At an NAACP forum last year, Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg told the audience that as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he strived to appoint aides who reflected the city’s diversity, and as president he would…
Rep. Duncan Hunter will resign from Congress, effective…
WASHINGTON – Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., submitted his letter of resignation from Congress on Tuesday after pleading guilty last month to a campaign finance charge. The letter of resignation addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and also sent to…
Trump defends Soleimani killing in formal notice to…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Saturday gave Congress a defense of his decision to kill an Iranian general, even as he warned Iran the U.S. would strike them again if they retaliate for the drone attack…
Republicans, Democrats in Congress remain at impasse on…
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will continue its day-to-day work until the House sends the chamber the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The Senate awaits the articles of impeachment…
Congress sends spending deal to Trump, ending shutdown…
Although congressional leaders are months late in completing the fiscal 2020 bills, the deal came together with stunning speed in recent days. Top appropriators had only agreed in late November on how to divvy the…
In hard-line Congress, moderates boosted with Trump impeachment…
WASHINGTON – In a Congress driven by hard-liners, moderates prevailed Tuesday. They helped narrow the scope of impeachment against President Donald Trump by limiting the articles, or charges, of alleged misconduct only to the president's alleged pressure campaign on Ukraine. And…
Trumps Strongest Allies In Congress Dont Care How…
WASHINGTON ― With President Donald Trump headed for a partisan impeachment in the House and a largely automatic acquittal in the Senate, liberals like to console themselves that history will be unkind to Trump’s staunchest…
Congress reaches tentative agreement giving federal workers paid…
WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress have come to a tentative bipartisan agreement that would give federal employees 12 weeks of paid family leave and establish the "Space Force" as a new addition to the…
Bumbling Congress gives Trump the budget freeze he…
It’s an outcome that would not only highlight congressional dysfunction but also deny the Pentagon and domestic programs potentially critical funding boosts. Congress passed a massive budget deal earlier this year, but lawmakers still need…