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The Trump administration has asserted for months that its “bargain” version of the federal $42.5 billion grant program to expand access to broadband internet would save taxpayers money. That made states and their representatives in Congress nervous that funds left over after deployment proposals would be clawed back. Under pressure from senators at an appropriations […]
Democrats and voter advocacy groups are increasingly warning that Trump administration policies and actions could curtail voting in the midterm elections when it comes to changes on who can cast ballots and when it will count. President Donald Trump and federal agencies have taken several steps over the past year they say will protect democracy […]
Texas is more than a thousand miles away from Capitol Hill, but the race between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the state’s Senate seat Wednesday centered on a D.C.-centric topic: the filibuster. The fight is the latest chapter in both men’s quest to earn an ever-coveted endorsement from President Donald […]
Amid an unpopular war with Iran and slumping poll numbers linked to a sluggish economy, President Donald Trump resorted to name-calling Wednesday in a bid to boost Ed Gallrein in his GOP primary against Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie. Trump took a break from overseeing his 12-day-old bombardment of targets inside Iran to make a stop […]
Two key Trump administration officials huddled with Senate Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss a powerful but controversial surveillance authority that expires next month, an issue that for years has bitterly divided privacy hawks and intelligence-focused lawmakers. FBI Director Kash Patel and CIA Director John Ratcliffe came to Capitol Hill as the Republican-controlled Congress […]
Senators sparred at a hearing Tuesday over local jurisdictions that have policies against cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, as the Senate teed up another floor procedural vote to end a Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., used the hearing to highlight his proposal to make it a crime for local […]
Senate Democrats stepped up pressure on Republicans to conduct public hearings on the conduct of the Iran war, but senior GOP senators were noncommittal on whether they would do so. The partisan tension comes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday that approximately 140 troops have been injured since the U.S. and Israeli strikes began on Feb. […]
Escalating his feud with Rep. Thomas Massie, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will hit the pause button on overseeing the Iran war with a swing through the rebellious Kentuckian’s district amid Massie’s primary battle. Trump ostensibly will be in Ohio and the neighboring Bluegrass State to push his administration’s efforts to lower prices. But he […]
Senate Republican leadership is not budging against pressure to use a so-called talking filibuster to pass the party’s voter identification legislation, despite President Donald Trump’s adding weight to that dogpile this week. “We don’t have the votes either to proceed to get on a talking filibuster, nor to sustain one if we got on it,” said […]
Democrats with potential presidential aspirations have unveiled a slew of tax breaks in recent days that emphasize the party’s focus on affordability in hopes of taking back the White House. The latest pitch, unveiled Monday from New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, would more than double the standard deduction for married couples filing jointly to […]
As oil prices rise in the wake of U.S. military operations in Iran, Senate Democrats have begun calling for a solution to the increasing costs. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, in a Sunday post on X, called on President Donald Trump to draw down oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to slow rising costs. […]
There are two ways to look at what happened in Congress last week regarding President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. Looked at from one angle, the House and Senate, by narrow margins on largely party-line votes, rejected resolutions to end military operations against Iran. Taken up under an expedited procedure laid out by the War […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday declared that he would not sign other legislation until a sweeping election operations overhaul headlined by new voter ID requirements reaches his desk – even as there’s no sign the bill can get the votes needed to pass the Senate. “It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else,” Trump […]
President Donald Trump on Monday tried to assuage concerns his war with Iran could become another prolonged military campaign, calling it a “little excursion” that could be wrapped up “soon.” He also urged House Republicans to add several white-hot social issues to a voting overhaul measure as a trap for vulnerable Democrats. The commander in […]
A federal court in New York took the first official steps this week to start the refund process for the worldwide tariff regime that the Supreme Court said violated the law. Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade said in an order Wednesday that importers were due refunds for tariffs paid […]
ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump’s decades-old fixation on Iran threatens to derail his second term, as he displays the kind of “magical thinking” about the Middle East that has hobbled previous commanders in chief. Overly optimistic views helped spawn the lengthy and expensive post-9/11 conflicts that Trump ran against during three presidential campaigns. But after […]
House members eagerly hoping for a spot across the Capitol in the Senate are now facing an unexpected variable in their campaign calculus: the conflict in Iran. If the war drags on, it will become a delicate issue that both Republican and Democratic candidates will need to balance, albeit for different reasons. Their first test […]
Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s appointment to lead the Department of Homeland Security would shake up the Appropriations Committee and create a vacancy atop the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. A White House spokesman said the administration would “work to confirm” […]
The ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared to have no immediate impact on her department’s partial shutdown, as the two parties sparred anew over a Democratic demand for an immigration enforcement overhaul. Within minutes of President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was replacing Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Democrats vowed to press […]
A group of Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the tariffs President Donald Trump adopted last month.