LEESBURG, Va. – House Democrats gathered Wednesday roughly an hour outside of Washington for a three-day policy conference as they plot out their next two years in the minority.

The retreat here at the Lansdowne Resort comes a day after House Democrats were nearly unanimous in their opposition to Republicans’ stopgap spending bill, which ...Read more

WASHINGTON — ​Senate Democrats are digging in for a fight on a House-passed stopgap funding measure that is needed by Friday night to avoid a partial government shutdown.

After a closed-door caucus lunch, Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., announced that Democrats would fight for a one-month continuing resolution that would allow ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho lawmakers proposed Wednesday a new bill that could narrow down the number of lawsuits against doctors under Idaho’s abortion laws.

The proposal follows reports in the past few years that the state’s law criminalizing the procedure for medical providers has prompted doctors to flee the state and exacerbated a physician...Read more

A Nevada man who supports President Donald Trump was accused of trying to assassinate Trump after deputies arrested him near a rally in October, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the man.

As a “deeply involved” Trump supporter since 2016, Vem Miller got tickets to attend a rally for the then-presidential candidate in the Coachella ...Read more

The bipartisan NATO Edge Act, which would reaffirm the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to NATO and prevent any administration “from unilaterally withdrawing from the alliance,” has been authored and introduced by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif.

The United States has long stood for freedom, democracy and the defense of our allies ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are digging in for a fight on a House-passed stopgap funding measure that is needed by Friday night to avoid a partial government shutdown.

After a closed-door caucus lunch, Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., announced that Democrats would fight for a one-month funding extension that would allow time for...Read more

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the bridge in a ...Read more

After winning the 2024 election, President Donald Trump said on Nov. 30 that his new FBI director would be Kash Patel, a controversial lawyer and former Trump aide known for backing right-wing conspiracies.

Patel officially replaced FBI Director Christopher Wray, a 2017 Trump appointee, on Feb. 20, 2025.

By law, FBI directors ...Read more

When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The country’s two political parties – the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans – were increasingly hostile to one another, and the young nation was sinking deeper into a ...Read more

Brinkmanship, a political scramble to keep the lights on in Washington and finger-pointing over who is to the blame – we’ve been here before, right?

The threat of government shutdowns seems to be a regular feature of modern American politics.

And while this is not good for the nerves – or sleep patterns – of ...Read more

The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the agency entirely. The move leaves the department with 2,183 employees, down from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the year.

The cuts also follow recent leaks that...Read more

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Rosie O’Donnell announced she has moved to Ireland.

The comedian, who shared the news in a TikTok video Tuesday, said she pulled up stakes and jumped the pond Jan. 15 with the youngest of her five kids. O’Donnell said she’s “in the process” of getting Irish citizenship as she has Irish ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The heat is on for Senate Democrats this week as they weigh whether to support a GOP-led government spending bill that they oppose or risk being blamed for shutting down the federal government.

And front and center is Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, who has vowed to support the bill to avoid a shutdown, in a moment reflective ...Read more

WASHINGTON — California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff will vote “no” on the House-passed plan to keep the government running through Sept. 30.

The Senate is now considering the budget, and if it doesn’t pass by Friday night much of the federal government will shut down. The House narrowly passed the budget Wednesday, with all 43 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has said he does not need Congress to create so-called gold cards to offer foreign nationals a path to citizenship at the price of $5 million, but immigration policy experts and some Republican lawmakers cast doubt that a president could implement such a plan alone.

As nebulous as Trump’s proposal stands ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The continuing resolution the House passed Tuesday would add more than $1.5 billion to start building a warship that the Navy did not request and that experts suggest the shipbuilder may have trouble constructing on time and on budget.

The fiscal 2025 stopgap measure, which the Senate must clear by March 14 to avoid a government ...Read more

In the lead-up to the 2024 election, the economy was one of then-candidate Donald Trump’s strongest issues. Many polls showed voters trusted him more than than-Vice President Kamala Harris to steer the country toward financial success.

But now — 50 days into Trump’s second term — the tide has turned, and the economy has become his ...Read more

ATLANTA — Late at night in the Georgia House last week, representatives pushed through a hastily rewritten elections bill with little notice, less debate and no hint of its significance.

This short bill is called a “vehicle” — a piece of legislation that can be amended to include very different election proposals, some of which never ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two members of the advisory body for the federal judiciary warned Tuesday about Congress turning to impeachment of judges if lawmakers are unhappy with decisions.

Four impeachment resolutions have been filed against three judges this year, after rulings that temporarily paused or slowed President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...Read more