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With just days remaining to avert a government shutdown, congressional leaders on Tuesday revealed a 1,500-page stopgap measure to keep the government funded through March 14. The new continuing resolution (CR) includes key provisions such as a one-year extension of the farm bill, $100 billion in disaster relief, and $10 …

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is racing to finalize a bipartisan short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, with the clock ticking down to Friday’s midnight deadline. Despite earlier plans to release the bill’s text over the weekend, Johnson now expects the document to be unveiled on Tuesday, leaving …

President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register,and its parent company, Gannett, accusing them of consumer fraud and “brazen election interference.” The lawsuit, filed Monday night in Polk County, Iowa, focuses on a November 2 poll that showed Vice President …

TikTok on Monday petitioned the Supreme Court to block a law that could ban the popular video-sharing app unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to a U.S.-based entity. The law, called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, is set to take effect on January 19, …

In his first press conference since winning re-election, President-elect Donald Trump spoke Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club, addressing a wide range of topics, from the southern border wall and vaccines to the legal troubles of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Trump also weighed in on mysterious drone sightings over …

The New York judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case has denied his request to vacate a guilty verdict, ruling that presidential immunity does not apply to the charges against him. Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial earlier this year, wrote in his ruling, “Defendant’s motion to …

Five people are dead and another five are in the hospital after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Madison’s east side Monday morning, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said at a news conference. The shooter, who was a student at the school, is among the dead, according to …

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent Republican lawyer and GOP national committeewoman from California, to lead the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Dhillon, known for her strong conservative advocacy, would make history as the first Republican woman and the second Indian-American to head the division if …

For the 119th Congress, House Republicans have named their committee chairs, and for the first time since 2005, no women or people of color are among them. This marks a significant shift from recent years when women, including prominent figures like Texas Rep. Kay Granger and Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris …

ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library as part of a settlement in a defamation lawsuit stemming from inaccurate statements by anchor George Stephanopoulos. The settlement also includes a $1 million payment for legal fees to Trump’s attorney, Alejandro Brito. The controversy began after …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other. New York has …

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 84, is recovering after undergoing a successful hip replacement surgery in Germany following an injury sustained during a congressional trip to Luxembourg. Pelosi’s spokesperson, Ian Krager, announced Saturday that the surgery was performed at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center with follow-up care at Hospital Kirchberg. “Speaker …

Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was injured while on an official trip to Luxembourg to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge and admitted to a hospital, her office said Friday. “Speaker Emerita Pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals,” spokesperson Ian …

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would create 66 new federal judgeships to address court backlogs, despite a veto threat from President Joe Biden. The legislation, which had already passed the Senate with unanimous support in August, now heads to the president’s desk amid partisan …

U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified Wednesday that more than 700 threats against members of Congress were made during the last month alone, with at least 50 cases of people making false 911 calls in an attempt to get police teams to respond to lawmakers’ homes, often called “swatting.” …