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House Republicans are steamrolling toward Friday morning’s scheduled Budget Committee markup even as a growing number of issues threaten to block progress on their “big, beautiful bill.” GOP leaders went back and forth overnight with…
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these…
House Republican leaders are having to salvage their party-line megabill a lot sooner than they thought. A surprise holdout by ultraconservative members of the House Budget Committee Thursday is forcing Speaker Mike Johnson to entertain…
The president’s top counterterrorism official said federal judges who have disputed the administration’s actions could be “wrong.”
Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to resolve a suite of remaining issues with the GOP megabill just days before he hopes to put it up for a floor vote. Warring factions inside the House Republican…
Democratic lawmakers are trying to block billions of dollars in arms sales to two Middle Eastern countries to protest investments in President Donald Trump’s personal business and a jet offered to him. Sen. Chris Murphy…
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative sought this week to gain access to the congressional office which fields and manages complaints about discrimination, harassment, accessibility and other workplace issues, according to three congressional employees…
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has suspended his campaign for governor, clearing the field in the Republican primary for Vivek Ramaswamy. Yost told supporters Friday that he chose to end his campaign after concluding that…
House GOP leaders discussed a new, heightened state-and-local-tax deduction with a group of Republican holdouts as they race to salvage their party-line megabill from ruin. A $40,000 cap on the key deduction for individuals and…
The House Budget Committee voted against advancing the GOP’s party-line tax and spending package Friday thanks to ongoing opposition from hard-line conservatives. The panel rejected the bill, 21-16, with five Republicans joining all Democrats in…
According to Jewish folklore, in the late 16th-century the Czech city of Prague was threatened with antisemitic attacks. In response, Chief Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel created an early Jewish superhero in the attic of…
Doctors, patients and health experts are bracing for massive coverage losses as House Republicans are poised to impose Medicaid work requirements as part of the “big, beautiful bill” encompassing many of President Trump’s legislative priorities. …
President Donald Trump was only a few hours into a marathon flight from Abu Dhabi on Friday when he sent a crystal-clear message to Capitol Hill: Tidy up the house, kids, because dad’s coming home…
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, with metastasis to the bone, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday. Doctors diagnosed Biden last week with a…
Former President Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokesperson announced on Sunday. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” according…
A 25-year-old man with reportedly “nihilistic ideations” has been named as the suspected bomber behind Saturday’s explosion outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, Calif. Authorities announced in a news conference Sunday that suspect Guy…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday to discuss peace talk negotiations held with Russia as the Trump administration seeks to broker a ceasefire in…
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), a close confidant of former President Biden, said Sunday that he was never concerned about Biden’s ability to lead the country, even as the release of new audio and a forthcoming…
Sen. Rand Paul attacked the economic logic of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff strategy on Sunday — and agreed that the policies raise constitutional concerns. The Kentucky Republican said Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading…
The joint statement issued on May 12 — announcing a provisional halt to the spiraling tariff war between Washington and Beijing — did more than mark a pause in hostilities. It quietly affirmed a deeper, more uncomfortable truth for Washington:…