Reporter’s Notebook: Power player on Capitol Hill
While Trump and GOP leaders push their economic agenda, one unelected Senate referee could quietly decide what stays and what gets tossed.
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JD Vance honors his mother at White House for reaching 10 years sobriety
Vice President JD Vance honored his mother, Beverly Aikins, at the White House Monday to commemorate her reaching 10 years of sobriety.
Maryland lawmakers closer to passing roadblock to ICE deportation effort
Maryland's House of Delegates passed a new bill that would ban agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from entering sensitive places.
N.C. Supreme Court Halts Voter Eligibility Review in Contested Judicial Race
A razor-close race for a seat on the court is the last 2024 statewide election in the nation to remain uncertified.
Harris team crafted federal judge ‘death-pool roster’ to swear her in should Biden die as president, book says
A new book claims that Harris’ White House communications director Jamal Simmons crafted an entire communications strategy to employ in the event of Biden’s death.
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a watered-down solution for a narrow set of new mothers.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump tax cuts ‘top priority’ for Congress, says top House GOP leader
Following President Trump’s tariff announcements, a top House GOP leader is pushing for Congress to extend the president’s 2017 tax cuts, which he says is the next “top priority" for Republicans.
When It Comes to D.E.I. and ICE, Trump Is Using Federal Grants as Leverage
The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing billions of dollars in grants to make sure cities and states are complying with President Trump’s priorities on immigration and diversity.
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
Campus activists push for anti-Trump ‘mutual defense compact’ of major universities
Big Ten universities, led by Rutgers, could form a "Mutual Defense Compact' to oppose President Donald Trump's executive order, if campus activists have their way.