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A file image from the government shutdown in 2013. If the government shuts down in the coming days, the Trump administration plans to keep many national parks and monuments open. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Trump invites Democratic leader Schumer to White House for last-minute shutdown talks

By Lisa Mascaro | Tribune Washington Bureau
January 19, 2018
U.S President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on Supporting our Veterans during their Transition from Uniformed Service to Civilian Life on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

As new deadline looms, Trump is expected to stay in Iran nuclear deal despite reservations

By Tracy Wilkinson and Brian Bennett | Tribune Washington Bureau
January 11, 2018
A soldier with the Afghan army leaves the landing site as an Afghan Mi-17 takes off during training near Camp Shorab, in Helmand Province. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

The Marines returned to Helmand province. Is their mission a blueprint for Trump’s Afghanistan strategy?

By Shashank Bengali | Los Angeles Times
November 16, 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, meets with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in the latters Florida resort of Mar-a-Lago on April 6, 2017. (Lan Hongguang/Xinhua/Sipa USA/TNS)

North Korea, trade, business deals: High Asia stakes for Trump

By Justin Sink and Andy Sharp | Bloomberg News
November 2, 2017
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) talks with reporters on Nov. 29, 2016 before the Senate Policy Luncheons in the Capitol. (Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom/Zuma Press/TNS)

Senators push forward with bipartisan Obamacare fix — and Trump’s encouragement

By Lisa Mascaro | Tribune Washington Bureau
October 19, 2017
Saluki sophomore guard Armon Fletcher bows his head during the singing of the national anthem prior to the start of SIUs 60-53 loss to the Illinois State Redbirds on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at SIU Arena. Fletcher scored 12 points in the game. (Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto)

Is it illegal not to stand for the National Anthem?

September 26, 2017
President Donald Trump addresses world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

At UN, Trump rips Kim as ‘Rocket Man,’ threatens to ‘destroy’ North Korea

By Tracy Wilkinson and Noah Bierman | Tribune Washington Bureau
September 20, 2017
Then President-elect Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in their first public step toward a transition of power in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Donald Trump: ‘Working on’ DACA, wall ‘will come later’

By Emily Ngo | Newsday
September 14, 2017
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