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Senate advances government funding stopgap in early effort to head off shutdown
The Senate on Monday advanced a stopgap government funding bill, an early start to a bipartisan effort to avoid a shutdown this fall ahead of the midterm election.
Senate to vote on stopgap bill to keep government open through Dec. 11
The Senate is set to take a test vote Monday on a stopgap appropriations bill that will keep the government open through Dec. 11. The measure, released Sunday evening, has bipartisan support and is expected to earn more than the 60 votes needed to overcome any filibuster.
Trump appeals court ruling blocking IRS settlement
President Trump and his sons said Friday they are appealing a court decision that blocked the deal he reached with his own administration settling his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.
Tax returns show California’s Newsom earning between $1.7 million and $2 million annually
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife made between $1.7 million and $2 million annually from 2022 through 2024, and they paid about half a million a year in federal and state taxes, according to tax returns released by his office.
Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund has become a roadblock for his attorney general nominee
President Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund has become the chief stumbling block to Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general, with key Republicans saying they cannot let him be approved until the $1.776 billion idea is fully eradicated.
Senate seeks return to bipartisanship with government funding stopgap, sanctions bill
The Senate is aiming to spend its final two weeks before a monthlong summer recess showing bipartisanship still exists.
Trump slaps new tariffs on 60 trading partners, backfilling blanket tariffs Congress let expire
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will impose tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries that failed to enforce bans on goods produced with forced labor.
Dozens of states face loss of food-stamp funding due to overpayments
The majority of states are mistakenly too generous in handing out federally funded food stamps, and are now at risk of having to pay for the benefits themselves.
Cato Institute flags risks as wealth-tax proposals gain steam in U.S., abroad
A libertarian think tank is raising fresh concerns about the renewed push for wealth taxes on the ultra-rich, arguing that countries that tried them mostly backed away -- and for reasons policymakers should remember.
House Oversight moves bill to veto D.C. tax raises in response to prospective socialist mayor
The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would give Congress veto power over the District's attempts to raise taxes and fees, in what the bill's top sponsor framed as a bulwark against a likely socialist mayor.
Trump trade rep says more tariffs are coming as blanket levies expire, Democrats raise cost worries
President Trump will keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite legal headwinds and Democratic complaints that levies fuel higher prices, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Congress on Wednesday.
House passes stopgap bill to fund government as Senate eyes alternative
The House passed a bill Tuesday evening that would keep the government funded through Dec. 4, but the Senate is preparing an alternative stopgap measure.
Trump slaps 50% tariffs on new list of Canadian goods in response to boycotts of U.S. alcohol, dairy
President Trump plans to impose 50% tariffs on a variety of Canadian goods, such as hockey sticks and cement, in retaliation for Canada's treatment of American exports of alcohol, dairy and motor vehicles.
Socialists’ agenda takes hold in America’s cities and towns, while their foothold grows in Congress
America's new class of socialist leaders is imposing their agendas on some of the nation's cities, scaring businesses and the wealthy with tax increases while expanding services for the poor and working class, whom they say have long been ignored.
House GOP’s ‘reconciliation 3.0’ runs into Senate roadblocks
House Republicans say they limited their ambitions for a third party-line spending package to make it easier to get through the Senate, but the ploy does not appear to be working.
Trump administration sues to stop Maryland from giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants
The Department of Justice has sued to end Maryland's law that allows illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition rates.
New DHS rule will penalize immigrants who use welfare
The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it has made it easier for officers to block green-card applications from immigrants who claimed welfare, revoking a Biden-era rule that officials said was too lenient and had "straitjacketed" the department.
Retail sales up a modest 0.2% in June amid economic uncertainty and fading benefits from tax refunds
Shoppers slowed their spending in June from May amid continuing economic uncertainty and fading benefits from generous government tax refunds.
Republicans release budget instructions for filibuster-proof defense, SAVE America Act package
House Republicans on Wednesday announced their blueprint for a filibuster-proof budget bill that will spend up to $95 billion on defense, restocking weapons used in the Iran war, aid to farmers and implementation of voter ID requirements.
U.S. attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East, threatening a return to all-out war
The U.S. launched strikes on Iran early Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate an American blockade of Iranian ports and charge ships for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded with attacks on Middle East allies of the U.S.