Battle over transgender bathrooms reaches US Congress
The most radical wing of the Republican Party wants to ban Sarah McBride, the first transgender legislator, from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol
The most radical wing of the Republican Party wants to ban Sarah McBride, the first transgender legislator, from using women’s bathrooms in the Capitol
Republicans have again rejected a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate to continue using the issue as an electoral gambit
Congress approves funding for government on a dramatic day marked by rebellion in the hard-line wing of the Republican Party
Republicans and Israeli officials accused the Democratic leader of breaking the unwritten rule against interfering in a close ally’s electoral politics
‘He made a good speech,’ the president said in the Oval Office during a meeting with Ireland’s prime minister. ‘I think he expressed serious concerns shared not only by him but by many Americans’
Under the new plan, Congress would temporarily fund one set of federal agencies through March 8 and another set through March 22
The US president is also attempting to unblock aid to Ukraine and Israel approved by the Senate
Senators approved advancing to a vote, a day after rejecting a bill combining the foreign aid with immigration reform
The presidential candidate’s growing influence among Republican lawmakers is causing cracks in the party, leading to a day with several lost votes
President Joe Biden blames Donald Trump for the lawmakers’ resistance and calls on Congress to pass the legislation as soon as possible
Butler is a longtime fundraiser and strategist in the state’s Democratic circles and was the head of Emily’s List, a national organization that raises money for women candidates who support abortion rights
The former president posted a photo of Judge Arthur Engoron’s principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., posing for a picture at a public event. He wrote that it was ‘disgraceful’ that Greenfield was working with the judge in the courtroom
The closed-door forum on Capitol Hill will include almost two dozen tech leaders and advocates, and some of the industry’s biggest names
Time is running short for Congress to act on the budget: the House is scheduled to meet for just 11 days before the government’s fiscal year ends September 30
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival, did not defend Trump, but he said that he would “end weaponization of government” if elected president
Senate passage, 86-11, sets up a clash with the House, which passed its own version of the annual defense bill along party lines earlier this month
President Biden is expected to sign it into law on Friday, just three days before the government runs out of money
“That’s no way to govern,” the Republican leader has said. The White House “does not have a plan B,” he added
Biden’s ability to avert a contagion among financial institutions will test his contention that his administration represents competence and stability
Handed some 41,000 hours of January 6 security footage, the conservative commentator is working to bend perceptions of the violent, grueling siege into a narrative favorable to Donald Trump
Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announced the withdrawal of the law, which would have overhauled how the nation’s capital prosecutes and punishes crime
The US President says he will sign a GOP-backed measure to overturn changes to the criminal code in the District of Columbia
McCarthy vowed Tuesday to eventually make roughly 42,000 hours of sensitive Capitol Police security videos available to the broader public “as soon as possible”
The senator, who turns 90 in June, is the oldest member of Congress and has faced questions in recent years about her cognitive health and memory
The US president says he intends to stand for re-election, but is ‘not ready’ to make the decision yet
Biden has resisted direct negotiations over raising the nation’s legal debt ceiling, warning against potentially throwing the economy into chaos
The years-long modernization of the project started in 2013 but stalled as Trump battled with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over funding