Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sharply attacked President Trump over the federal funding freeze memo and credited the American people with precipitating its reversal.…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt fielded a host of questions from the press corps from the briefing room for the first time on Tuesday.…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday blasted President Trump over a Monday memo calling for a federal loan and grant pause. “Bottom line: This unconstitutional…
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) said Sunday he will introduce legislation to sanction Colombia this week after the country’s president reportedly denied entry to two planes…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has invited President Trump to give his first address to Congress on March 4. “Your administration and the 119th Congress…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) condemned President Trump’s move to fire more than a dozen watchdogs at several federal agencies overnight, calling it a…
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Saturday she didn’t understand why President Trump fired several departmental inspectors general late Friday night given that…
The Senate is set to hold a final confirmation vote on Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Defense secretary on Friday, a day after advancing his nomination…
Congress handed President Trump an early win on the issue of immigration with the passage of the Laken Riley Act by the House on Wednesday.…
Rubber is meeting the road in President Trump’s first week back at the White House, as the administration warned federal workers in roles related to…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of…
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) clashed during her confirmation hearing with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) over comparisons of Elon Musk’s gesture during an inauguration day speech…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday called for the “decimation” of the Iranian nuclear program in the wake of a new ceasefire in Gaza. “The…
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), President-elect Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary, sat for a largely cordial hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural…
President Biden delivered a somewhat grim primetime farewell speech on Wednesday from the Oval Office to mark the final days of his presidency. The speech…
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has joined some of his fellow GOP lawmakers in calling for conditions on California wildfire aid. NPR’s Steve Inskeep asked Johnson…
The confirmation hearing for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was postponed by two…
About two in 10 Americans back former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as President-elect Trump’s Defense secretary nominee, according to a new poll. In the…
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Trump’s pick for the next the secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), has been delayed by a week until…
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said Sunday that she is confident President-elect Trump will ensure Californians “have what they need” as they rebuild from the wildfires.…