President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning made a formal request to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption and fraud charges. Trump asked Herzog to consider…
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House GOP leaders are looking to kick off next week in high gear to make up for the six weeks they spent out of session during the government shutdown. With the end of Congress’ 42-day…
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The House will vote on reopening the federal government Wednesday after lawmakers’ funding bill survived a key hurdle earlier in the morning. The bipartisan deal to end the 42-day government shutdown advanced through the House…
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Reagan-appointed judge resigns in protest of Trump, warns of president’s ‘assault on the rule of law’
A senior federal judge in Massachusetts who was appointed by former President Reagan announced he has resigned in protest against President Donald Trump, who he says has been ‘using the law for partisan purposes.’ U.S.…
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Republican erupts at Democrat during shutdown hearing: ‘My people aren’t getting paid thanks to you’
Tensions flared at a House hearing to advance legislation aimed at ending the government shutdown on Tuesday night, with two senior lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle trading barbs over the fallout. House Appropriations…
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Senators believe that after reaching a deal to end the longest shutdown on record, they won’t be in the same position early next year. The bipartisan package that advanced from the Senate late Monday night…
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Frustration is boiling over among Democratic ranks against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after walking away from the longest government shutdown on record largely empty-handed. Some argue that Schumer squandered key leverage and failed…
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Likely end of government shutdown in sight as House lawmakers poised to clear final hurdles
The House of Representatives appears to be on a glide path to ending the longest government shutdown in history, with lawmakers racing back to Capitol Hill after six weeks out of session. The House Rules…
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House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, will not seek re-election in 2026. The senior Republican lawmaker will have finished serving a decade in Congress when he leaves at the end of next year. ‘I…
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Trump’s America First strategy builds deterrence through strong US-Israel alliance, experts say
Critics once called it isolationist. But national security experts now say Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ strategy is proving to be something else entirely — a hard-nosed policy of deterrence built on strong alliances, especially with…