Senate leaders see two-year budget deal within their grasp Top Senate leaders were working Tuesday to finalize a sweeping long-term budget deal that would include a defense spending boost President Trump has long demanded alongside an increase in domestic programs championed by Democrats. As negotiations for the long-term deal continued, […]
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House passes bill to address sexual harassment in Congress The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that would reform the way lawmakers’ offices handle cases sexual harassment. But their bill would weaken the authority of the independent entity currently probing lawmakers’ behavior, according to outside ethics watchdogs. The bill, […]
Supreme Court refuses to block Pa. ruling invalidating congressional map The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to delay redrawing congressional lines, meaning the 2018 elections in the state will most likely be held in districts far more favorable to Democrats. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last […]
1 deputy killed after responding to motor vehicle theft in Colorado Police in Colorado Springs, Colorado, said they responded to a motor vehicle theft that resulted in one deputy being killed in the line of duty and others injured. Authorities responded to the scene in the area of N. Murray […]
New bipartisan immigration plan introduced in Senate by McCain and Coons Two senators eager to see Congress start crossing items off its long to-do list introduced a bipartisan plan Monday designed to settle two of the more pressing parts of the immigration debate and let lawmakers move on to other […]
Cynthia Nixon, potential Cuomo challenger, calls for ‘better Democrats’ to run in 2018 Actor and activist Cynthia Nixon urged Democrats on Saturday to carve out an identity apart from just opposition to the president and run “bluer Democrats” in 2018, as she herself mulls a primary challenge to Gov. Andrew […]
White House withdraws controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality The White House has withdrawn its controversial nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, whose selection failed to gather momentum with some Senate Republicans raising questions about her expertise. The administration released a statement Sunday […]
Maldives delay in freeing opposition leaders fuels domestic, international concern As domestic and international pressure mounts, the Maldives has delayed complying with a Supreme Court order for the immediate release and new trials of nine opposition leaders, freeing them to contest presidential elections this year. The Indian Ocean nation has […]
Behind Pence’s plan to rescue the Republican majority in 2018 WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Vice President Mike Pence is launching one of the most aggressive campaign strategies in recent White House history: He will hopscotch the country over the next three months, making nearly three dozen stops that could […]
House Intel Committee votes to release Nunes memo on FBI The House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines Monday to publicly release a classified memo written by Republicans alleging FBI abuses in the agency’s surveillance, an aggressive move that could feed a GOP push to undercut special counsel Robert Mueller’s […]
