Washington — Republican leaders in Congress and President Trump unveiled a plan Wednesday to end the partial government shutdown and fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, mirroring a ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is running into early resistance to passing elements of the SAVE America Act through reconciliation, a party-line budget process that will require ...

Americans have been clear. They want secure elections, consistent standards, and confidence that only citizens are voting in federal elections. That mandate was not subtle in 2024. It was decisive.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., in his patented off-the-cuff, southern style, urged the "smart lawyers" in Congress and beyond to rework the SAVE America Act to pass Senate parliamentarian "muster," so it ...

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A top GOP senator Sunday urged Republican leaders to get the party’s “free-range chickens” to push through a proof-of-citizenship voting bill — which President Trump vowed to thwart because it is too ...

At noon on Jan. 20, 2029, President Trump’s second term will end. And when that final curtain call comes, Americans should reflect. In his book, “History Matters,” David McCullough wrote: “History ...

As some defense hawks eye a massive influx of defense dollars in a possible forthcoming reconciliation measure, initial reactions from defense appropriators and authorizers have been mixed, ...

Congress’s largest conservative caucus, the Republican Study Committee (RSC), unveiled the framework for what its leaders hope will be the starting point for the second reconciliation bill to pass the ...

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