Five months before Congress faced a near-catastrophic standoff over the debt ceiling, with Republicans demanding restrictions to food and Medicaid programs to rein in spending, a bill that raised the cost of private retirement savings accounts to $282 billion per year was quietly signed into law. In this era of deeply divided politics, the 2022
President Biden's White House is digging in its heels and pushing controversial judicial nominee Adeel Mangi despite waning Democratic support.
Conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz is stepping up his campaign and fundraising game as he faces a bruising race for a third six-year term representing Texas in the Senate.
Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. Bob Casey says he does not support defunding the police, but he has attracted endorsements from left-wing pro-defund groups.
Critics are slamming a New York ballot initiative with broad language they say would ban parents from approving their child to undergo transgender surgeries.
Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature
Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump's motion for a delay as his defense submitted a pre-trial letter challenging the jury selection just days before the trial begins in New York City.