
Thune Style Put to Test as Trump, GOP Fuel Congressional Fires
With a cautious approach and careful public statements, Senate Majority Leader John Thune tries to insulate his majority from President Donald Trump’s incendiary style.

With a cautious approach and careful public statements, Senate Majority Leader John Thune tries to insulate his majority from President Donald Trump’s incendiary style.

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A lawyer is leading the FDA for the first time, after President
This video explains the Major Questions Doctrine and how the Supreme Court has used it to curb major agency actions by requiring clear approval from Congress for policies with significant economic or political impact.
The US House of Representatives passed legislation to allow year-round, nationwide sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline, handing a long-sought win to farm groups eager to boost demand for swelling corn supplies.
The respiratory virus behind a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship is showing no sign of mutating to become more contagious, European health officials said, as a US patient initially treated as a potential hantavirus case has been cleared of infection.
House Republicans Wednesday advanced a $77.3 billion package to fund the Departments of Commerce and Justice, as well as science-related agencies, for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.
The Justice Department is trying to fend off local disciplinary proceedings in Washington against a key ally of President Donald Trump during his challenge of the 2020 election results.
Senators beat back a legislative bid from Democrats to restore Consumer Financial Protection Bureau restrictions on medical debt collections, overdraft programs, and predatory lending against military personnel and their families.
A lawyer is leading the FDA for the first time, after President
A top Air Force official affirmed that an aircraft Qatar gave to the US as an interim presidential jet will cost about $400 million to retrofit.
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday by voice vote that would reduce animal testing studies for drugs, and ensure that other methods are developed.
House lawmakers advanced a handful of bipartisan measures that aim to crack down on financial fraud largely driven by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain.
A wide swath of Trump administration actions to withdraw Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules would be overturned using the Congressional Review Act under a series of Democratic-led resolutions.
Lawmakers are preparing to vote on expanding the use of corn-based ethanol fuel, marking the potential culmination of a years-long debate as policymakers look for ways to bring gas prices down.
Of the 25 companies included in Bloomberg Government’s interactive AI Influence Map, 21 collectively sold $19.6 billion to the federal government in fiscal 2025.
Texas’ state-level immigration arrest and deportation law is likely to be blocked again by a federal judge, who said at a Wednesday hearing that he still believes the law encroaches on the federal government’s sole authority to regulate the border.
The Trump administration is threatening to withhold Medicaid funds from all fifty states if they fail to comply with federal anti-fraud statutes, marking the latest escalation in a battle over healthcare dollars.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is barred from requesting the National Collegiate Athletic Association perform mandatory sex-verification testing on all student athletes, a state court said, but his deceptive trade claims survived.
The US Supreme Court over the past two decades has said over and over that federal judges must generally avoid making decisions that alter election rules close to an election, out of fear of confusing voters.
Trade groups representing advertising and marketing giants urged California’s privacy agency not to pursue new auditing requirements for brokers using artificial intelligence.