After a year of Trump-inspired inaction, some Republicans in Congress are growing restless

A year after President Donald Trump’s election and with next year’s midterms looming, congressional deference to the White ...

House advances annual defense policy bill, upping pressure on boat strike video release

The House on Wednesday advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for the next fiscal year, sending the massive defense ...

Congress flails on health care as Obamacare deadline looms

Congress is almost out of time to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies that would avert skyrocketing health care premiums for ...

A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums

Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans ...

December 11, 2025 - Trump administration updates

The Senate is expected to vote on dueling partisan health care proposals as an Obamacare subsidy is set to expire on 31. Meanwhile, a coalition of European leaders are expected to meet to discuss ...

Congress will vote on limiting Hegseth’s travel budget unless he releases unedited video of boat strikes

Tucked into Congress’ massive defense policy bill is a provision that would limit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget unless he provides the House and Senate Armed Services committees with ...

Lawmakers in Congress question legality of second strike on alleged drug boat

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle voiced serious concerns over the weekend over reports on a follow-up strike that ...

Lawmakers demand audio and video of boat attack as follow-up strike raises concern on Capitol Hill

The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday said Secretary Pete Hegseth had confirmed to him ...
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Congress passes Paris Hilton-backed bill aimed at protecting institutionalized youth

Paris Hilton is celebrating a big win on Capitol Hill after the US House and Senate both voted to pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, a bill for which Hilton has been a vocal supporter that ...
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Republican’s effort to block first transgender House member from using women’s bathrooms brings campaign issue to the Capitol

On one side of the Capitol, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace vowed to “stand in the way” of Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out transgender woman elected to Congress, using women’s bathrooms ...
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Biden stays out of public spotlight as shutdown negotiations spiral and deadline looms

President Joe Biden is choosing to stay out of the public spotlight in what could emerge one of the final domestic crises of his presidency, as the White House and Democrats in Washington are ...
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How bipartisan lawmakers are pushing Congress to update its voting rules for new parents

When the House of Representatives was sworn in on January 3, Brittany Pettersen was pushing her luck in being there. The Colorado Democrat was just three weeks away from giving birth to her son, Sam, ...