Politics Dec 21 Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many retired public service workers The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year.
Politics Dec 18 Senate passes defense bill raising troop pay, stripping trans medical coverage for children of service members The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorize significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion.
Politics Nov 21 WATCH: Senators react to Matt Gaetz withdrawing from attorney general nomination While few Republican senators have publicly criticized any of Donald Trump's nominees, it became clear after Gaetz's withdrawal that many had been harboring private concerns about him.
Politics Nov 20 Gaetz meets privately with senators as House GOP reject release of ethics report Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on the panel's long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said.
Politics Nov 13 Senate Republicans elect John Thune of South Dakota as next majority leader, beating candidate backed by Trump allies Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a secret ballot vote.
Politics Nov 12 WATCH: House Republicans ‘ready to deliver,’ Johnson says as GOP readies for new Trump era Standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with the House GOP leadership team, the Republican speaker said there would be no time wasted on Trump's "America First" agenda of securing the southern border and other priorities.
Politics Oct 13 Trump suggests he’ll use the military on ‘the enemy from within’ the U.S. if he’s reelected During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the…
Politics Sep 10 WATCH: Troops killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing receive Congressional Gold Medal The top Republican and Democratic leaders for both the House and Senate spoke at a somber ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, hailing the lives and sacrifices of the service members.
Politics Aug 01 Trump ramps up defense of VP choice Vance after rocky rollout Trump said Wednesday running mate JD Vance is "strongly family-oriented" when asked repeatedly to explain Vance's history of criticizing childless Americans.
Politics Jul 23 Despite steady calls on Biden to drop out, he refused to leave the race until the wheels fell off Publicly, Biden never wavered from his vow to continue his candidacy — up until the day he ended it.