Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a formal letter Monday to Education Secretary Linda McMahon calling for an investigation into Harvard University's financial ties to China, citing newly published data showing the Ivy League school has taken in more foreign money than any other college in the country.
President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday restoring full funding to the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 75-day funding lapse that set a record as the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. History.
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.
Planned Parenthood performed more abortions last year than at any point in its history, according to its latest annual report, even as Republicans in Congress push to strip the organization of hundreds of millions in federal funding.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday told congressional Republicans to use the budget reconciliation process to restore funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, a move that would let the GOP bypass Senate Democrats entirely.
The Senate voted early Friday morning to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, partially resolving a budget impasse that has stretched since February.
Planned Parenthoods near Sacramento are now offering beauty services in an effort to revive its sites after the Trump administration pulled millions of dollars in federal funding.
