Congress clears December spending patch, avoiding preelection shutdown
In Congress’ last action before Election Day, the Senate cleared a stopgap funding bill Wednesday night that heads off a government shutdown next week, bucking the demands of former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden is expected to quickly sign
GOP lawmaker deletes racist social media post after swift backlash
Rep. Clay Higgins deleted a social media post Wednesday with racist tropes about Haitians after swift backlash from his congressional colleagues, including a call to censure him on the House floor. Higgins (R-La.) wrote a post on the platform X —
Watch: House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown
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House clears bipartisan spending patch, punting fights into December
The House approved a bill Wednesday night to prevent a government shutdown, punting a slew of tough spending fights to the end of the year. Speaker Mike Johnson once again relied heavily on Democrats to pass the measure, which would
Johnson calls for Zelenskyy to fire ambassador over Pennsylvania factory visit
Speaker Mike Johnson is demanding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “immediately” fire the country's ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, over what he called a “shortsighted and intentionally political” visit to a Pennsylvania weapons factory that only included Democrats. “Support for