When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced his plan to reorganize the State Department, he said the department was plagued by ineffective and inefficient diplomacy and soaring costs, and that he intended to target programs…
More than 1.1 million Americans died from COVID-19 — a figure higher than any war in U.S. history. Millions of families were denied the final moments with loved ones, watching parents, spouses and children slip…
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The House Rules Committee came together early Wednesday to consider the GOP-led “big, beautiful” spending bill filled with President Trump’s legislative priorities. There have been two major hurdles to advancing the legislation: the State and…
The song and dance surrounding the so-called Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Istanbul produced nothing substantive — as could easily have been predicted. It was arguably a waste of time and resources. But the charade did have…
Federal health policy has seen major shifts, leaving millions of families and older Americans with new questions about their healthcare access. The House of Representatives recently passed a new budget resolution that calls for cutting…
Twenty-four hours after the Sunday announcement that former President Joe Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer, one of his staunchest supporters, Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, said Monday he had yet to…
When news broke about former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis and most Democrats were extending well wishes to the former president, one source wrote to say something different: “This news would validate everything Trump talked about…
A battle has erupted within the Senate Democratic Conference over a bipartisan bill that would pave the way for broader commercial acceptance of cryptocurrency assets known as stablecoins, which Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other…
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino are finding their popularity as MAGA figures and some of their past brash statements are colliding head-on with the reality of running a major law…
The pause of billions of dollars in research funding to universities has had devastating effects on cancer research as lab work is put on hold and schools are halting the acceptance of new Ph.D. students.…
Stablecoin legislation advanced on the Senate floor Monday in an early win for the crypto industry, but the bill is expected to face a lengthy amendment process that will likely push a final vote beyond…
President Trump is shifting the pressure to big companies to deal with rising costs from his tariff plan, leaning into populism as a tactic to sell his trade policy to Americans. Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday,…
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is being charged with assault after a melee outside an immigration detention facility in Newark on May 9. The decision to charge McIver was announced on Monday evening by Alina Habba,…
The pieces could finally be falling into place for Speaker Mike Johnson to pass his “big, beautiful bill” as soon as Wednesday. Johnson and a group of blue-state Republicans struck a tentative deal late Tuesday…
The largest Democratic fundraising platform has found itself in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. And its CEO is coming out against the “authoritarian” tactic — while acknowledging ActBlue needs to “build some new muscles” to fight…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened up an investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) over his pandemic-era nursing homes testimony to Congress, multiple outlets reported Tuesday night. The probe started around…
Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville suggested he would support Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) if the progressive lawmaker becomes the party’s presidential nominee in 2028. Carville first criticized the Democratic Party during his Tuesday appearance…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and moderate Republicans have zeroed in on an agreement for the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, three sources told The Hill, solving a critical hang-up that has dogged the…