Sunday shows preview: House advances Ukraine, Israel aid; Jury selected in...
The House’s passing of important foreign aid bills for Ukraine and Israel will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. On Saturday, the House passed new aid bills for Ukraine and Israel...
View ArticleBlumenthal on House foreign aid bill: 'America is back on offense'
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday applauded the House's bipartisan approval of foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, arguing the vote "sends a message" to the world. "So, we're building...
View ArticleBipartisan senators unveil bill limiting kids’ social media use
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) are leading a group of bipartisan senators reintroducing a bill that would limit kids’ social media use by setting a minimum age for users and...
View ArticleFAA bill overcomes first Senate hurdle ahead of May 10 deadline
The Senate on Wednesday took the first step toward passing a five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the final must-pass piece of legislation until the fall. Senators...
View ArticleSenators try to add kids online safety bills to FAA act
Senators are trying to add bills that are aimed at boosting kids online safety into a must-pass Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization act. Two bills aimed at increasing safety of...
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Kids safety push takes flight
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View ArticleLawmakers press nursing home chains on corporate spending amid staffing rule...
Congressional Democrats demanded information about the corporate spending by the operators of three of the country's largest public, for-profit nursing homes, after the companies said they can’t...
View ArticleDemocrats cry foul over Judge Cannon's handling of Trump documents case
Senate Democrats are venting their fury over Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to cancel the start date of former President Trump’s federal trial in Florida for mishandling classified documents, accusing...
View ArticleRaskin targets Trump foreign payments with emoluments legislation
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) introduced legislation Tuesday to strengthen enforcement of the constitutional limitations on federal officials accepting payments from foreign governments, zeroing in on an...
View ArticleDemocrats urge Biden administration to investigate data practices of tax prep...
Several Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to investigate the data practices of major tax preparation companies after a recent report found that TurboTax repeatedly pressed...
View ArticleSenate Democrat urges Roberts to pressure Alito, Thomas on recusals
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in a letter Thursday to exert his powers to pressure Justices Samuel Alito...
View ArticleDo Democrats want Trump in jail? Most won't say
Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill may want to see former President Trump go to jail, but they don’t want to say so publicly. Though polls show an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters want...
View ArticleCoast Guard Academy official resigns, claims she was directed to lie about abuse
A U.S. Coast Guard Academy official says she is planning to resign after claiming she was directed to lie to victims of sexual assault and harassment at the military school, which has come under...
View ArticleDemocrats see Supreme Court leverage in spending bills
Senior Senate Democrats see the annual funding bill for the Supreme Court as a way to force Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to adopt ethics reforms in the wake of controversies surrounding...
View ArticleSenators grill Coast Guard commandant over sexual assault probe
Senators on Tuesday grilled Adm. Linda Fagan, the first female head of the Coast Guard, on an alleged “culture of cover-ups” amid a congressional investigation into the branch’s response to sexual...
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Coast Guard Academy draws scrutiny
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View ArticleJewish senators alarmed by Alito’s pro-Christian agenda
Jewish Democratic senators are alarmed by conservative Justice Samuel Alito's sympathy for basing government on Christian principles — something he expressed at a Supreme Court gala when he endorsed...
View ArticleDemocrats take aim at bump stocks as GOP pans 'political exercise'
Senate Democrats are making a push this week to ban bump stocks after the Supreme Court overturned a Trump-era federal rule that banned the device, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire off...
View ArticleNew Boeing whistleblower comes forward hours before CEO’s Senate testimony
Another Boeing whistleblower has stepped forward, a Senate office announced hours before the company’s CEO is set to testify Tuesday in Washington for the first time since the door plug of a 737 Max 9...
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12:30 Report — Biden protects half a million immigrants
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