UPDATE: Rush Limbaugh responds to President Obama HERE: In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Friday, President Barack Obama said that the upcoming fight over the continuation of a resolution which will fund the government does not have to ...

CNN's Harry Enten points out that the 119th Congress has been historically unproductive, signing fewer bills into law than any modern Congress. On the other hand, President Trump has signed more executive orders at this point in his presidency than any ...

Democratic Rep. Adam Smith urges the release of video footage showing the follow-up strike on an alleged drug vessel Scrutiny over 'double-tap' strike on alleged drug boat. Trump awarded FIFA peace prize. Here's the week at the White House ‘We killed ...

(CNN) — Members of Congress wrote to NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Friday, asking him to provide a briefing by October 31 relating to the gambling scandal that engulfed the league earlier this week. Sent by a bipartisan group of six representatives on ...

(CNN) — Congress is veering even closer to a government shutdown at midnight after a deadlocked Senate failed to pass a pair of dueling funding plans, fueling anxiety in Washington about how long a stalemate could last. In a sign of the deepening ...

Congress is bracing for a politically bruising fall as lawmakers return to Washington on Tuesday, with massive fights upcoming on government funding, the Jeffrey Epstein files and President Donald Trump’s policing push. After a summer of simmering ...

(CNN) — With Congress now tied for its longest-ever shutdown, a small group of fed-up lawmakers in Washington are furiously trying to end the standoff as soon as this week. Those members insist there’s real momentum this time. Yet it’s not yet clear ...

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