After resisting calls for public hearings for weeks, House Republicans have called the secretary of defense to testify at a budget hearing in late April for the first time since the attacks on Iran began.
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.
Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis in early January. Using the complex budget process known as reconciliation to fund the entire Homeland Security Department, as Republicans are suggesting, would be a significant departure from traditional congressional practice.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is attracting criticism for social media posts taunting his opponents by suggesting they are gay.
The vice president’s book, to be released in June, will detail his return to Christianity after leaving the loosely evangelical practice of his childhood.
The former South Carolina governor and congressman filed papers to run for his old seat, six years after running for president and nearly two decades after a high-profile affair.
With Congress in recess, much of the Homeland Security Department remains without money because of the impasse on Capitol Hill, even as airport security workers are to begin getting paid.
Gov. Janet Mills argues that her rival for Senate, Graham Platner, could be doomed by his history of offensive online remarks. But at a time of anti-establishment anger, Mr. Platner says he is the safer choice.
The Democratic primary race for Senate in Maine between Graham Platner and Gov. Janet Mills has quickly become one of the most contentious Democratic primaries of the midterm season.
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has been gradually waning in energy for years, but empty convention halls and an anemic speakers list gave many young people in attendance a doomed feeling.
The war in Iran was a galvanizing force, but plenty of protesters focused on President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Senate candidates in several key races joined the crowds.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a candidate for U.S. senate, met with supporters during the Conservative Political Action Conference(CPAC) in Grapevine, Tx. on Friday.
The urgent instructions at the Trump administration’s behest to gather and relay the files on Representative Eric Swalwell have alarmed some career law enforcement officials.
Reaction to President Trump’s signature on the dollar. Also: Innocent lives lost in Iran; Democrats’ brand; young job seekers; subway announcements; calling all teenagers.
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