President Donald Trump is sticking with his demand for money to build a border wall with Mexico, and Democrats, who take control of the House on Jan. 3, are refusing to give him what he wants.
President Donald Trump and congressional leaders appear no closer to a resolution over his demand for $5 billion for the border wall that could now push the shutdown into the new year.
Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon.
In a Christmas Day appearance in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump issued a lengthy defense of his desire for a wall, saying it's the only way to stop drugs and human traffickers from entering the country.
Facing a midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, President Trump tried to implicate congressional Democrats if there’s no deal over his demand for U.S.-Mexico border wall money.
State Sen. Jim Merritt told IBJ on Monday morning that he’s doing his due diligence on a potential campaign for mayor, leaving the Marion County GOP temporarily without a leader.
Even senior White House officials were caught off guard Sunday when President Donald Trump and Nick Ayers, whose hiring was believed to be a done deal, couldn't come to terms.
With city elections less than a year away, Mayor Joe Hogsett has a big campaign war chest, with at least $2.2 million as of January, the latest filing available.
Voter turnout in Indiana’s Nov. 6 general midterm election hit its highest percentage since 1994, with more than half of elected voters casting a vote.
The Democrat, who was elected to his first term in 2015, told IBJ that he has decided to seek another term in an effort to “continue moving the city in the direction we’ve already begun.”
Marion County voters will be able to cast their vote at any polling place in the county starting next year as Indianapolis becomes what is known as a “vote center” county.
With controversy over Attorney General Curtis Hill still fresh, Indiana Chamber of Commerce CEO Kevin Brinegar on Monday suggested making the AG position appointed instead of elected. Hill said he opposed the idea.
Trump is said to have warmed to Nick Ayers in part by watching the effectiveness of Pence’s largely independent political operation.
This month, in his second try, J.D. Ford toppled state Sen. Mike Delph, the controversial, conservative Republican who had represented the 29th District since 2005.
Host Mason King talks with IBJ reporters Lindsey Erdody and Hayleigh Colombo as well as Andy Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for Politics in Fort Wayne, about what the 2018 elections mean for the mayoral races in 2019 and governor’s race in 2020.
Porter County commissioners asked the FBI on Wednesday to investigate what they called “scores of alleged violations of Indiana Election Law.”
Republicans won 66 of the chamber’s 100 seats on Tuesday, one short of the two-thirds majority that has rendered Democrats totally without power. But the results of one race remain unknown.
Democrats are questioning themselves after losing control of their Indiana U.S. Senate seat and making no gains in the U.S. House in the midterm election.
Resigned to losing his party's grip on the House, President Donald Trump chose to celebrate "tremendous success" for Republicans in maintaining or even expanding their hold on the Senate.
Republicans will maintain control over Indiana’s statewide elected offices, as the GOP on Tuesday easily swept races for secretary of state, treasurer and auditor.
