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Budget blueprint likely to pass committee with tweaks to spending, tax cut goals

House Republicans' budget blueprint will likely survive its first hurdle after GOP leaders agreed to a change driven by debt hawks that will incentivize Republicans to shoot for deeper spending cuts.

Veteran state lawmaker Kristina Roegner launches 2026 bid for Ohio treasurer

Republican Ohio Sen. Kristina Roegner, a veteran state lawmaker with fiscal oversight experience and a background in finance, announced Thursday that she is running for state treasurer.

Georgia’s governor wins support for his top legislation from 3 skeptical senators

Three Republican holdouts in the Georgia Senate got on board with Gov. Brian Kemp's top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, showing the state's Republican leader remains at the height of his political power well into his second term.

Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as agriculture chief

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Brooke Rollins, a longtime policy aide to President Trump with a farm-town background, to lead the Agriculture Department.

Senate panel advances FBI Director nominee Kash Patel out of committee

President Trump's pick to root out anti-conservative bias and politicized investigations at the FBI moved another step closer on Thursday to securing the top job at America's premier federal law enforcement agency.

Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota won’t seek reelection, dealing blow to Democrats’ hopes to take Senate

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota said Thursday that she won't seek reelection, dealing a blow to her fellow Democrats' hopes of retaking the Senate in 2026.

RFK Jr. overcomes odds, is confirmed as HHS secretary

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, sweeping aside concerns about his past vaccine skepticism to let him "go wild" on health under President Trump.

Modi is meeting with Trump in a visit meant to boost the U.S.-India relationship and avoid tariffs

President Donald Trump is meeting Thursday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has heaped praise on him and is hoping to avoid tariffs that the new administration has slapped on other countries in its opening weeks.

The DEI legal reckoning has arrived

Target shares fell 22% during a single day of trading in November. The retail giant had reported a meager 1% increase in its third quarter, while net income declined 12% to $854 million. The selloff wiped out $16 billion from Target’s market cap. In the company’s earnings call, CEO Brian Cornell blamed the poor results […]

States help advance the case for defunding Planned Parenthood

In a step toward defunding Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court reviewed a case to do just that at the state level. In 2018, the governor of South Carolina declared that Planned Parenthood is unqualified to receive Medicaid funds. Thus arose Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, now named Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, after […]

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