Politics Jan 29 WATCH: Senate Democrats strike deal with White House on government funding package Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security as they negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.
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 26 Funding deal begins to unravel as Senate Democrats vow to oppose DHS bill over Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota If senators fail to act by midnight Friday, funding for Homeland Security and the other agencies covered under the six bills will lapse.
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 05 'A difficult year.' How officers who defended the Capitol are grappling with efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence More than 140 police officers were injured during the fighting on Jan. 6, which turned increasingly brutal as the hours wore on.
Politics Dec 11 WATCH: Senate rejects both bills on ACA subsidies, all but ensuring premium hike in 2026 Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from…
Politics Dec 10 WATCH: Senate meets ahead of dueling health care proposal votes, each likely to fail Both the Republican plan, which would replace the subsidies with new savings accounts, and a Democratic bill to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years lack the bipartisan support needed for passage.
Politics Nov 26 Health care proposal floated by White House runs into familiar GOP divisions It's a familiar struggle for Republicans, who have been trying to scrap or overhaul the federal health care law for the past 15 years.
Politics Nov 20 House votes to repeal new law that allows senators to sue government over phone record seizures The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.
Politics Nov 13 Democrats are wary of GOP promise to negotiate health care after end of shutdown The shutdown ended this week after a small group of Democrats made a deal with Republicans senators who promised a vote by mid-December on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. But there is no guaranteed outcome, and many Republicans have made clear they…