Washington — Much of the federal government is on the verge of shutting down if Congress does not reach a deal to approve new funding by Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Republicans have proposed extending government funding at current levels until Nov. 21 to allow for members to continue working on …
Washington — Just over a year ago, federal judges, defenders and a group of lawyers who represent criminal indigent defendants gathered at the U.S. courthouse in Baltimore to hear federal Judge Myron Thompson give an address. Thompson, who sits on the district court in Alabama, and the others were there …
Washington — Senate Republicans released the latest version of President Trump’s massive spending and tax bill late Friday as the GOP eyes an ambitious July 4 deadline to approve the centerpiece legislation of the president’s second-term agenda. After the House narrowly approved the legislation that addresses the president’s tax, defense, border …
Washington — Lawmakers across the political aisle offered a mixed response Saturday following President Trump’s announcement that the United States launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities. Immediately following Mr. Trump’s announcement, Congressional Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Ted Cruz, backed Mr. Trump’s actions, while a number of leading Democrats condemned his …
Millions would lose Medicaid coverage. Millions would be left without health insurance. Signing up for health plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces would be harder and more expensive. President Trump’s domestic policy legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cleared the House in May and now moves to …
Washington — The 170 million TikTok users in the U.S. could be in for a rude awakening come Sunday if they suddenly find the enormously popular video-sharing app is inaccessible because of a law passed by a bipartisan majority in Congress last year. Lawmakers and U.S. officials have sounded the …
Washington — The 119th Congress begins Friday with Republicans in full control of the House and Senate for the first time since 2019. Still, there’s the potential for sparks to fly in the House if Republicans revolt against Speaker Mike Johnson during the leadership vote, which is expected to take …
Some of the town squares and tree-lined streets in south central Pennsylvania are political battleground areas, and they look the part. On Keller Street, near St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Mechanicsburg, one lawn is jammed with blue Democratic campaign signs, but down the road from the busy Sheetz gas station …
Washington — Weeks after the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against him, Attorney General Merrick Garland is appearing before the panel for an oversight hearing, where he is expected to push back against the move as unfounded and serving “no legitimate purpose.” House Republicans …
On the night before he was first elected to Congress in August 2022, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, flanked by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other campaign supporters, was delivering the final speech of his campaign. His address was very different than what he might have imagined it would …