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There’s almost certainly some waste — "expending carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose" — within a $6 trillion federal budget.
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Trump win poised to bolster congressional investigative power
A Democrat-led House adopted contempt resolutions against former Trump administration officials who refused to cooperate with the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
Bellwether Michigan county in the spotlight as parties angle for votes
She cast her ballot for former President Donald Trump four years ago and may do so again, though she’s turned off by his actions ahead of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
Fact-checking the Harris-Trump debate
Trump, Harris on Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol Co-moderator David Muir kicked off a lengthy back-and-forth between the candidates about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
Trump, Harris face off with White House on the line
why he told Senate Republicans to abandon the bipartisan immigration bill, how specifically he would deport millions of undocumented immigrants, whether he regretted anything about his actions on Jan. 6,
Fact-checking Day 3 of the Republican National Convention
On July 6, 2021, U.S. forces were pulled out of Bagram, as we’ve written.
Fact-checking the Biden-Trump debate
The rate has been 6 percent or less in only 29 months since 1972, and it happened only under two presidents: 21 times under Biden and eight times under Trump. ’Suckers and losers’ Biden said Trump called
Buck replacement, Boebert switch top races for open seats
Ron Hanks, who was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and received the Colorado Republican Party’s endorsement; financial adviser Russ Andrews; and Jeff Hurd, an attorney from Grand Junction and a mainstream
‘Unholy alliance’: Congress needs to act as global crises threaten West
Congress’ overall approval numbers aren’t much better, with 14 percent approving and 68 percent disapproving, according to the latest Economist-YouGov poll, conducted April 6-9.
Takeaways as Biden, Harris take aim at Trump, try to flip North Carolina
After trailing in North Carolina by nearly double-digits a few weeks ago, that survey put him within 6 percentage points of Trump.
Final spending package unveiled, countdown to recess begins
The State Department and foreign aid programs, a perennial GOP target, face a 6 percent cut on average below last fiscal year.
Rating change: Presidential race looks even between Biden, Trump
more than 90 indictments in four different federal cases, hundreds of millions of dollars in fines due in civil cases and his unwillingness to call off his supporters as they invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6,
Blinken avoids contempt vote for second time in Afghanistan probe
Stephen Bannon, a former Trump strategist, was convicted in 2022 on two counts after he failed to comply with a House committee subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the Capitol.
Green calls Congress ‘broken,’ won’t seek fourth term
Democrat Megan Barry, a former Nashville mayor who launched her campaign on Dec. 6, reported $158,000 on hand as of Dec. 31.
‘Delusions of immortality’: These lawmakers want Congress to get real about continuity
deadly pandemic and seen a spate of politically motivated violence, including a shooter opening fire on a Republican baseball practice in 2017 and a mob breaching the defenses of the Capitol on Jan. 6,
Long road to compensation for Camp Lejeune victims takes a turn
The DOJ and the Navy responded on Sept. 6 with a process called the "elective option"Â offering settlements based on the amount of time spent at Camp Lejeune and the damage that was done later.
Voters ask: Is anything working in America?
What didn’t get much coverage was the fact that one candidate actually had a solid lead of 6 percentage points over Biden, 49 percent to his 43 percent.
Transcript: GOP presidential hopefuls debate in Milwaukee
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) MACCALLUM: But, Governor DeSantis, do you believe that Mike Pence did the right thing on January 6? DESANTIS: So, here’s what we need to do.
Five things to know about Tim Scott’s record in Congress
Ahead of his appearance Monday, Scott’s presidential exploratory committee had already filed to change its name to "Tim Scott for America," launched a $6 million ad campaign and announced plans to visit
The limitations of the House GOP’s power to probe
There were no Trump supporters on the House Jan. 6 select committee that looked into the 2021 Capitol riot, but the nine members — seven Democrats plus Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger