Month: April 2025

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday she is considering a run for House Democrats' top position on the Oversight Committee. "It's something that I'm weighing, but the seat is not...

After a meeting Wednesday afternoon with vulnerable House Republicans wary of Medicaid cuts, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) acknowledged there are still obstacles to enacting...

A Democratic effort to rebuff President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs failed Wednesday, thanks to two absent senators. Senators voted 49-49 to reject the national emergency Trump used to...

A Jewish legal advocacy group is urging the Trump administration to launch a sweeping investigation and to halt federal funding to K-12 schools that are using DEI [diversity, equity...

“Institutions that continue to saddle their students with debt eventually face increasing penalties and risk loss of access to federal student aid,” the House Education & Workforce Committee said....

House and Senate Republicans are sending more signals they doubt their ability to pass a new, bipartisan farm bill this year. Their latest suggestion of looming defeat: Lawmakers are...

Ukraine Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko posted on X that the fund would be managed 50/50. Ukraine Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko posted on X that the fund would be managed 50/50.

House Judiciary Committee Republicans backtracked on a plan Wednesday to centralize all antitrust activities within the Justice Department as they debate their portion of the party-line megabill. “The amendment...

Rep. Elise Stefanik and Speaker Mike Johnson met Wednesday afternoon after tensions between the two boiled over this week. The relationship between the two senior Republicans has deteriorated after...

Red states have beared the brunt of DOGE’s targeting of AmeriCorps Red states have beared the brunt of DOGE’s targeting of AmeriCorps ​Health Care