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CBO: Republican megabill to cost $4.1T, due to higher borrowing costs
Interest rates will be higher over the next decade because of the GOP’s megabill and drive up borrowing costs even for the…
Congress is on summer break. Funding 'chaos' awaits.
When the House and Senate return from their month-long August recess, lawmakers will have just four weeks to avert a…
Musk-linked PAC spends big to promote newly enacted megabill
Building America’s Future, a PAC that has been supported by Elon Musk, is shelling out more than a million dollars to…
How the Kavanaugh confirmation saga still haunts the Senate
As the Senate prepared to vote last week to confirm Emil Bove to a lifetime seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, one…
On the Senate’s ‘Kumbaya’ committee, John Kennedy is suddenly singing off-key
As chair of the Senate appropriations subcommittee overseeing energy and water programs, Sen. John Kennedy is among the…
Senate passes first funding package ahead of shutdown cliff
The Senate passed its first three spending bills Friday, taking swift action after leaders struck a bipartisan agreement to…
Senate unlocks ‘minibus’ deal, prepares to advance three spending bills
The Senate has finalized an agreement to take action on three fiscal 2026 spending bills, breaking a multi-day impasse that…
Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony
The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, a co-conspirator of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is…
Nominations talks heat up as Senate hopes to advance spending bills
The Senate will try to break an impasse Friday to advance three spending bills in hopes of showing progress after days of…
GOP's summer town hall push gets heated
House Republicans are beginning to face rowdy town halls as they try to sell President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and…