President Biden on Saturday signed the stopgap measure approved by Congress on Friday that will prevent a government shutdown. The White House announced Biden had signed the…
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Lawmakers came together to fund the government on Friday, keeping the lights on in Washington until early next year and preventing a Christmas season shutdown.…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Friday suggested Congress could protect against an “unleashed” Trump administration. “Trump is laying the groundwork for an unleashed administration,” Swalwell…
President Biden in a new interview published Tuesday said there should be a ban on members of Congress trading stocks, taking a position on an…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urged President Biden to pardon lawmakers who investigated President-elect Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. “You…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday the presidential pardon process “cries out for reform” and proposed a board to standardize the process and make recommendations…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he thinks President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter, is understandable, but he expressed concern about…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he thinks President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host and veteran Pete Hegseth, is “being tried…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sounded the alarm over anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect’s Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human…
Trump World is congratulating itself on a stunning turnaround in Pete Hegseth’s chances of winning confirmation to lead the Pentagon, an effort they credit to…
Lawmakers are sprinting to pass legislation that will keep the government’s lights on ahead of the Dec. 20 shutdown deadline as President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) poured cold water on the idea of President Biden preemptively pardoning lawmakers who served on the House panel tasked with investigating…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said in a Fox News interview that aired Monday that his party’s new agenda will be “very aggressive beginning right…
Seventy-seven Nobel laureates signed a letter urging the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday that a border security bill should be “the first order of business in the Senate Budget Committee.” “Stephen Miller…
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) is not yet ready to give her full support to President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, stating that…
Some allies of President-elect Trump are lashing out at Senate Republicans as a second Cabinet nominee appears imperiled, raising questions about the extent of Trump’s…
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Wednesday he has talked to several Republican colleagues who have said they are “waiting for the right moment” to reject…
A Democratic senator is pressing the White House to finalize a set of energy efficiency standards, warning that not doing so before President-elect Trump takes…
Senate Republicans say Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice to head the Defense Department, faces a very tough path to confirmation in the Senate and his…