Politics Jan 27 WATCH: Senate convenes as Minnesota shootings, DHS funding upend spending deal In opening floor remarks as the Senate returned to Washington, Schumer said that Democrats will not vote for Homeland Security funding as part of a wide-ranging spending bill passed by the House last week. The government will partially shut down…
Politics Jan 22 Key moments from Jack Smith's House testimony Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his investigations of Donald Trump at a public congressional hearing in which he insisted that he had acted without regard to politics and had no second thoughts about the criminal…
Politics Jan 22 WATCH: House approves final spending bills for the year The four bills total about $1.2 trillion in spending and now move to the Senate, with final passage needed next week before a Jan. 30 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Nation Jan 20 Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it One budget expert says the GOP’s big bill is “supercharging ICE” in ways Americans may not fully realize. There are few restraints on the spending, which lasts through 2029, when Trump's term ends.
Politics Jan 10 Congress debates possible consequences for ICE and Noem after Renee Good's killing Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions, from a full investigation into Renee Good's shooting death and policy changes over law enforcement raids to the defunding of ICE operations and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in what is fast becoming an inflection…
Politics Jan 08 House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders The vote is a remarkable rebuke of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who tried to stop it.
Politics Jan 08 WATCH: Rep. Steny Hoyer announces retirement in emotional House floor speech The longest-serving Democrat in Congress and once a rival to become House speaker announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of his term.
Politics Jan 08 WATCH: House passes bill to extend ACA subsidies after GOP members help force vote In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act as renegade GOP lawmakers joined essentially all Democrats in voting…
Politics Jan 06 WATCH: House Democrats hold special Jan. 6th hearing on five-year anniversary The Democratic leadership is reconvening the now defunct Jan. 6 committee to hear from police, elected officials and regular Americans about what they experienced that day.
Politics Jan 05 A Jan. 6 plaque was made to honor law enforcement at the Capitol. Its whereabouts are unknown Some 100 members of Congress, mostly Democrats, have mounted poster board-style replicas of the Jan. 6 plaque outside their office doors.