Dozens of D.C. parents and students crowded a Senate office building Thursday to protest major potential cuts to the city's school system after House Republicans passed a federal spending bill requiring the District to slash its budget by $1 billion.
The White House on Wednesday withdrew Dave Weldon's nomination to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a rare setback for President Trump's picks even as the Senate advanced nominees to lead other health agencies.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step in and allow the president's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to take effect, at least in some cases, while the court battles over his executive order rage on.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday put the onus on Republicans to avert the looming government shutdown. “Everybody knows that Donald Trump is president, that Republicans have the Senate and Republicans have the House,” Ocasio-Cortez told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead.” “They have the keys to the entire United States government,” she added. “And...