Read full transcript of Slotkin Democratic response to Trump speech to Congress

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin in her brief Democratic response to President Trump’s joint address to Congress warned that Mr. Trump, in the his first few weeks of his second presidential term, has taken “reckless” approaches to managing the U.S. economy and foreign affairs. Here’s the full text of her remarks, which ran just 10 minutes,

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to keep $2 billion in foreign aid frozen

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt a lower court order that required the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign-aid funding, clearing the way for the money to flow to groups that have done work for the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development overseas. The decision from

House GOP pursues stopgap measure to avoid government shutdown

Washington — House Republicans are pursuing a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, looking to shore up support for the continuing resolution with less than 10 days to prevent a government shutdown.  Speaker Mike Johnson has outlined plans for the measure, which is expected to extend funding at current levels through the