Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance
President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.
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Democratic Alarm Over an Unbound Trump Fuels Shutdown Standoff
The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.
Senate Republicans Want to Trim Some of Trump’s Tax Cuts in Domestic Policy Bill
G.O.P. senators are considering whether to further curb the president’s favorite tax cuts as they rewrite key portions of the sprawling domestic agenda bill passed by the House.
Democrats Grill N.I.H. Leader on Cuts: Who Is Calling the Shots?
Senators criticized the head of the National Institutes of Health for not taking responsibility for Trump administration cuts to research funding.
Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator, Dies at 86
A Republican known as Kit, he was the state’s youngest governor. When he retired from Congress after four terms, he said he didn’t want to be the state’s oldest senator.
Hawley Urges Republicans Not to Cut Medicaid as House Debates Reductions
The Republican senator from Missouri called potentially deep cuts in the program “morally wrong” and “politically suicidal” for his party as it courts working-class voters.
F.B.I. Director Walks Back Concerns About Trump Budget Cuts
After telling House lawmakers that the F.B.I. needed more resources, Kash Patel told senators that he agreed with a proposal to slash more than $500 million from the agency.
Crypto Bill Stalls in the Senate as Democrats Balk
Democratic supporters of the measure to regulate parts of the industry refused to allow it to move forward amid concerns in their party that President Trump and his family are profiting from cryptocurrency.
Bipartisan House and Senate Leaders Urge White House to Restore Spending Website
In the latest chapter in a battle over spending powers, lawmakers charged that the administration removed crucial information in violation of the law. The White House argues the data shouldn’t be public.
Republican Senator Says He’ll Vote Against Pick for U.S. Attorney
The nomination of the prosecutor, Ed Martin, has been teetering amid revelations that he once compared former President Biden to Adolf Hitler.