House aims to vote on final funding measures ahead of shutdown deadline

Washington — The House is aiming to vote Thursday on the remaining bills to fund the government as the deadline to avoid another shutdown nears.  After weeks of working through funding measures following the longest shutdown in history last year, House and Senate appropriators released the text of the final four bills earlier this week.

What’s in Trump’s “ultimate long-term deal” on Greenland?

President Trump stepped back on Wednesday from his insistence that the United States needs to “own” Greenland to ensure U.S. national security.  After talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, he dropped his threat to impose tariffs against eight of America’s closest allies and then

House Votes to Overturn Minnesota Mining Ban, Sending Bill to Senate

Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) speaks as President Donald Trump and others listen, during an event in Duluth, Minn., on June 20, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images The House of Representatives on Jan. 21 approved overturning a 20-year ban on mining in a national forest in Minnesota that was implemented under former President Joe Biden. The Senate