Lawmakers say Congress could be closing in on a top-line deal on overall government funding for most of next year, as the House and Senate race to reach a compromise in time to avert a shutdown next month. Spending cardinals in both chambers Tuesday said they could receive a top-line spending level from leadership for Congress's 12...
Tempers boiled over during a classified Senate briefing on Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, when Republican senators insisted on talking about security along the U.S.-Mexico border while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and military officials tried to keep the discussion focused on the war. Schumer accused Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) of attempting to hijack the...
House Judiciary Republicans are accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) of “colluding” with the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, saying she asked the panel to share evidence with her — evidently making a similar request to one long ago made by the Justice Department. The accusation comes after Chair...
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that $110 million will be awarded to improve wildlife road crossings across the United States in hopes of reducing deadly crashes involving animals and cars. The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced that the $110 million in grants will be awarded to 19 wildlife crossing projects across 17 states and includes...
2024 Democratic presidential candidates Marianne Williamson, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Cenk Uygur will appear together on the progressive news network The Young Turks (TYT) on Wednesday night in response to the fourth GOP debate taking place in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The network, which has more than 5.6 million YouTube subscribers, said it would give the...
One of the many illegal immigrants who crossed into the U.S. at an overwhelmed part of Arizona was full of praise for President Joe Biden when he spoke to Fox News.
Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration on Tuesday announced it was abandoning plans to construct a temporary winter camp for migrants in Chicago.
St. Louis' new top prosecutor, Gabe Gore, reported Tuesday that his office has prosecuted 45% more violent crimes than his progressive predecessor did.