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Schumer warns any GOP bid to shutter the Department of Education will be DOA in Senate

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vows that if Republicans seek to push a bill through the Senate to shutter the Department of Education, "It will be dead on arrival."

Washington AG joins coalition suing to block Trump’s order to dismantle Department of Education

Washington state has joined 20 other states in a lawsuit to block President Donald Trump's executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.

Can Congress defund federal courts with key Trump budget process?

As federal judges issue numerous nationwide orders halting Trump agenda items, Congress is looking for ways to address potential abuses.

Kathy Hochul, lawmakers steering New York into a fiscal train wreck

Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are about to ram through one of the most reckless spending plans in recent New York history.

Tennessee bill aims to hold charities liable if migrants they house commit crimes

A bill introduced in the Tennessee legislature could hold charitable organizations liable if they are caught housing an illegal migrant who commits a crime.

Texas lawmakers consider measure prohibiting SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food

A bill in the Texas legislature would prohibit purchasing junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy, chips and cookies, with SNAP benefits.

Judge tells State Department to keep funding refugee assistance programs

A federal judge on Monday ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio to restore funding to a series of refugee assistance groups that he'd slashed, saying the Trump administration was undercutting Congress's spending decisions.

Don’t subsidize day care, help families

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is right in saying there is a family crisis in America, but the legislation she proposed is the wrong one to fix it. The United States has record-low and falling birth rates because young adults are getting married later and less. This deserves attention from Congress, but the wrong solution could […]

Far-left organizations are soiling legitimate protests with outside agitators looking for a real fight

Nonetheless, the sheer size of the damages awarded to Greenpeace send shock waves through the loose networks of nonprofit groups that support disruptive protests...

Trump invokes ‘state secrets’ to hide deportation details from court

President Trump on Monday invoked the "state secrets" doctrine to block the release of any more information about controversial deportation flights that carried more than 200 Venezuelan gang suspects to El Salvador earlier this month, despite a judge's orders to turn the planes around.

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