Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is under pressure from conservatives and former President Trump to reject an emerging bipartisan border and Ukraine aid package even as he gets the squeeze from the Senate GOP and White House. Republican senators in support of the deal argue that the leverage of Ukraine aid has given them a unique...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was discharged from the hospital Thursday after receiving treatment for an infection and expects to be back in the Senate soon. Grassley was admitted to a D.C. hospital where he received antibiotic infusions to treat an infection, and he was in good spirits, his office announced Tuesday. The statement released Thursday...
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) knocked Congress for relying on “Groundhog Day funding measures” to keep the government open after the House approved its third short-term spending bill so far in fiscal 2024 to avert a shutdown. The two-step continuing resolution (CR) cleared the chamber in a 314-108 vote, shortly after the Senate approved the measure...
A new bill introduced in the House would allow lawmakers to vote by proxy after giving birth, giving mothers six weeks to spend time with their newborns. The bill, which has bipartisan backing, is spearheaded by Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), and it would allow colleagues to cast votes on behalf...
The 2024 Republican primary is in full swing, as former President Donald Trump continues to hold a commanding lead over Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
The White House is not backing down from its claims Texas was to blame for the drownings of three migrants at the southern border despite pushback and changing claims.