Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is going all-in on border issues as he takes a second shot this week at passing a GOP-only short-term funding bill that would pair an extension of government funding with a swath of border policy changes. McCarthy is racing against a competing continuing resolution (CR) unveiled in the Senate on Tuesday...
Senate leaders are grabbing the steering wheel from embattled Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in hopes of avoiding a wreck in the form of a government shutdown at the end of the week. Senators in both parties have lost confidence in McCarthy's ability to move a stopgap funding measure through the House and hope to avoid...
Republican presidential candidates are ripping members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and blaming President Biden for the escalating strike against major car companies. Biden has touted himself as a stalwart supporter of unions and joined UAW members Tuesday on the picket line in Michigan — the first instance of a sitting U.S. president...
President Biden and his closest allies are largely ignoring Cornel West, the third-party progressive challenger, even as some Democrats warn about his possible effect on the 2024 race. West is running against Biden as a Green Party candidate, criticizing him for failing to deliver on a sweeping leftist agenda. His candidacy comes amid signs in...
Elevated migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border aren't likely to come down for months, a new normal fueled by the ongoing internal collapse of Venezuela and the solidification of the migrant-smuggling trade. With tens of thousands of people on the move from Panama to Mexico, the Biden administration is bracing both for the political fallout...
Former President Trump’s violent rhetoric toward Gen. Mark Milley is raising fears he will use a second term in the Oval Office to seek retribution against his enemies. Trump suggested Friday that Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who is stepping down from his post at the end of the week, deserves...
The House GOP caucus this year passed a sweeping border security and asylum bill, and are now seeking to pass it as part of funding to avoid a government shutdown.
“I want to stand with them and their bold struggle to actually get what they deserve,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said while visiting striking autoworkers in Wentzville, Missouri. “We need to make things in this country. We need to keep the jobs that we have, increase their wages, and we need to get more jobs back here.”
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he is humbled by speculation that he may run for president in 2024, but that he is focused on elections for Virginia's general assembly.