Donald Trump Jr. knocked the continuing resolution (CR) on Wednesday over a provision concerning subpoenas for House data, piling on pushback from President-elect Trump’s allies to the stopgap spending deal. “So the house is going to vote to protect itself from glaring and obvious wrongdoing? The American people didn’t vote for this. They voted for...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked an effort by Senate Democrats to pass legislation to authorize and provide resources to state and local authorities to track mysterious drones that have been sighted over New Jersey, New York and other states. Paul argued the bill would have expanded the government’s surveillance powers and downplayed concerns...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) dubbed himself “NostraThomas" after House Republicans unveiled a highly anticipated spending bill Tuesday to avert a government shutdown. “People call me ‘NostraThomas’ for accurately predicting @SpeakerJohnson would use the Christmas recess to force a massive spending bill through Congress,” Massie said Tuesday on social platform X. “After claiming he would not,...
Members of the House Border Security Caucus pledged to back President-elect Trump's mass deportation plans and vowed to crack down on “particularly pernicious" sanctuary city policies.
A State Department agency is set to be refunded in the upcoming continuing resolution (CR) bill despite being panned by conservatives for its alleged blacklisting of Americans and news outlets.
Critics question Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's Broadway cameo in a "queer" "Romeo and Juliet" spinoff amid concerns it could affect her impartiality in U.S. v. Skrmetti.
The Senate voted to pass the $895 billion annual defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for U.S. servicemembers and a provision that restricts transgender care.
Sen. John Fetterman suggested that it is his duty to meet with President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, and noted that he plans to make confirmation votes with an informed perspective.
GOP Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary, told him he stands behind Trump's stance on abortion 100% and will not go overboard when it comes to regulating the agriculture industry.