Friday

24-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump lauds Schumer’s ‘guts’ in backing bill to avoid shutdown

President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for “doing the right thing” by backing the Republican-led bill to avert a government shutdown, a choice that's...

Dems ask Trump admin to explain Khalil’s arrest, calling it ‘playbook of authoritarians’

More than 100 House Democrats sent the letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Capitol agenda: Schumer stops a shutdown

Chuck Schumer has given Senate Democrats an out — drastically lowering the chances of a government shutdown Saturday. The Senate minority leader, both privately to his caucus Thursday and...

House Democrats stew over Schumer’s capitulation on GOP funding bill

LEESBURG, Virginia — House Democrats privately and publicly steamed Thursday evening about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to back passage of a GOP spending patch they had fiercely...

The left seethes at the ‘Schumer surrender’

The Senate minority leader's decision to forego a government shutdown rekindled his old critics.

Senate Dems brace to vote for a bill they hate — to block Elon Musk

Democrats appear on the cusp of voting to avoid a shutdown because they fear the consequences of standing up to the Trump administration could be worse.

Trump backs key Senate tax plan strategy in struggle with House

President Donald Trump indicated to GOP senators during a White House meeting Thursday that he supports using an accounting method that would treat trillions of dollars in tax cuts...

Schumer backs away from shutdown, says he’ll vote to advance GOP bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer privately told fellow Democrats during a closed-door lunch Thursday that he would help advance a House GOP funding bill — a strong indication that...

Rep. Raúl Grijalva dies at 77

The 12-term Arizona Democrat had been under treatment for cancer.

Senate confirms Pulte as top housing regulator, with market’s future at stake

The Senate on Thursday voted 56-43 to confirm Bill Pulte as the nation's top housing regulator, putting him at the center of a fight over the future of two...