

President Trump’s schedule (EST): No public events are scheduled. President Trump will delay his State of the Union speech until after the shutdown per this Tweet and that Tweet late last night. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin will speak at 2 PM to the U.S....
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
“U.S. turns down China offer of preparatory trade talks.” Yesterday, the Financial Times reported: The Trump administration rejected an offer by two Chinese vice-ministers to travel to the U.S. this week for preparatory trade talks because of a lack of progress on...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 12:00 PM: Daily intelligence briefing; and 12:30 PM: Lunch with Vice President Pence. The Senate will return a 1 PM EST today to “resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.1, Strengthening America’s...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 11:30 AM: Meets with the House Problem Solvers Caucus; 1:00 PM: Has lunch with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; and 2:15 PM: Signs S.24, the “Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019,” requiring retroactive...
Letter from Washington

Letter from Washington
President Trump’s schedule (EST): 2:30 PM: Hosts a roundtable discussion on border security and safe communities with state, local and community leaders at the White House. The House will pass an Interior-Environment appropriation, H.R.266, and the...
Letter from Washington