The Senate on Wednesday voted to pass the $895 billion Defense authorization bill, despite a provision on transgender care that turned off some Democrats, moving it along to President Biden’s desk to…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked an effort by Senate Democrats to pass legislation to authorize and provide resources to state and local authorities to track mysterious drones that…
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Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has begun making the rounds on Capitol Hill to secure support for her bid to become Labor secretary in the Trump administration. The Oregon Republican will meet…
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Senate Democratic tax writers are demanding more details about former Rep. Billy Long’s work promoting a troubled pandemic era tax credit for businesses as they consider his possible nomination to…
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Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. often talked like fairly conventional Democrats when they ran for that party’s presidential nomination. Senate Republicans are treating that past political history as…
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In the latest sign of trouble for Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending bill, members of the Freedom Caucus, incensed over the package, are demanding a vote on steep funding cuts. The…
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(The Hill) — The Supreme Court announced it will take up whether a law that could ban TikTok nationwide violates the First Amendment, setting the stage for a fast-paced, high-stakes battle…
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The government of Mexico is strengthening bonds with its citizens in the United States, pledging to assist them at a time immigrant communities could…
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion Tuesday to stop the sale of pieces of the border wall. Paxton said in a press release that he…
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House Democrats are once again likely to bail out Speaker Mike Johnson on a stopgap spending bill, as conservatives largely vow to oppose it on the floor. “I expect we’re…
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(NewsNation) — A long-awaited ethics report into former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz will be released before Christmas, sources have confirmed to NewsNation. A House committee considering the report’s release has not…
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Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are primed to get their first pay bump since 2009 in the new spending bill. Many of them aren’t happy about it. Members in competitive districts…
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The landing team for the Transportation Department includes an official from President-elect Donald Trump’s first term and a former aide to the chair of the House Transportation Committee, according to…
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The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to deny a Jan. 6 defendant’s request to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, saying she still “presents a danger to…
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The House Ethics Committee has taken the rare and controversial step of voting to release its investigative report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to a person familiar with the…