President Biden was blasted for "quiet quitting" and failing to lead his fellow Democrats amid the fiscal battle in Congress that could lead to a government shutdown just days before Christmas.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a New York-based abortionist for violating Texas law by shipping abortion drugs into the state.
With a federal spending bill now scrapped, the U.S. faces a possible government shutdown that could begin at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, when current funding is set to lapse. That raises questions about what types of services and payments could be impacted just days before the holidays. A looming shutdown stems from controversy over
Current and former members of President Biden's White House told the Wall Street Journal that they saw evidence of Biden's waning energy even in 2021.
Some House Republicans are privately fuming at the 11th-hour involvement of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in government funding talks.
President-elect Donald Trump delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats after billionaire ally Elon Musk whipped up outrage toward the bill and cheered on Republican lawmakers who announced their opposition. Trump’s joint statement Wednesday with Vice President-elect JD Vance stopped the bill in
On Wednesday congressional leadership unveiled legislation to punt the government funding deadline down the road, but that bill was pronounced dead only hours after it was revealed.