U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) speaks with reporters after a vote in the U.S. Capitol June 3, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., on Tuesday slammed Democrats for conditioning Homeland Security Department funding on a requirement that federal immigration agents must obtain judicial warrants to carry out key enforcement activities. Johnson, in…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after the weekly Senate Republican caucus policy luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 13, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The rapper Nicki Minaj supports it. Elon Musk says it’s critical to sustain American democracy. The SAVE America Act voter identification bill emerged this week…
Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson is running into problems with his own caucus as he tries to advance a Senate-approved measure to…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a Senate deal to fund the vast majority of the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year. Trump’s endorsement is likely to…
Senators are working toward an offramp to fund most of the government through the remainder of the fiscal year as a shutdown looms less than two days away. The Senate earlier Thursday failed to clear a key procedural hurdle on a crucial six-bill government funding package. The procedural vote on the package was widely expected…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats’ news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the deadline for the release of the Epstein files on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The U.S. government is nearing the brink of a partial shutdown by the end…
As news spread Saturday of President Donald Trump‘s removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a split screen emerged in Congress: Republicans largely celebrated the military operation, while Democrats condemned the president’s actions and questioned their legality. After months of pressure on Maduro, Trump announced on Truth Social that the U.S. had assisted in a “large…
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on a new “Democratic initiative to lower costs,” in the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 17, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday that he will force the Senate to vote on suing the Department…
New York is 3,000 miles away from the tech hub of Silicon Valley, but in recent weeks, the state has inserted itself into the center of a fierce debate around artificial intelligence regulation. A bipartisan super PAC called “Leading the Future” announced last week that it will target Alex Bores, a Democratic congressional candidate who…
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks with reporters outside his office on day 41 of the federal government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday night said he signed a bill ordering the Department…
