about breaking news that House Republicans have moved to put the independent Office of Congressional Ethics under the House Ethics Committee article...

Illinois unions, road builders pushing transportation lockbox amendment

For years, Illinois lawmakers and governors have turned to the state's road fund in times of financial distress, repeatedly using money drivers cough up at the pump and secretary of state's office to patch budget holes instead of repaving highways or repairing railways. But that money pot soon could be declared off limits. Voters will see...