WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — House Republicans are ready to turn the page on the 118th Congress. During their annual retreat at the swanky Greenbrier resort in West Virginia this week, House GOP leaders expressed confidence ahead of the November elections, predicting that the conference will expand its majority and, as a result, have an easier time...
Funding for the United Nations (U.N.) agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, has emerged as a serious obstacle as congressional negotiators race to prevent a partial government shutdown at the end of next week. Republicans have been pressing to block further funding to UNRWA in light of allegations that a dozen...
The looming international military intervention threatens to perpetuate a security boom-and-bust cycle in Haiti, as gang power consolidates its grasp on the country’s power base. The State Department is treating an international military or police presence in Haiti as all but a given as the country is poised to adopt a transitional council to rebuild...
Senior Trump campaign adviser Susie Wiles is making a pitch to skeptical Senate Republicans that former President Trump will boost their candidates, disputing the long-reigning Washington wisdom that Trump is a liability for Republicans in Senate battlegrounds. Wiles highlighted polling data in a meeting with Senate Republicans this week showing Trump leading President Biden in...
The White House on Friday urged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to wrap up impeachment efforts against President Biden, arguing House Republicans’ months-long effort to uncover wrongdoing by the president has come up empty. “I write to you today because it is clear the House Republican impeachment is over,” White House counsel Ed Siskel wrote in...
Former President Trump has transformed the Republican National Committee (RNC) in a matter of days as the organization heads into the general election campaign. In the same week Trump officially became the presumptive nominee, the RNC hit reset, making significant staffing changes that included bringing in several new faces to senior leadership positions, firing some...
A newly finalized rule with more stringent requirements for meat products labeled as “Made in the USA” is being applauded by domestic meat producers and fretted over by industry groups as it promises to change dynamics within U.S. meat consumption and trade. The new rule mandates that only meat, poultry and egg products that have...
An international group that formulates building codes widely adopted in the U.S. is preparing an energy conservation code that would force homes to be more climate friendly.
Rep. Cori Bush appears to be the most vulnerable member of the progressive "Squad" as she battles several problems heading into her August Democrat primary.