On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance held a roundtable with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and airline industry leaders to discuss how the ongoing government shutdown Read More
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Senate talks show signs of progress as government shutdown grinds into 2nd month
Shades of optimism filled the Senate this past week as bipartisan talks on a way out of the government shutdown increased.
Johnson raises shutdown stakes on Schumer as food stamp deadline, Obamacare cliff loom
The House of Representatives is being shut for another week as Speaker Mike Johnson keeps pressure on Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown.
Shutdown seen from the pulpit: Inching along on a wing and a prayer
Senate Chaplain Barry Black delivered powerful prayers during the government shutdown, calling out lawmakers for political posturing as tensions rise in Congress.
Key Trump agency vows to claw back over $1B benefiting illegals in blue states: ‘Won’t tolerate it’
The Trump administration says Democrat-led states misused over $1 billion in federal Medicaid dollars on illegal immigrants, including convicted felons, and is vowing to claw it back.
Thune, GOP reject pushing ‘rifle-shot’ government funding bills during shutdown
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., argued that the best way to ensure Americans don’t go without food benefits and that federal workers are paid is to reopen the government.
Senate defies Trump on global tariffs as Republicans join Democrats in rare bipartisan vote
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and three other Republicans voted with Democrats to strike down President Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs on countries worldwide.
Trump’s shadow looms over Texas race as Hunt accuses Cornyn of betrayal
Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, exchanged blows as the primary race for the Senate seat in Texas heats up.
Virginia school district slapped with complaint alleging new claims in viral trans locker room fight
A Virginia school district is accused of hiding evidence and working with a political action committee to punish two boys who opposed a transgender student using their locker room.
Senate Republicans defect, reject Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods
The Senate again voted to end President Donald Trump’s emergency powers for Canadian tariffs, despite Vice President JD Vance warning Republicans against breaking with the White House.