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Hours before the deadline for another government shutdown on Thursday night, President Obama ducked out of the photo line at a White House holiday party to plead by phone with the No. 3 House Democrat, Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, to help him head off a crisis.

Like a lot of White House allies, Mr. Clyburn had balked at a $1 trillion spending deal with Republicans

Seeking to dent President Obama’s refusal to chip away at the government shutdown piece-by-piece, House Republicans passed a bill Saturday to guarantee all federal employees get paid after the government shutdown — including those who have been sent home and aren’t on the job. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Virginia Reps. James P. Moran, a Democrat, and Frank Wolf, a Republican, cleared

Sooner or later, many of the President's subordinates face the same dilemma.

They can respect the law or they can work for Donald Trump. It's often just not possible to do both.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen became the latest Cabinet member to pay the price for not letting Trump do what he wants -- and on the issue he cares about more than any other -- when she was