Democratic leader shoots down discharge petition on Ukraine-border bill
The head of the House Democratic Caucus wasted no time Thursday shooting down a bipartisan proposal linking Ukraine aid to border security. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said the supporters of that...
View ArticleSenate passes spending bill, punting shutdown threat to next week
The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill that punts this weekend's shutdown threat to later in the month, but leaves questions about how Congress will fund the government through the...
View ArticleCongress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed another short-term spending measure Thursday that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a...
View ArticleBiden and Italy's Meloni to hold talks at time of worries about Ukraine,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to host Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Friday for talks at the White House as the Democratic administration struggles to persuade House Republicans to...
View ArticleMichigan 'uncommitted' vote fuels hope for third-party advocates
Michigan’s election results are giving third-party sympathizers hope after a portion of voters protested against President Biden’s reelection at the polls. While Biden swept the state overall, the...
View ArticleTrump on abortion limits: 'I’m hearing about 15 weeks. I haven’t decided yet'
(The Hill) - Former President Trump on Thursday said he hasn’t decided on a set number of weeks after which abortion should be banned after it was reported he privately has indicated he likes the idea...
View ArticleGOP senators faces Trump civil war with McConnell retiring
The race to replace Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is laying bare the power struggle between pro-Trump and anti-Trump Republicans in the Senate. GOP lawmakers aligned closely with the...
View ArticleMissouri lawmaker calls to allow divorce during pregnancy. Why can't it...
A Missouri lawmaker has introduced legislation to clarify that the state’s judges can grant divorces even when one spouse is pregnant. The notion that they can’t already has sparked anger from people...
View Article5 takeaways from the Hunter Biden transcript
Republicans conducting the impeachment investigation into President Biden released the transcript of their private interview with Hunter Biden on Thursday evening, one day after the president’s son...
View ArticleTakeaways from Hunter Biden's combative deposition with Republican lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The transcript of the congressional deposition of Hunter Biden was released late Thursday, providing a full view of the contentious testimony that took place behind closed doors...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ congressional redistricting challenge
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that sought to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, marking a victory for...
View ArticleHaley says she raised a strong $12M in February, but can't point to long-term...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Friday that she raised $12 million in February, a haul that will likely allow her to remain in the Republican primary against...
View ArticleRepublicans in Idaho, Missouri and Michigan will meet to weigh in on the...
More delegates are up for grabs Saturday as former President Donald Trump looks to get closer to clinching the Republican nomination and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley seeks her first win. Trump,...
View ArticleMichigan GOP expected to unite behind Trump despite internal strife at...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan GOP convention in Grand Rapids on Saturday will allocate 39 of the state’s 55 GOP presidential delegates, but a significant portion of the party's grassroots force...
View ArticleTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. On Super Tuesday, he wants political revenge. The Republican, who just six months ago was on the brink of removal from office,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina is among GOP states to change its voting rules. The primary...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Super Tuesday ballot has plenty to draw voters, with primaries for governor and president in a swing state that will be among the most closely watched in...
View ArticleTrump's controversial remarks raise questions about Black voter push
President Trump's controversial remarks that Black voters will back him because of his legal woes are raising new questions about whether the GOP's likely standard-bearer will help or hurt his party...
View ArticleLawmakers eye looming 'problematic' funding bills
Congressional leaders are moving quickly to pass their first batch of bills to fund the government for most of 2024 by next Friday, but negotiators are already looking to a March 22 deadline when they...
View ArticleHow clean is the dirt on Hunter Biden? A key Republican source is charged...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexander Smirnov was cast by Republicans as one of the FBI’s most trusted informants, offering a “highly credible” account of brazen public corruption by Joe Biden that formed a...
View ArticleTeam Biden hopes Trump is his own worst enemy with independents
President Biden’s reelection campaign wants independent swing voters to really hear what former President Trump is saying. Trump gets a lot of news coverage, particularly over his legal problems,...
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