Category: Congress

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Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Friday morning that Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries “seemed to be trying to set up some sort of a government shutdown.” “We have been negotiating...

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing next week on the U.S. Agency for International Development amid the Trump administration’s contentious efforts to shrink the institution, according...

Next week is shaping up to be a battle of the budgets. House Republicans spent hours Thursday reworking their one-bill plan in two separate meetings — one at the...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has been willing to buck his party to confirm some of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, is ruling out voting for two of the...

Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.

The Republican-led House passed legislation Thursday with significant Democratic support that would lead to harsher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, leaving it with a good chance of becoming law. The...

Speaker Mike Johnson said House Republicans are aiming to announce an overarching framework on their party-line agenda on Friday morning. It would include a permanent extension of the 2017...

Democrats took advantage of the rules of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to delay consideration of Kash Patel's nomination to lead the FBI — but broke some recent...

House Democrats have a plan to help them win back the working class: turn the world's richest person into their boogeyman. They’ve set their sights on holding Elon Musk...