Packers' LaFleur on coaching Aaron Rodgers: 'I am going to be the play caller'

GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers head into the 2019 season with a new head coach and other new coaches tasked with turning the team around, and that includes getting QB Aaron Rodgers back to his MVP form.Rodgers had one of the poorest statistical seasons of his NFL career in 2018, but he's still Aaron Rodgers.

Rep. Grothman says 'compromise' funding bill has provision that puts children in harm's way

WASHINGTON -- After President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on the southern border to pay for a wall, congressional Democrats prepared a resolution disapproving the declaration expected to pass both chambers.

White House indicates President Trump will veto disapproval of emergency

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.  — President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday.White House senior adviser Stephen Miller told "Fox News Sunday" that "the president is going to protect his national emergency declaration." Asked if that meant President Trump was ready to veto a resolution of disapproval, Miller added, "He's going to protect his national emergency declaration, guaranteed."The West Wing is digging in for fights on multiple fronts as the president's effort to go around Congress to fund his long-promised border wall faces bipartisan criticism and multiple legal challenges.

Gov. Evers orders flags to half-staff in honor of fallen DPW employee Bryan Rodriguez

MILWAUKEE -- Governor Tony Evers ordered the flags of the United States and the State of Wisconsin to be flown in at half-staff as a mark of respect for Bryan Rodriguez, a City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works employee, who was tragically struck and killed by a vehicle while on duty on Feb. 8, 2019.The order is effective beginning at sunrise on Feb. 16 and ending at sunset on that date."Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Bryan Rodriguez, a dedicated employee for the City of Milwaukee and a devoted father, husband and member of the community," Gov.

California may sue President Trump over emergency wall declaration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is likely to sue President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the state attorney general said Friday.Attorney General Xavier Becerra at a joint news conference with Gov.

President Trump says he's declaring emergency to build border wall

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will declare a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.President Trump said he will use executive powers to bypass Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought.

Congress OKs border deal; Pres. Trump will sign, declare emergency

WASHINGTON -- Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited — this time over President Donald Trump's plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican boundary.Money in the bill for border barriers, about $1.4 billion, is far below the $5.7 billion President Trump insisted he needed and would finance just a quarter of the 200-plus miles he wanted.

Governor Evers taking a 'detour' with 'open for business' highway signs

MADISON — Wisconsin's new Democratic governor is having road signs that declared the state "open for business" turned into detour signs, drawing criticism from Republicans who say it's an apt metaphor for where his policies will take the state.Republican former Gov.

As President Trump makes case for border wall in Texas, lawmakers reach deal to avoid shutdown

EL PASO, Texas — President Donald Trump headed to the Texas border on Monday to argue his case that walls work as Democrats and Republicans back home in Washington announced a deal had been reached to avoid another government shutdown.President Trump was bound for El Paso, aiming to reshape the debate around the wall following a damaging shutdown fight and with his signature 2016 campaign promise hanging in limbo.