• GOP scrambles for more support on its health bill as the window for action closes

    GOP scrambles for more support on its health bill as the window for action closes

    May 03, 2017 08:04 PM EDT

    ... I am a no and give me some fake reason to make it look like the bill is better.'" The latest iteration of the GOP bill would let states escape a requirement under Obama's law that insurers charge healthy and seriously ill customers the same rates. Overall, the legislation ...

  • House approves bill that allows veterans facing medical delays to seek outside care

    House approves bill that allows veterans facing medical delays to seek outside care

    Jun 10, 2014 08:54 PM EDT

    ... Nev., said his chamber would consider "as soon as it is ready." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the chamber should debate the bill immediately, instead of first considering a Democratic measure letting borrowers refinance student loans at lower rates. "Veterans have been made to wait long enough ...

  • Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

    Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

    Jun 22, 2026 01:37 PM EDT

    A strong faith in self-regulating markets is challenged All along, Greenspan held fast to the belief that financial markets could largely regulate themselves. With officials from President Bill Clinton’s White House, he helped block efforts by Brooksley Born, the nation’s top commodities regulator, to bring federal oversight ...

  • The Clintons agreed to testify in House Oversight's Epstein investigation, but may still face contempt charges

    The Clintons agreed to testify in House Oversight's Epstein investigation, but may still face contempt charges

    Feb 03, 2026 03:31 PM EDT

    ... depositions, the House Rules Committee postponed advancing the contempt of Congress resolutions. Comer earlier Monday rejected an offer from attorneys for the Clintons to have Bill Clinton conduct a transcribed interview and Hillary Clinton submit a sworn declaration. He insisted that both Clintons sit for sworn depositions before the committee ...

  • Trump's tariff blitz produces few trade deals but lots of uncertainty

    Trump's tariff blitz produces few trade deals but lots of uncertainty

    Jul 09, 2025 06:09 PM EDT

    Negotiating simultaneously with every country on earth was always an impossible task, as Trump himself belatedly admitted last month in an interview with the Fox News Channel. (“There’s 200 countries,’’ the president said. “You can’t talk to all of them.’’) And many trading partners — such as Japan and ...

  • News Wrap: NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

    News Wrap: NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

    Mar 18, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... aside, saying he remains the -- quote -- "best leader for the Senate." He's faced a wave of backlash from Democrats for supporting the Republican spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. A number of House Democrats and activists called for a more public confrontation with the Republican majority. Today, in ...

  • House will go to court for Biden audio after DOJ's refusal to prosecute, says Speaker Johnson

    House will go to court for Biden audio after DOJ's refusal to prosecute, says Speaker Johnson

    Jun 15, 2024 03:45 PM EDT

    ... for Jordan criticized the Justice Department's move Friday, saying, “The rule of law for thee, but not for me.”A transcript of the Hur interview showed Biden struggling to recall some dates and occasionally confusing some details — something longtime aides say he’s done for years in both public ...

  • Senators release $118 billion package pairing border policy with aid for Ukraine and Israel

    Senators release $118 billion package pairing border policy with aid for Ukraine and Israel

    Feb 05, 2024 12:11 AM EDT

    ... up in conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, were still being negotiated by Senate appropriators. However, Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, suggested during an interview on “Fox News Sunday" that GOP senators would push to slow the Senate from advancing the bill quickly. “We’re not going to deal ...

  • States and Congress scramble to secure water systems against cyberattacks

    States and Congress scramble to secure water systems against cyberattacks

    Jan 02, 2024 04:04 PM EDT

    ... a GOP-penned bill for lacking funding. “People are drinking water that is below standards, but selling out to corporations who are going to raise rates on families across our state who cannot afford it is not a solution,” Muth told colleagues during floor debate on a 2022 bill. Pennsylvania ...

  • Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs gun safety measures

    Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs gun safety measures

    May 19, 2023 10:58 PM EDT

    ... Opponents say the measures infringe on the Second Amendment right to bear arms, and that the policies will be ineffective at lowering crime or suicide rates. Rob Doar, a lobbyist with the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, said in an interview that the policies are more likely to criminalize “common conduct ...