Senate parliamentarian OKs ban on Planned Parenthood federal funding in Trump megabill
Senate parliamentarian OKs provision blocking Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers for one year in GOP budget bill.
Senate Leader Says GOP Has Deal to Pass Megabill After All-Night Session
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 29, 2025. Senate Republicans worked overnight and read a new version of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” as they approach U.S. President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced on July 1 that a deal has been reached
Senate Marathon Vote on Megabill Stretches Into 2nd Day
The U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 29, 2025. Senate Republicans worked overnight and read a new version of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” as they approach U.S. President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Senate vote-a-rama on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act continued into a second day, having
Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani under fire for plan to tax ‘richer and whiter neighborhoods’
Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is facing criticism over a campaign policy document that explicitly calls for shifting the city’s tax burden onto “richer and whiter neighborhoods."
AOC’s childhood nickname revealed amid ‘Bronx girl’ claims
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s tough Bronx persona is under fresh scrutiny with a resurfaced childhood nickname from her suburban upstate New York upbringing casting doubt on that publicly portrayed image.
James Walkinshaw Wins Democratic Contest to Likely Replace US Rep. Connolly in Northern Virginia
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) listens at an event in Fairfax, Va., on Oct. 22, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo FAIRFAX, Va.—Democrats and Republicans chose candidates in northern Virginia on Saturday who will vie to replace the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat who served the congressional district in the Washington suburbs for 16 years. Democrats
Trump Blames AT&T After Conference Call With Faith Leaders Disrupted
The AT&T logo on a building in Los Angeles on Aug. 10, 2017. Mike Blake/Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday criticized telecommunications giant AT&T after his conference call with faith leaders from across the country was disrupted. “I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith Leaders from all over the Country, and AT&T is totally