Sen. John Fettererman (D-Pa.) choked up while talking about struggles that people with disabilities face during a a Thursday hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Fetterman held up his phone to let the room see the transcription app that helps him follow conversations and interact with staff, after a stroke last year damaged...
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said this week his country will no longer supply new weapons to Ukraine in a sudden reversal of support from one of Kyiv's staunchest allies in the war against Russia. Morawiecki told Polish media channel Polsat News on Wednesday that Poland would no longer be "transferring any weapons" to Ukraine....
Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas, Jr. signed an emergency declaration on Tuesday as a result of a purported surge in undocumented immigrants crossing into the Texas city on the southern border. In a press release, Salinas said the declaration allows the city to access more resources to help manage the influx of migrants at the...
Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is circulating a proposal to re-establish the Senate’s dress code, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) loosened over the weekend to allow senators to wear whatever they want on the Senate floor, according to senators familiar with the proposal. One person familiar with the resolution said it would...
Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, will have to appear in person at his arraignment in Wilmington, Del., next month, after a judge on Wednesday rejected his attempts to appear virtually. The younger Biden “should not receive special treatment in this manner — absent some unusual circumstances," federal Judge Christopher Burke wrote in his...
A government contractor has been arrested on espionage charges for allegedly spying on the U.S. for a foreign government. Abraham Teklu Lemma, 50, is a naturalized citizen of Ethiopian descent and worked as an IT Help Desk technician for the State Department. He was charged with aiding a foreign government by conspiring to deliver and...
The Senate wrapped up work Thursday on three top military nominations as lawmakers look to work around the holds put in place by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) on hundreds of promotions for officers. Senators confirmed Gen. Eric Smith to become the next commandant of the Marine Corps Thursday afternoon in a 96-0 vote. That followed...
President Biden’s reelection campaign called out former President Trump for rooting for a government shutdown, saying that he doesn’t care about the ramifications for families. Trump on Wednesday called on Republican lawmakers to use the looming government funding deadline as an opportunity to withhold funds from the Justice Department (DOJ). “Donald Trump is rooting for a government...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declined a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address Congress Thursday, saying there was not enough time. "Zelensky asked us for a joint session; we just didn't have time," McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill, according to videos of the exchange. The comments come as the House is struggling to...