Legislation to restore full Social Security benefits for an estimated 2.1 million federal, state and local government workers and their spouses survived a key Senate test vote on Wednesday.
The Commerce Department's efforts to curb China's and Russia's access to American-made advanced computer chips have been "inadequate" and will need more funding to stymie their ability to manufacture advanced weapons, according to a report published Wednesday by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
President Biden will turn over a slowing economy and a tepidly rising unemployment rate to President-elect Donald Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, describing the headwinds the new administration will face.
Could America’s Constitution be on the cusp of a massive rewrite? A recent article said that Democrats fear Republicans at the state and national levels will try to do so after President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. These worries are greatly overblown. However, they do point toward a constitutional mechanism that some well-meaning Americans […]
The U.S. mental health crisis is real. However, so is our opportunity to meet it. As Congress races to fund the government ahead of the holidays, it is imperative that it does not forget our nation’s youth. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that 40% of high school students reported persistently […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day before, accusing GOP leaders of reneging on the agreement at risk of a government shutdown. In a brief statement, Jeffries invoked the growing conservative outcry over the negotiated continuing resolution...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, pledged to support efforts to reimpose restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone if Trump wants to. Hawley told reporters Wednesday he suggested to Kennedy during a Tuesday meeting that “it would be a wise...
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging President-elect Trump to stand with Ukraine in its war against Russia. Starmer and Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday, their second call since Trump won the presidential election last month. On the call, the prime minister congratulated Trump on his recent Cabinet nominations and “reiterated the...
The FBI is investigating the Los Angeles deputy mayor of public safety after reports show he was allegedly tied to City Hall bomb threats made earlier this year. Agents searched the home of Brian Williams on Tuesday for evidence of a connection. Williams, who’s been placed on administrative leave, helps to oversee the local police...