Sen. Chris Murphy was discharged from the hospital on Friday after experiencing what his doctor said was a "small hemorrhagic stroke," a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain that causes bleeding and can be life-threatening.

Appointing Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, President Donald Trump signaled he’ll adopt a combative approach to dealing with the incoming Democratic-controlled Congress. Indeed, notwithstanding the differences between a democratically elected leader in peacetime and a despotic dictator in wartime, this is Trump’s equivalent of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s […]

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Senate to vote on advancing permitting bill With the midterm elections in the rearview mirror, the Senate is barreling ahead with major energy and infrastructure legislation in the lame-duck session. © Allison Robbert, Associated Press The bill, which seeks to make it easier to...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D) said the city would limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents just days after Democrats swept the state-level offices in the midterm elections. The mayor said his executive order applied to nonviolent criminals, who will be released with a citation, and that unless someone is arrested for an...