Senate DOGE leader Joni Ernst of Iowa will demand federal agency heads halt negotiations on telework and taxpayer-funded union time during the lame-duck Biden administration.
A bill to avert a partial government shutdown that was backed by President-elect Trump failed to pass the House of Representatives on Thursday night, pushing Congress closer to a government shutdown.
Roger Carstens, the Biden administration’s top official for freeing Americans held overseas, on Friday arrived in Damascus, Syria, for a high-risk mission: making the first known face-to-face contact with the caretaker government and asking for help finding missing American journalist Austin Tice. Tice was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago during the civil war and
The man, and a local city council member, were part of a ‘basic team’ dedicated to promote Beijing’s interests in the U.S., a Chinese agent allegedly said. The FBI on Dec. 19 arrested a close associate of a local California politician, accusing him of scheming together with a recently sentenced Chinese spy to amplify China’s
Trump-backed government spending deal fails in House vote – CBS News Watch CBS News A new government funding bill proposed by Republican lawmakers and supported by President-elect Donald Trump failed Thursday in a House vote after a previous bipartisan agreement was scuttled Wednesday amid opposition from Trump. A Friday midnight deadline is looming to pass
ICE’s annual report released Dec. 19 showed more than 271,000 deportations in fiscal year 2024. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported more illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2024 than it has in almost a decade. ICE’s annual report released on Dec. 19 showed the agency removed 271,484 immigrants to 192 countries from Oct.
House Republicans failed to secure the votes needed Thursday on a spending bill amid a looming government shutdown, handing a loss to President-elect Trump.