Author: Jack Birle

Senate Democrats are hoping for some small wins against Republicans as the chamber considers House GOP’s stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown. The House of Representatives approved a continuing resolution on Tuesday to fund the government through the end of September at current levels, with $8 billion more in defense spending and $13 billion…

President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with 200% tariffs on alcohol after the EU announced a slate of tariffs on American products beginning next month. The EU announced a 50% tariff on whiskey, a measure Trump decried as “nasty” in a Truth Social post announcing the tariff threat. “The European Union, one of…

The North Carolina Senate pushed forward legislation to bar the Democratic state attorney general from filing lawsuits against presidential executive orders. Senate Bill 58 passed in a 29-19 party-line vote, with Republicans in the supermajority pushing the legislation forward for consideration in the state House. The bill would disable the state attorney general from participating…

As President Donald Trump continues to make threats about further involving his administration in local affairs, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has proposed that the District of Columbia retrocede into Maryland. District officials have argued for statehood for decades, with lobbying reaching a fever pitch during the last Trump administration despite the GOP’s heavy resistance to…

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the lone Democrat to vote for the continuing resolution to fund the government Tuesday. He blasted his own party for creating “unnecessary fear” with its claims about the bill. The stopgap measure passed the House, 217-213, with only one House Democrat, Golden, voting in favor of it and only one…

A proxy voting bill for pregnant women is headed for a vote on the House floor despite opposition from Republican majority leadership. A discharge petition on the Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution received the necessary signatures from a majority of House members, 218, to force a vote on the measure. The petition received signatures…

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced roughly 2,000 prison guards who continued to strike illegally on Monday would be fired and banned from future state jobs. The State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association reached an agreement to end the 22-day wildcat strike of correctional officers…

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion in foreign aid to recipients and contractors for work completed through Feb. 13, and it issued a March 14 deadline to show the court how it plans to do so. Judge Amir Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…

House Republican leadership is holding a press conference as Congress seeks to avert a government shutdown set for this Friday. The press conference will begin at 10 a.m. from Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), House Republican Chairwoman Lisa…

The Department of Government Efficiency cuts have affected most parts of the federal government, and cuts to the National Park Service‘s workforce come as visitation at the parks reaches new highs. The NPS announced last week it had 331.9 million recreational visits to its various sites across the country in 2024, surpassing the record of…