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January 09, 2025
Congress
Senate Finance eyes Jan. 16 hearing for Bessent
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, on Jan. 16, according to three people familiar...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Congress could wait until mid-March to consider new wildfire aid
Congress may not consider new aid for California to deal with its devastating spate of wildfires until mid-March, when Capitol Hill faces its next government funding deadline. Lawmakers see...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Fetterman to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is planning to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the first Democrat in the upper chamber to publicly make the trek after the 2024...
January 09, 2025
Politics
House passes bill to sanction ICC for arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu
The House of Representatives green-lit a bill to slap sanctions against individuals involved in the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others. The...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Background check delays Rollins confirmation hearing
Brooke Rollins, Donald Trump's Agriculture secretary pick, is among a handful of nominees whose confirmation hearings are slipping past their targeted dates due to delays with FBI background checks...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Michelle Obama, who would have sat by Donald Trump, misses Carter funeral
Former first lady Michelle Obama was noticeably absent from former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. She had a scheduling conflict and is in...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Senate expected to advance GOP immigration bill
The Senate is expected to take a bipartisan vote Thursday afternoon advancing the Laken Riley Act, making it the first bill Senate Republicans debate under their new majority. The...
January 09, 2025
Congress
Advocate of psychedelic drugs wants to work with RFK Jr.
An evangelist for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants to join forces with Robert F....
January 09, 2025
Congress
The Senate says it’ll work on Fridays. But not this Friday.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune sparked commotion around the Hill with his ambitious 2025 calendar, which included regular Friday votes, something of a rarity in the chamber. Now it’s...
January 09, 2025
Congress
RFK Jr. is seeing how far the Kennedy name will take him
Winning the votes of two of the leaders of the anti-Trump resistance in the Senate would seem like a long shot for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his bid...