Tom Cole

A handful of congressional Republicans are signaling openness to higher taxes as part of a deal to shore up Social Security, breaking with decades of GOP orthodoxy as the retirement program approaches a funding crisis

By signing the “Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027” into law, Trump ensured federal agencies will be funded through November’s midterms into December

A continuing resolution (CR) authorizing government spending until 11 December passed the House by a 370-48 vote, with only 19 Republicans and 29 Democrats in opposition

A White House official declined to elaborate, directing Newsweek instead to Leavitt's briefing remarks and comments Trump made during a speech in Georgia on Wednesday criticizing the Senate's handling of the legislation

The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday night to punt the threat of another government shutdown until after the November midterm elections

The crisis is closer than anyone in the Clinton or Bush years ever imagined we might let it get

GOP-Led House Passes $70 Billion for Immigration Enforcement

He gave a final interview just weeks before his death

Capitol riot defendants and Trump allies seek compensation from new fund

Pentagon’s Iran war bill nears $30bn as Donald Trump renews threats

For his part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress nearly two weeks ago, notably avoiding the same pointed criticism of lawmakers in his opening remarks as he outlined the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up production of weapons and other military capabilities

Chief Justice John Roberts addressed public perception of the Supreme Court during a recent conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania

House Votes to End DHS Shutdown as Threats of Airport Chaos Loom

GOP leaders are struggling to fulfill the chamber’s most basic role on issues from government funding to authorizing critical spy powers that President Donald Trump himself has demanded, all just months before a critical midterm election

Several Republican lawmakers have publicly voiced concern this week over the abrupt ouster of Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, an unusual moment of GOP unease surrounding a major personnel decision by the Trump administration

Republicans need near unanimity for passage

US Homeland Security Department Shuts Down Amid ICE Raid Impasse

Noem's comments came as she joined U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks and Executive Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Diane Sabatino in Otay Mesa, California, to discuss ongoing drug seizure operations

Operation Metro Surge will ultimately send nearly 3,000 additional federal officers and agents to the Twin Cities

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a massive funding package, ending a partial government shutdown that began Saturday

But merely affixing his name to a seat that hasn’t seen Democratic representation in decades set off alarms throughout Texas and U.S. politics

Democratic Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania has issued a direct request to President Donald Trump to fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in the wake of fatal shooting of a second US citizen in Minneapolis by federal agents

The incidents include the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good earlier this month and Alex Jeffrey Pretti on Saturday, both occurring during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis

The House voted to pass bills to fund the State and Treasury Departments, as well as other foreign aid programs, providing money for agencies the president had proposed eliminating entirely

Dems push for ICE guardrails in funding fight

Hassett no sure bet to succeed Powell at Fed

The House of Representatives has passed a federal funding package totaling nearly $180 billion, putting Congress one modest step closer to averting a government shutdown at the end of this month