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Congress avoids a shutdown — and gives Trump more tariff power against Canada and Mexico
Congress avoided a government shutdown Friday evening, after the Senate passed legislation that funds the federal government through September at spending levels similar to the 2024 fiscal year.MarketWatch - Mar. 14 -
Trump ‘can’t unilaterally dismantle' Dept. of Education without Congress, says fmr. secretary
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education. Former Education Secretary John King Jr. says he expects to see bipartisan support in Congress to maintain ...NBC News - Mar. 20 -
Johnson stresses Congress's power over courts: 'Desperate times call for desperate measures’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday drew attention to Congress’s power over the federal judiciary as Republicans plot how to legislatively channel their outrage over district judges who have ...The Hill - 2d -
Alan Simpson, moderate GOP senator who bridged partisan gaps, dead at 93
Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines."CBS News - Mar. 14 -
Teen member of Musk’s Doge staff provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
Edward Coristine, who is 19, is among members of Doge effort that has been given access to official networks. The best-known member of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” ...The Guardian - 1d -
Trump-district Democrats face risky vote on GOP spending bill
House Democrats in districts carried by President Trump are confronting a potentially risky vote next week when GOP leaders are expected to put their partisan government funding bill on the floor. ...The Hill - Mar. 9 -
House Rules Committee advances GOP’s stopgap ahead of shutdown deadline
The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP's bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for consideration ahead of Friday's deadline. The ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Aguilar: Democrats still working to unite party against GOP spending bill
The head of the House Democratic Caucus said Tuesday that party leaders are still working to unite their troops against the Republicans’ spending bill. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) bashed the GOP ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Democrats are heading to GOP districts for town halls: 'We’re filling a void'
House Democrats are heading to Republican districts to conduct town halls — a strategy designed to highlight the moratorium on those public events recently suggested by the head of the GOP’s ...The Hill - Mar. 12 -
GOP plan to avoid a partial shutdown gains support from a crucial Democrat
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, says he supports voting for a GOP plan that would avoid a partial government shutdown. It's not clear how many Senate Democrats will join ...CBS News - Mar. 14 -
Jon Stewart knocks Schumer on CR: 'Total capitulation' to Trump, GOP
Jon Stewart is railing against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for voting last week to advance a GOP-crafted funding bill, suggesting the New York Democrat led a "total capitulation" to ...The Hill - Mar. 18 -
Democrats step up town halls amid rowdy GOP forums
Democrats are using town halls to go on offense against their Republican counterparts as the party scrambles to capitalize on a weak point: GOP lawmakers taking heat for President Trump. ...The Hill - Mar. 19 -
GOP senator: Schumer 'about as popular as chlamydia' among Democrats
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) applauded Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for voting in favor of the GOP-authored continuing resolution (CR) while noting the sharp division it drove between the ...The Hill - Mar. 20 -
GOP state Sen. Justin Eichorn resigns after federal charge
State Sen. Justin Eichorn submitted his letter of resignation on Thursday, GOP Leader Mark Johnson said in a statement, following a federal criminal charge accusing him of soliciting sex from ...CBS News - 6d -
GOP senators warn Trump agenda will be slowed by internal divisions
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has cautioned GOP colleagues that the Senate isn’t likely to pass President Trump’s border security, energy and tax agenda until July, at the earliest, ...The Hill - 3d -
GOP fundraiser calls for Witkoff's firing over Putin, Hamas comments
GOP fundraiser Eric Levine called for President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to be fired over the diplomat’s recent comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing the president’s ...The Hill - 1d -
Inside the push and pull to keep GOP Jan. 6 probes alive
Significant differences between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) are leaving plans for a new House GOP probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack in limbo more than two ...The Hill - 21h -
Battle over proxy voting for new parents intensifies in House GOP
The battle between Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and House GOP leaders over looming floor action to allow proxy voting for new parents is intensifying as both sides of the heated debate dig in ...The Hill - 8h -
NASCAR issues suspensions to members of two Cup teams for wheel violations at Las Vegas
Two pit crew members from the teams of Kyle Busch and Chase Briscoe will miss the next two races.Yahoo Sports - Mar. 19 -
Stanford football coach fired following report he mistreated female staff members
Stanford is parting ways with football coach Troy Taylor amid allegations he mistreated female staff members.NBC News - 2d -
How DOGE is already changing the spending process in Congress
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has done significant work in exposing wasteful government programs, but this has created a difficult situation for the Trump administration as they ...The Hill - Mar. 12 -
Congress must end legalized theft on US highways
Marine veteran Stephen Lara lost his life savings in a highway stop by Nevada State Police, who seized his cash, highlighting the need for the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act to protect ...The Hill - Mar. 12 -
China steels itself for Trump turmoil with ‘DeepSeek congress’
Annual session of rubber stamp parliament highlights Beijing’s shifting priorities amid AI breakthroughs and US tariffsFinancial Times - Mar. 13 -
Congress must save the good journalists at VOA
President Trump's sudden decision to shut down US government-funded entities such as the Voice of America is understandable, but it is crushing for a number of journalists there who have not ...The Hill - Mar. 17 -
Victims of 'romance scams' turn to Congress for help
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., introduced a bill that would require dating apps and social media companies to remove or flag scammers from their platforms and ...NBC News - 6d -
Democratic leadership questions loom over Congress' return
Democrats remained mum as they left Washington in the aftermath of the tense funding fight.CBS News - 3d -
Congress has the power to save the presidency from the courts
If judges are allowed to continue rewriting the rules of governance from the bench, we risk becoming a nation ruled by lawsuits rather than laws.The Hill - 1d -
Senate advances GOP funding bill, clearing the way for a final vote to avert a government shutdown
The GOP-controlled Senate will press forward with a procedural vote to advance a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown before a midnight deadline.NBC News - Mar. 14 -
'Tremendous mistake': Rep. Ocasio-Cortez blasts Schumer over GOP funding plan vote
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote for the House GOP funding bill "a tremendous mistake."ABC News - Mar. 14 -
DNC launches billboards asking public to demand town halls from GOP representatives
The DNC is launching billboards in GOP districts to encourage people to call for town halls from their representatives after some Republicans stopped holding town halls.ABC News - Mar. 19 -
1 crew member missing after Portuguese-flagged ship slams U.S. tanker in North Sea
A Portugese-flagged cargo ship slammed into a U.S. tanker that is still burning in the North Sea. Britain's coast guard says 36 crew members were rescued and brought to shore after the crash, but ...CBS News - Mar. 11 -
Crew member reveals harrowing details of fiery cargo ship crash off U.K.
A crew member tells CBS News "a massive ship came from out of the blue" and rammed a tanker apparently carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military.CBS News - Mar. 11 -
Timeline: Trump's race against courts to deport gang members under Alien Enemies Act
A minute-by-minute timeline of events of the Trump administration's race against the clock to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.ABC News - Mar. 17 -
Bella Ramsey was diagnosed with autism after 'The Last of Us' crew member spotted signs
Bella Ramsey, star of the HBO drama “The Last of Us,” revealed their autism diagnosis in an interview with British Vogue published on Wednesday — a diagnosis that was due in part to a crew member ...NBC News - 6d -
Augusta National doesn't reveal its members but these golfers tell us about their favorites
Golf fans have learned names of some Augusta National members over the years but in this Golfweek Masters Survey, some golfers give their favorites.Yahoo Sports - 18h -
Lone Democrat to back House GOP spending bill explains decision
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) defied House Democratic leadership on Tuesday when he voted for the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown — the only one in the caucus to support the stopgap. ...The Hill - Mar. 11 -
Arizona Democrats say they'll vote against GOP bill to avert shutdown
A pair of Senate Democrats from a key battleground state on Thursday said that they would vote against the GOP’s six-month spending bill, raising questions about the possibility of a government ...The Hill - Mar. 13 -
Trump denies Musk clashed with cabinet members
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pushed back against Elon Musk’s downsizing of the federal workforce in a recent closed-door cabinet meeting, according to two ...NBC News - Mar. 7 -
Inside Lagos’s top private members’ clubs
An exclusive tour of the establishments favoured by the city’s executives and power brokersFinancial Times - Mar. 14 -
Meet the 19 members of the Houthi attacks group chat
The Atlantic on Wednesday published screenshots of a Signal chat among President Trump's national security team that included timing and weapons details for an attack on Houthis in Yemen, adding to ...The Hill - 1d
