Category: Congress
January 21, 2025
Congress
Senate panel advances Bessent nomination
The move clears the way for a Senate floor vote in the coming days.
January 21, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders’ White House summit takes shape
A broad group of House and Senate GOP leaders will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today at 3 p.m., according to two people familiar with...
January 21, 2025
Congress
The Capitol agenda: Trump meeting, nominees and TikTok drama
After signing a flurry of executive orders, President Donald Trump will shift to his Capitol Hill agenda Tuesday in a White House meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate...
January 21, 2025
Congress
Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in military
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday night that repeals a provision allowing transgender troops to serve in the military, part of a wide-ranging effort to end Biden-era...
January 21, 2025
Congress
Trump: ‘We don’t need’ Latin America
President Donald Trump issued a stark message Monday to would-be economic and strategic partners in Latin America: The U.S. doesn’t need you. Speaking from the Oval Office after signing...
January 21, 2025
Congress
Senate unanimously confirms Rubio as secretary of State
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was confirmed Monday as secretary of State, the first of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks to take office. In becoming secretary of State, Rubio,...
January 20, 2025
Congress
Trump airs 2020 election grievances after being sworn into a second term
Four years after President Donald Trump helped incite a mob to storm the Capitol to block the certification of the 2020 election he lost, he took aim at his...
January 20, 2025
Congress
Top Republican blasts Raskin for Biden pardon
House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) delivered a blistering statement against his former Democratic counterpart on the committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who received a preemptive...
January 20, 2025
Congress
TikTok celebrates Trump inauguration, over and over
With TikTok back online after shutting off for less than a day, the company embarked on an inaugural weekend goodwill tour aimed at incoming President Donald Trump, the person...
January 20, 2025
Congress
‘We’re running out of time’: GOP already antsy on Trump’s Hill agenda
Big wins are far off as Republicans take control of Washington.