An anti-Trump group launched an ad Friday seeking to push House Republicans to elect a new Speaker who will support more funding for Ukraine as the chaos in the lower legislative chamber continues to imperil additional assistance for Kyiv. The political ad is expected to air across the Washington region and on Fox News, according...
An Oklahoma judge has rejected a request from a group of medical providers and families with transgender children to temporarily block the state from enforcing its felony ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, ruling that prohibiting such care is “rationally related to legitimate state interests.” Oklahoma District Judge John Frederick Heil III ruled late...
Oil prices fell this week, and it is expected to result in relief at the pump for consumers. The price of U.S. crude oil has fallen significantly over the past several days, falling from as high as $94 per barrel last week down to about $90 earlier this week. Prices dropped for a second time...
Lawmakers are upset about deteriorating military barracks and housing conditions, expressing serious concerns about delayed repairs and failing conditions, including mold and nonfunctioning air conditioning and heating units. The issue was amplified this week after Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) threatened to withhold all Army civilian nominations that require Senate confirmation, or the most senior positions...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday condemned the efforts taken by Republicans to kick two senior Democrats out of their offices in the Capitol. The decision to remove former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) from their offices was “petty, partisan and petulant,” Jeffries wrote in an op-ed for The...
The House Republican conference will meet on Columbus Day amid the fight for the speaker's gavel after now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster on Tuesday.