Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is reintroducing a measure that would increase Social Security benefits. Sanders is joined by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Val Hoyle (D-Ore.) on the bill, titled the Social Security Expansion Act. It would expand Social Security benefits by $2,400 a year and ensure the federal program...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined Democrats on Thursday to support a measure that would grant Ukrainians in the U.S. temporary guest status, allowing them to stay in the country until hostilities in Ukraine have ended. The legislation, Protecting our Guests During Hostilities in Ukraine Act, would apply to Ukrainians and their immediate family members who...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after Republicans on Thursday over their designs for Medicaid, saying GOP leaders are deceiving Americans by claiming that no patients will lose health benefits under their plan. “Republicans are lying to the American people about Medicaid,” Jeffries said during a press briefing in the Capitol. Medicaid has emerged...
King Charles III has invited President Trump for a state visit to the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the president during their meeting Thursday in Washington. Starmer brought a letter from Charles to their meeting in the Oval Office, during which Trump touted Charles as a “beautiful man, a wonderful man.” “This...
The Senate has advanced the nomination of former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO Linda McMahon to serve as Secretary of Education for a final round of voting.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell's claim about more plane crashes under President Trump than any other president is contradicted by official data from the Department of Transportation.
The Trump administration has been targeted by more than 80 lawsuits requesting emergency relief to stall the president's agenda, which judges so far have not granted.