Cuban-born Congressman Carlos Gimenez warns Venezuela must hold new elections within months, not years, after Maduro's capture and U.S. intervention.
Five years after the U.S. Capitol attack, some Senate Democrats are introducing new legislation to prevent taxpayer money from being awarded to convicted and now-pardoned rioters. One of the new Senate bills, reviewed Tuesday by CBS News, would outlaw the establishment of any compensation fund to award money to rioters. Another piece of legislation would
President Donald Trump is huddling with House Republicans at the Trump Kennedy Center on Tuesday as Congress kicks off its second half of the term.
Republican Jim Ellison launches his 2026 New Mexico governor campaign, warning electric rates could double under policies mirroring California's approach.
Washington — House Democrats plan to hold a hearing Tuesday marking five years since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers who were part of a since-disbanded special committee that investigated the riot and President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election will lead the hearing, which is set to begin at
Top Trump administration officials briefed leading members of Congress on the Venezuela operation on Monday, and lawmakers’ reactions fell along familiar partisan lines. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters the classified briefing, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, “posed far more questions than it ever answered.” “Their
A U.S. flag and a U.S. H-1B Visa application form, in this illustration taken Sept. 26, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters A federal appeals court on Jan. 5 agreed to expedite a business group’s appeal of a court ruling that upheld the Trump administration’s decision to increase the fee for H-1B visas for employees in specialty occupations