Democrats seek to drive the agendaThe Democratic Party takes control of the House this week, representing the first taste of a divided government, with the Senate and White House under Republican control. Representative Nancy Pelosi, who is likely to be elected speaker on Thursday, said her first order of business would be reopening the government, part of which has been shut for 12 days after a spending impasse over funding for a border wall. Ms. Pelosi has said the wall can’t be part of any deal. President Trump has invited congressional leaders of both parties to a briefing on border security today. It would be Democratic leaders’ first visit to the White House since Dec. 11, when the president said he would be “proud to shut down the government for border security.”Yesterday: American border officers used tear gas to drive away about 150 migrants trying to cross the border from Mexico, the authorities said.

Source: New York Times January 02, 2019 10:23 UTC