
Democrats Ramp Up Threats as GOP Blocks New Member’s Swearing-In
Democrats are preparing for a legal fight as Speaker Mike Johnson continues to punt the swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva until after the government shutdown.
An existing court restraining order preventing the Trump administration from engaging in mass layoffs during the shutdown was expanded by a California judge to include members from three additional federal worker unions.
An existing court restraining order preventing the Trump administration from engaging in mass layoffs during the shutdown was expanded by a California judge to include members from three additional federal worker unions.
Democrats are preparing for a legal fight as Speaker Mike Johnson continues to punt the swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva until after the government shutdown.
Service users face likely disruption after the Trump administration on Wednesday announced it would continue to temporarily hold payments for telehealth claims made on or after Oct. 1, as the shutdown drags into a third week.
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A trio of Republican senators from Arkansas and Texas are urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to back and finance domestic suppliers of lithium, drawing attention to sites in their home states.
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Top Democrats pushed back Saturday on the Coast Guard’s $200 million aircraft purchase during the shutdown, saying it’s the latest instance of Homeland Security Secretary
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An existing court restraining order preventing the Trump administration from engaging in mass layoffs during the shutdown was expanded by a California judge to include members from three additional federal worker unions.
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White House officials spoke Friday with the leaders of several colleges about the Trump administration’s
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem authorized the Coast Guard to spend $200 million as soon as Friday on luxury jets as the government shutdown edges into its fourth week.
The departments of Treasury and Health and Human Services asserted their terminations of thousands of employees last week during the ongoing government shutdown aren’t barred by a federal judge’s restraining order.
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President Donald Trump’s solution to pay US troops by tapping the Pentagon’s research and development account won’t be an option to cover Oct. 30 paychecks, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee warned Friday.
President Donald Trump’s attacks on renewable energy projects remain one of the biggest obstacles to a bipartisan permitting overhaul getting through Congress, Rep. Seth Magaziner said Wednesday.
President Donald Trump’s attacks on renewable energy projects remain one of the biggest obstacles to a bipartisan permitting overhaul getting through Congress, Rep. Seth Magaziner said Wednesday.
The civilian agency supplier base continued to shrink in fiscal 2025 as counts of small and other-than-small businesses hit their lowest levels since at least fiscal 2010.
Legislation to address expired and new farm bill priorities might not come until 2026.
Key lawmakers have started introducing legislation to set federal policies for artificial intelligence, taking the first steps toward filling a vacuum in Washington that has allowed states to enact their own laws.
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Michigan is suing the Energy Department for extending the life of a coal plant in the state that was due for retirement.
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OREGON STATE SEN. JANEEN SOLLMAN (D) plans to propose a bill for next session that would create a new cap-and-invest program to curb greenhouse gas emissions—and replace the state’s current Climate Protection Program, which she says lacks stability.
The Army Corps of Engineers will be immediately pausing more than $11 billion in lower-priority projects, including in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Baltimore, White House Budget Director
New York City halted work on its plan to redesign 34th Street in Midtown to speed up bus service after the Trump administration ordered the city to pause it.