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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congressional Republicans could be on a collision course with the Trump administration as the House expands its investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files. Subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee for testimony from powerful former politicians,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A constitutional fight over spending complicates GOP unity on Capitol Hill as President Donald Trump holds back billions in funding appropriated by Congress. The Government Accountability Office, a congressional watchdog, has repeatedly ruled that canceled…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is no fan of the idea that Sherrod Brown, the former Democratic senator whom he unseated last November, may make another run for Senate. “The last thing Ohio needs is another…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michigan Democrats see an opening with President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs to claw back a key bloc of voters they lost ground with last year: the working class. With an open Senate seat…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republicans are trying to break through the heckling and jeers that have become commonplace at town halls as they sell the merits of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” law. Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE), who represents…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congressional Republicans aren’t ready to cede power to President Donald Trump to swiftly install nominees during recesses and bypass Senate confirmation, despite Democratic roadblocks and pressure from Trump himself. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Rep.…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voters in states across the country head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in local elections for candidates and on certain ballot initiatives, including whether to roll back so-called “democracy vouchers” in Seattle for…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump’s nominees are not only being held up by Democrats. A pair of Republican senators has also put up roadblocks for a trio of Treasury Department candidates. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and John…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senators are forgoing the first days of a monthlong August recess to grind out confirmations for President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees who have faced what the GOP calls “unprecedented” obstruction by Democrats. Pressure from Trump,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A fast-approaching government funding deadline means a new federal budget, and lawmakers can secure funding for community projects back home — or so they hope. But so-called “earmarks,” formally known as congressionally directed spending, are once again…