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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday condemned special interest money that poured into the state ahead of this week's primary, including from a pro-Israel political group that the billionaire and potential 2028 presidential contender once supported.

The House on Wednesday rejected a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would require Congress to balance the federal budget within five years of its ratification.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to try to quell bipartisan frustration over the Justice Department's handling of millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation.

Lawmakers appear far from ending a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security even as the president's nominee to run the department, Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, pleaded with colleagues Wednesday to resolve the impasse.

The chairman opened the hearing with a provocative dare: Say it to my face.

A former Oregon high school principal who was placed on administrative leave following controversial remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material.

ALTOONA, Pa. — A rumor flew across social media last week that a state house seat in Blair County, Pennsylvania, was within grasp of the Democrats, potentially flipping the 79th legislative seat in a late winter special election. Stephen Caruso, a Harrisburg-based Spotlight PA reporter, posted on X last week: “Republicans and Democrats I talk […]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for strikes in the U.S. and Israeli conflict against Iran on energy and water infrastructure to be stopped. “I have just spoken with the Emir of Qatar and President Trump following the strikes that hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar today,” Macron said in a post...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated a Democratic-sponsored motion to advance a war powers resolution to halt President Trump’s military strikes against Iran, a conflict that has caused oil and gas prices to soar. The Senate voted 47-53 against discharging the resolution to rein in Trump’s authority from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) was...

Joe Kent, the former top Trump administration intelligence official who resigned this week over the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in Iran, discussed his decision in a podcast interview Wednesday with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, who shares many of his opinions on the war. Kent sat for a wide-ranging interview with Carlson and argued U.S. involvement in the...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Wednesday vowed to “rework” a bill he introduced last year proposing the creation of a national park dedicated to César Chávez, after a lengthy piece in The New York Times revealed numerous allegations of sexual abuse against the late civil rights leader. “We’re going to rework that piece of legislation,...

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Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counterproposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns about the administration’s immigration crackdown. The counterproposal, outlined in a letter by border czar Tom Homan and James Braid, the White House legislative affairs director,...