House Republicans passed a budget blueprint Wednesday to begin unlocking federal funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on day 74 of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, before leaving Washington for a two-week recess.
The Trump White House fired back at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday after she moved to claim credit for a $43.4 million steel manufacturing expansion in her state, a deal the administration says was made possible by President Trump's tariff agenda.
Seventeen current and former New York state lawmakers filed a court brief this month admitting they knew the state's sweeping green energy mandates would raise energy costs when they voted for the law seven years ago -- and they're asking a judge to enforce it anyway.
The House voted Wednesday to extend the federal government's warrantless surveillance program through the rest of President Donald Trump's term, passing the measure 235-191 and leaving the Senate a narrow window to act before a Friday midnight deadline.
A House Republican introduced legislation Wednesday that would permanently codify President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda, ending the diversity visa lottery, overhauling the employment-based green card system, and replacing both with a strict merit-based points framework.
The widow of slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk, has issued her first statement since the shooting incident during the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Congress is showing little urgency to open a formal investigation into the third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, even as some Republicans push for hearings and questions mount about how a gunman breached security at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last Saturday.
