Congress
Bipartisan congressional delegation saves US-Mexico joint military exercise
Bipartisan congressional pressure helped push Mexico’s legislature to approve a joint military exercise between the U.S. and…
Capitol agenda: Senate heads into doomed DHS votes
A DHS shutdown is coming Friday night, and there’s no telling how long it could last. The White House on Wednesday night…
Billy Long calls Iceland ‘52nd state’ joke ‘totally inappropriate’
Former Rep. Billy Long apologized to lawmakers for a private joke he made to former House colleagues saying Iceland would be…
Trump State Department nominee says he won’t stop posting on social media
President Donald Trump’s nominee for a high-ranking State Department post told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on…
DHS shutdown all but certain after failed Senate vote
Lawmakers are heading for the exits following a failed Senate vote Thursday, all but guaranteeing the Department of Homeland…
Mike Johnson chides DOJ for tracking lawmakers’ perusal of unredacted Epstein files
Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he disapproves of the Justice Department surveilling lawmakers who come to agency…
House member trips to Munich, elsewhere at risk due to likely DHS shutdown
Two dozen House members could miss a major national security gathering in Munich this weekend, thanks to the Senate’s…
Minnesota AG: Feds still not cooperating on Pretti and Good investigations
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told senators Thursday that federal law enforcement agencies are still blocking…
Justice Democrats endorse Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois primary
Justice Democrats and the Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC, or PAL PAC, have jointly endorsed progressive…
Senate Democrat aims to put members on record opposing Maxwell pardon
Sen. Jacky Rosen will introduce a resolution Thursday designed to put the Senate on record opposing the prospect of…