The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled a 20-year needs assessment, including a list of initiatives to address New York City’s aging transit system. The upgrade intends to address the city’s aging infrastructure, evolving rider needs and climate change impacts, MTA said in its release. The new assessment provides a "comprehensive, unconstrained view of the system’s...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) brought Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) sushi to his Washington office Wednesday, after the Texas Democrat said his sushi was stolen during a carjacking Monday. “Don’t let ‘em get you down, @RepCuellar. We got your sushi back,” Gonzales wrote Wednesday in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Gonzales included a...
Interior Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau, the No. 2 official at the department, will leave the Biden administration, the Interior Department confirmed Wednesday. “Tommy’s impact on the Department can be seen in every aspect of our work,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement. “He has been a valued counselor and friend. His legacy will...
Facing a pileup of spending bills and a possible government shutdown, 20 Republican senators led by Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.) say they will delay any legislation moving on the Senate floor that does not relate directly to funding the government. Scott circulated a letter at the Senate Republican lunch Wednesday warning Senate Majority Leader Chuck...
Following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) removal, who will emerge as the next Speaker of the House? While this is the first time in our nation’s history that a Speaker has been ousted, there are elections for Speaker at the start of every Congress, so this process is relatively understood. As an academic who has studied these specific elections,...
Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., says migrants should be saying thank you to Rep. Matt Gaetz for what Gimenez says is a torpedoing of border security efforts in the House.
A California lawmaker is calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to push the courts to allow more illegal immigrants to be held in a facility running near-to-empty
Marc D. Smith, the director of Illinois' troubled Department of Children and Family Services, has announced his intent to resign at the end of the year.
Former President Donald Trump blasted "corrupt" Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James as the reason he was "stuck" at court rather than on the campaign trail.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is hauling in big bucks ahead of November's closely watched legislative elections in Virginia, fueling speculation about a late entry into the 2024 presidential race