Capitol Police close out post-Jan. 6 recommendations, call for more manpower
Capitol Police have come a long way since Jan. 6, 2021, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said as she chaired her last Senate Rules ...
House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in ...
Advocacy groups push release of final review into Arizona executions
Gov. Katie Hobbs says the report is no longer necessary, but retired Judge David Duncan says he plans on submitting a final report anyway.
Trump's picks for key positions in his second administration
President-elect Donald Trump has filled the key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty after feeling ...
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U.S. House passes defense bill barring trans medical coverage for service members’ kids
The U.S. House handily approved the annual defense policy bill Wednesday, despite late opposition from Democrats over a provision that bans military health insurance coverage for service members’ ...
As committee chair, Virginia Foxx championed issues that became winners for the GOP
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx has reached her final hours as the House's education policy leader. The education committee votes on its next chairman on Thursday.
Blinken faces Republican critics of Afghanistan withdrawal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as an ending of the country's longest ...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Syria visit doesn’t faze GOP senators who also seem poised to confirm Ratcliffe as CIA director
President-elect Donald Trump’s top spy picks appear to be enjoying an increasingly receptive Senate GOP, as they make the rounds huddling with senators in a bid to shore up support for their ...
124 Dems oppose historically bipartisan defense bill over restrictions on transgender treatments for minors
The House voted Wednesday to pass its yearly defense bill that would give junior enlisted troops a significant pay bump and ...
Trump picks Don Jr. fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., has been named ambassador to Greece by President-elect Trump in the ...
I asked Republicans about Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on Syria. This is what they said
During her time in Congress, Gabbard also praised Vladimir Putin for bombing Isis in Syria, while the Obama administration ...
Trump's embattled Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth reverses position on women in combat
Trump's embattled pick for defense secretary once said women made 'fighting more complicated.' Now he's calling them 'some of our greatest warriors.' ...