U.S. Senate Majority Leader aims to end debate on RFK Jr. nomination. What 'cloture' means
U.S. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand voted against RFK Jr.'s nomination for DHHS Feb. 6. Another ...
Senate GOP unveils $340 billion budget plan with Trump’s deportation and defense funds, as House stalls
Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledges his own chamber's plan will slip into the weekend but insists it has just a few details to ...
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Marco Rubio supported USAID as a senator. As secretary of state, he backs gutting it
As a U.S. senator, Marco Rubio supported foreign aid and praised the U.S. Agency for International Development, aka USAID. Since he became secretary of state and USAID’s acting ...
Congress must reform birthright citizenship
President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship has reignited a debate on the issue, with Rep. Brian Babin ...
As US Supreme Court girds for Trump cases, can it be an 'effective firewall'?
President Donald Trump's sweeping assertions of executive power during his first weeks back in office appear headed toward ...
Members of Congress denied access to Department of Education
Multiple members of Congress were denied entry to the Department of Education on Friday, according to videos and social media ...
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State AGs Move to Prevent Elon Musk From Accessing US Government Systems
A coalition of 14 state attorneys general plans to file a lawsuit arguing that Musk's DOGE is unlawfully accessing Americans' ...
Roy S. Johnson: Hey, white people, it’s not too late to celebrate Black History Month with us
Feb. 27 — In 1869, John Willis Menard rose from his seat in the chamber of the U.S. Congress to defend his status as the ...
Congressman sponsoring DeepSeek ban says China has ‘tried many, many’ times to infiltrate the U.S. via software. ‘We’re right to be vigilant’
Josh Gottheimer, one of the two House members sponsoring a new bill to ban DeepSeek from government devices, said the Chinese ...
US Senate Confirms Trump Budget Director Pick Vought
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee Russell Vought as budget ...
Senate Republicans confirm Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought as White House budget director
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Russell Vought as the next head of the Office of ...