Just three months after being expelled from Congress and after declaring he would not seek reelection, former Republican New York Rep. George Santos has decided that he will throw his hat back in the ring. On Thursday night, Santos shared a post on X, formerly Twitter, announcing his plans to challenge Rep. Nicholas J. LaLota … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The measure contains six annual … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama) called President Joe Biden president “diminished” and claimed that he is “not in command” of the country in the official rebuttal to his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The 42-year-old freshman Republican senator spoke live from her home kitchen in Alabama after Biden delivered his annual address … Read more
WASHINGTON – Instead of impeaching President Joe Biden, Republicans may settle for telling the Justice Department to prosecute his son. House oversight committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.), who has led Republicans’ investigation of Biden’s alleged involvement in his son Hunter’s foreign business deals, suggested Wednesday that the end result of the probe would be criminal … Read more
WASHINGTON — Oleksandr Batalov, a Ukrainian army veteran, had a simple answer when asked what happens when a unit runs out of artillery shells on the battlefield. “If we had proper artillery support in the battle where I was, I would still have my leg,” he said through an interpreter. “After the injury, I was … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) ― two of the most vocal defenders of the filibuster in the Senate ― won’t be around next year. Mitch McConnell, another staunch supporter of the filibuster, is leaving GOP leadership at the end of the year, and he may not be around the Capitol much … Read more
The House passed a bill Wednesday that would end the threat of a government shutdown for some of the smaller agencies, even as the deadline for funding the rest of the government nears. The bill now moves on to the Senate. Once passed there, as is expected, it’ll head to President Joe Biden’s desk, where … Read more
House Republicans are all talk and no action on protecting Americans’ access to in vitro fertilization, after the Alabama Supreme Court granted embryos the same legal status as children last month. Several House Republicans introduced two measures this week following the sweeping court ruling as a way to express strong support for IVF protections. Both … Read more
Have you recently noticed fewer potato chips in your bag, or a little less toilet paper on your roll? Democrats in Congress have noticed, too. A handful of senators introduced a new bill Wednesday meant to crack down on “shrinkflation.” That’s when companies reduce the amount of product in a package but keep the price … Read more
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