LIVE NOW: Senate Judiciary Committee to Consider Todd Blanche for Attorney General
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a business meeting at 9:00 a.m. ET on Aug. 4 to consider the nomination of Todd...
Michigan, Virginia, 3 Other States Hold Key Primaries: What to Watch
Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington state are holding primaries on Aug. 4 in contentious races that could determine the balance of power in...
Trump Reiterates Reflecting Pool Damage Caused by Vandals as Charges Dropped
President Donald Trump and a Cabinet official said Aug. 3 that vandals caused damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, several days after federal...
Trump Says Chevron, Exxon Make ‘Too Much Money’ From High Oil Prices, Urges Cuts to Gas Prices
President Donald Trump said on Aug. 3 that oil giants Chevron and ExxonMobil were making “too much money” from high oil prices and urged...
House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure of NC Republican Over Conduct With 2 Female Aides
The House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that the full House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.), after finding he engaged in routine unprofessional and inappropriate...
Senate Advances Funding Bill to Avoid Shutdown
The U.S. Senate voted on Aug. 3 to advance a stopgap funding bill that would keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11. The...
States Sue Over Federal Policy Allowing Benefits Program to Share Data
A coalition of Democratic-led states and advocacy groups filed separate but similar lawsuits on Monday against the Trump administration’s new policy allowing a federal...
Maryland Democrats Move to Change How Congressional Maps Are Drawn
Maryland lawmakers opened a special session on Aug. 3 to begin changing the state constitution so it no longer sets rules for how the...
25 States Sue Trump Over Tariffs Imposed Against Forced Labor
A group of 25 states filed a lawsuit on Aug. 3 against President Donald Trump’s newest tariffs imposed on Europe and other countries, claiming...