Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham said Thursday he is meeting with fellow Republicans about making a new run at passing a party-line policy bill in the coming months. “I want us to look at what a reconciliation package, a new one, would look like,” Graham said in a brief interview. “We could do some things […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sharply diverged from his Senate counterpart on Thursday as the upper chamber continues to negotiate a way out of the government shutdown. Johnson said he would not commit to holding a vote on extending COVID-19 pandemic-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of this year […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday his country will draw up plans to conduct nuclear tests after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would do the same last week. The Kremlin leader said he has asked relevant departments to ‘submit coordinated proposals regarding the possible commencement of work to prepare for nuclear weapons testing.’ ‘Russia […]
The battle for control of the House is set to kick into high gear with the 2025 elections in the rearview mirror, and both sides are optimistic about their chances after Tuesday night. Democrats are flying high after their victories in key elections in Virginia, California and New Jersey, celebrating those wins as a decisive […]
Republicans made a new offer to Senate Democrats Thursday in hopes of cutting a deal that would end the 37-day government shutdown and advance a package of three full-year spending bills, according to four people granted anonymity to disclose the private discussions. The new offer arrived just ahead of a crucial closed-door lunch where Democratic […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House and one of the most powerful women in modern American politics, will retire from Congress next year. The San Francisco Democrat, who announced her decision Thursday, had come under increasing pressure to step aside amid her party’s widening generational divide. Now 85, she […]
Leaders of a 189-member group that acts as the House GOP’s de facto conservative think tank are formally endorsing a new short-term federal funding bill. With just over two weeks until the deadline for Republicans’ initial Nov. 21 plan and the threat of more government shutdown chaos, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) Steering Committee is […]
A federal judge criticized the Justice Department for allegedly being too quick to indict in high-profile cases on Wednesday. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick of the Eastern District of Virginia made the comments during a brief hearing regarding the case against former FBI Director James Comey. ‘Right now, we are in a bit of a feeling […]
The Senate is grinding toward an end to the shutdown — and there are new signs for optimism this week. A swing group of Democrats is signaling they could accept a GOP offer including a continuing resolution, a package of appropriations bills and a vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies. At the same time, the […]
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP30, starts Nov. 6 with a world leader summit and runs to Nov. 21. It will emphasize ‘the urgency of the climate crisis and the need for accelerated and collective climate actions.’ However, Microsoft founder Bill Gates just issued a memo aimed at COP30 attendees proposing a fundamental shift in […]