Congress

Pelosi shivs Schumer: ‘Don't give away anything for nothing’

The former House speaker offered a sharp critique of the Senate minority leader over his decision to allow a vote on Republicans' government funding bill.

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Walz knocks Schumer over government funding blowup

Walz piled on the Senate minority leader during Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most recent podcast episode.

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Trump calls for impeachment of judge who tried to halt deportations

It represents a significant escalation of the president’s attempts to push the boundaries of the separation of powers with the courts.

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How Matt Gaetz poisoned the House Ethics Committee

The panel is still reeling from accusations of leaks and breaches of confidentiality in the previous Congress.

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‘Full of despair’: Senate Dems look to regroup after losing shutdown fight

Democrats are openly questioning whether they lost their last point of leverage by ceding to Republicans in the latest skirmish over funding the government.

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Senate passes DC budget fix after House GOP omission

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Senate Democratic leadership split on funding bill

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Mark Kelly ditches his Tesla

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Trump lauds Schumer's 'guts' in backing bill to avoid shutdown

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House Democrats stew over Schumer's capitulation on GOP funding bill

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Trump backs key Senate tax plan strategy in struggle with House

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Democrats should back away from shutdown, Schumer says

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Senate confirms Pulte as top housing regulator, with market's future at stake

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Sarah McBride says she lives ‘rent-free’ in Republicans’ heads

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House Oversight launches probe into deadly plane crash

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Johnson taps Boeing exec Curtis Beaulieu as top tax adviser

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Capitol agenda: Senate Dems’ last-minute shutdown gambit

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The Congress Issue

Senate Majority Leader John Thune arrived at the apex of power just as President Donald Trump is exerting his own executive authority. Will Thune draw a line?

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‘Terrible for Their Relationship’: The Schumer-Jeffries Split Explodes in Public

“To beat Trump, we need clarity of purpose, discipline and coordination," one top Democratic strategist said. "It’s clear none of that exists right now.”

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‘Time is running out’: Lawmakers scramble for a deal to stop a shutdown

Short of a major breakthrough in the coming days, Congress is staring down the barrel of yet another crisis over government funding.

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Molly Jong-Fast is thinking about challenging Jerry Nadler

The journalist wants somebody to take on the 77-year-old New Yorker.

Feb. 21 - Politics

Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of abuse in floor speech

The legal action seeks to carve out an exception from the speech or debate clause of the Constitution.

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How 7 states could thwart GOP plans to overhaul Medicaid

Republicans have a bigger tent than they did in 2017. So does the health care program.

Feb. 27 - Politics

Senate Democrats' impending choice: Shutdown or surrender

House Democrats say they won't vote for the House GOP's spending plan. Democrats across the Capitol aren't so sure.

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DOGE is now dramatically raising the potential for a government shutdown

Adding Musk's cuts to spending talks could help satisfy hard-liners but alienate Democrats whose votes will be needed to fund the government.

Feb. 27 - Politics

Senate adopts fallback budget in case Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ falters

Now the onus is on House Republicans to build enough support to advance their own party-line plan, or face pressure to back the Senate’s slimmer vision.

Feb. 20 - Politics

Veterans cuts spark GOP backlash on Capitol Hill

"We don't need to be reading memos in the paper about 20 percent cut at the VA," Sen. Lindsey Graham said.

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Dems ask Trump admin to explain Khalil’s arrest, calling it ‘playbook of authoritarians’

More than 100 House Democrats sent the letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Chuck Schumer is drowning in Dem criticism. Hakeem Jeffries refused to throw him a rope.

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Democrats slam GOP campaign committee labeling New York lawmaker an ‘illegal immigrant’

Rep. Adriano Espaillat touts himself as a “former undocumented immigrant turned progressive Congressman.”

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Pelosi slams 'false choice' on shutdown, indirectly criticizing Schumer

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Schumer’s shutdown 'surrender' sends the left into a rage

The Senate minority leader's decision to forego a government shutdown rekindled his old critics.

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Senate Dems brace to vote for a bill they hate — to block Elon Musk

Democrats appear on the cusp of voting to avoid a shutdown because they fear the consequences of standing up to the Trump administration could be worse.

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