Schumer: ‘I won’t step down’ amid pressure from critics
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, takes questions during a press conference after weekly Senate caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on…
AG Bondi calls attacks on Tesla facilities ‘domestic terrorism’ after two more dealerships targeted
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and senior advisor to the president of the United States, looks on as President Donald Trump speaks in front of Tesla…
Trump signs stop-gap spending bill, avoids federal government shutdown
President Donald Trump prepares to board Marine One as he departs Washington, DC, en route to his home in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday. At…
Senate averts government shutdown by passing federal funding ahead of midnight deadline
1 of 6 | Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer of New York leaves the U.S. Capitol after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill on…
Government shutdown looms: Schumer to vote in favor of CR bill, other Dems to vote ‘no’
1 of 3 | Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at a press conference Wednesday. Schumer said Thursday he will vote for the CR to…
House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown
1 of 3 | Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to the press after House Republicans passed a funding bill to avert a…
House GOP proposes higher defense, lower domestic spending in stopgap bill
The U.S. Capitol is pictured in August 2021 and could be kept open through the remaining 2025 fiscal year if a proposed funding resolution is…
Trump makes Americans poorer, less safe, says Slotkin in Democrats’ response
1 of 2 | Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress in Wyandotte,…
Trump White House adviser Habba critical of fired federal employees, including veterans
President Donald Trump listens as attorney Alina Habba speaks at at Trump Tower in New York City on September 6, 2024. Habba on Tuesday said…
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin to deliver Democratic response to Trump address
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., questions Pete Hegseth during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine Hegseth's expected nomination to be Secretary of Defense on…
Gov’t employee unions sue Treasury to stop DOGE from accessing sensitive data
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk gestures on stage when he speaks inside the Capital One Arena after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in…
Trump orders pause on federal grants, loans, according to internal OMB memo
President Donald Trump's acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, Matthew Vaeth, ordered a pause on all U.S. federal loans and grants beginning…
At least 12 federal inspectors general terminated immediately
1 of 2 | Housing and Urban Development Inspector General Rae Oliver Davis was among the at least 12 inspectors general terminated by email late…
Senate confirms Hegseth as defense secretary with Vance breaking tie
1 of 2 | Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (C) arrives to testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this past week at the…
Hegseth’s defense secretary nomination heads for Senate confirmation vote
1 of 2 | Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (C) arrives to testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this past week at the…
Democrats assail OMB director nominee Russell Vought over political, cultural issues
1 of 4 | Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies at a Senate Budget committee…
‘The country grieves’ the loss of President Jimmy Carter
Former President Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains,…
Congress approves changes to Social Security that expand benefits for some public sector workers
The U.S. Senate early Saturday legislation that will expand Social Security for millions of public workers. Image courtesy Social Security Administration Dec. 21 (UPI) --…
Lawmakers work past midnight toward approving stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown
1 of 7 | Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a press conference in which he answered questions about the spending bill, which was…
GOP aborts temporary gov’t funding measure at Trump’s urging
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance jointly opposed a proposed stopgap funding measure announced Tuesday that would have prevented a pending federal government…