Live Updates: Trump Order Seeks Power Over Agencies Congress Made Independent
The president has already challenged statutory protections against summarily firing officials overseeing such agencies ...
Congress closing in on shutdown deadline with no clear plan
Congress is struggling to strike a deal to keep the government funded as a looming deadline to prevent a shutdown next month ...
Congress needs to tell us how many people will die when it kills Medicaid | Opinion
If Congress cuts Medicaid, vulnerable patients will lose health care. Which means some will die. We need to know how many.
House GOP approves bill to expand Congress’s power to undo Biden-era rules
The House on Wednesday voted to dramatically expand Congress’s ability to roll back regulations passed by the prior ...
Rep. Eli Crane wants Congress to impeach this US judge after DOGE-Treasury standoff
Crane says U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer's order to limit DOGE access to the U.S. Treasury records was "judicial ...
Trump’s new order gives White House appointees greater control over Congress agencies
The directive is anticipated to impact various independent agencies, such as the Federal Election Commission, the Federal ...
Medicaid becomes flashpoint in House debate over Trump budget bill
Some House Republicans are nervous about their own conference's goal of cutting $2 trillion in government spending, warning ...
After ceding power of the purse, GOP lawmakers beg Trump team for funds
Republican senators find themselves in an unusual position these days: begging Trump officials to release funds they ...
El Salvador to house minors convicted of organized crime in adult jails
El Salvador's Congress voted on Wednesday to allow minors convicted of crimes linked to organized crime to be housed in the ...
Separation of powers is on trial in the US
Donald Trump has put the constitutional separation of powers in the United States on trial. Federal judges have for now ...
Mayor Johnson discusses mass exodus of senior staffers, upcoming testimony on sanctuary laws
In his first public comments since the announced departure of three city agency bosses, Johnson said, "there might be more ...
Tony Gonzales of Texas takes leadership of Hispanic Republican group in U.S. House
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, is the first Texan to chair the Congressional Hispanic Conference, a group of House Republicans that was founded in 2003. In an interview, Gonzales pointed to ...