Big policies, small margins and a Trump wildcard: What to expect from the new Congress
The majority party has repeatedly lost control of the House in the first midterm election after gaining across-the-board ...
Mike Johnson's speakership to be put to another test in 1st vote of new Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson stares down a difficult battle to retain the gavel on Friday, even despite an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump.
State Department documents reveal secret plans to route ‘censorship’ office to new hub
The State Department informed members of Congress that it plans to "realign" over 50 employees at its Global Engagement ...
US nerve center to combat China and Russia global propaganda shut down by GOP opposition
The center called out Moscow and Beijing for global disinformation efforts. But the pro-Trump GOP said it became politicized.
US Agency Focused On Foreign Disinformation Shuts Down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of ...
Trump-endorsed stopgap funding plan goes down to defeat
House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle joined together to reject Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest stopgap funding package ...
Congress Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
Congress reached a deal to avert a federal shutdown by passing a slimmed-down temporary government spending plan that will ...
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What Donald Trump’s decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years
Many Republicans in Congress ignored Donald Trump's directions on shutting down federal government on budget battle.
Biden signs stopgap bipartisan measure to fund government, avert shutdown
Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster ...
Congress Approves Spending Extension, Ending Shutdown Crisis
The Senate passed the measure and sent it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse.
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Elon Musk Brings His Messy Way of Doing Things to Washington
WASHINGTON—The first test of Elon Musk’s attempt to rein in Congress and its prolific spending threatened to shut down the ...
'Enough blame to go around': Republicans, Democrats point fingers after near shutdown
Democrats and Republicans traded barbs and tried to evade blame, after Trump and Musk killed a bipartisan deal and threatened ...