Bolton: Senators ‘won’t escape history’s judgment’ if they vote to confirm...
John Bolton, President-elect Trump’s former national security adviser, is warning that Republican senators will be judged harshly by history if they confirm Kash Patel as the next FBI director. Patel,...
View ArticleJeffries: Democrats not telling members how to vote on NDAA
House Democratic leaders will not tell their members how to vote on the measure to reauthorize Pentagon spending that is hitting the floor Wednesday afternoon. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries...
View ArticleHouse passes annual defense policy bill
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The U.S. House of Representatives crossed off a major item on its to-do list Wednesday: passing the annual defense bill. After months of negotiations, lawmakers landed on a...
View ArticleHouse approves mammoth annual defense policy bill
The House passed the annual defense policy bill Wednesday, sending the mammoth measure to the Senate for consideration ahead of Congress’s end-of-month deadline. The legislation — known as the...
View ArticleTrump mass deportation threats infuriate immigrant advocates
President-elect Trump’s pledge to enact mass deportations and end birthright citizenship, potentially affecting millions of U.S. citizens, is raising alarm bells among immigrant communities who fear...
View ArticleWhat Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his incoming administration face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC...
View ArticlePressure on a veteran and senator shows what's next for those who oppose Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct. But when Sen. Joni Ernst,...
View ArticleHouse sends Biden bill adding judicial seats after veto threat
The House on Thursday approved a bill that would create dozens of additional judicial seats over the next several years, sending it to President Biden’s desk after the administration levied a veto...
View ArticleHouse passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after...
WASHINGTON (AP) — What was once a bipartisan effort to expand by 66 the number of federal district judgeships across the country passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, though prospects for...
View ArticleFormer Trump attorney lashes out at 'lawfare' after court appearance in...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s former Wisconsin attorney lashed out Thursday at the state’s Democratic attorney general for filing felony charges against him and two others...
View ArticleSenate Democrats race to confirm more judicial nominees
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -- Senate Democrats are trying to confirm as many federal judges and nominees as they can before losing the majority next month, but they are facing some hurdles. "The yeas are...
View ArticleSenate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the...
View ArticleRFK Jr.'s daughter-in-law met with Ratcliffe about CIA job: Washington Post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter-in-law took a private meeting with John Ratcliffe, President-elect Trump’s pick to run the CIA, in an apparent bid for a high-ranking position within the agency, The...
View ArticleThe year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
It was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson 's “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement in...
View ArticleGabbard struggles to woo senators ahead of confirmation fight
Tulsi Gabbard is struggling through her meetings with senators this week, sources told The Hill, highlighting the difficult path she faces in winning confirmation to be director of national...
View ArticleVeteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump's...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Penny, a military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week, has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to...
View ArticleFive ways congressional investigations could change in the next Congress and...
The future of congressional investigations could be defined by Republican eagerness to probe private industry and less willingness to defer to the Justice Department, experts say. House Republicans...
View ArticleMomentum builds around Social Security reforms ahead of Senate vote
Momentum is building around legislation that could mean higher Social Security benefits for some Americans as Senate leadership tees up a vote for next week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...
View ArticleTrump will attend the Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will huddle with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday's Army-Navy football game, a chance to take in one of most stories rivalries in...
View ArticleTrump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a childhood polio survivor, said any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to...
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