Trump-pushed rail safety bill added to transportation package, splitting GOP

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday added a Trump-pushed rail safety bill to a major transportation package, in a move that divided Republicans and inflamed ideological tensions on the right. The Railway Safety Act amendment, brought by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), was approved in a 54-11 vote, with 10 Republicans and one independent…

7th and 8th judges rebuff Justice Dept.’s attempts to get voter rolls from states

Washington — The Justice Department on Thursday suffered its seventh and eighth losses in its efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from more than two dozen states, with federal judges dismissing its lawsuits seeking access to Maine’s and Wisconsin’s voter rolls. In the Maine case, Chief U.S. District Judge Lance Walker granted requests to toss

Congress delays reconciliation votes amid GOP opposition to new DOJ fund

Washington — The House and Senate will both leave Washington for their Memorial Day recess without voting on a reconciliation package to fund federal immigration agencies, after the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund earned strong pushback from Republican members. The Senate had been prepared to take up a revised version of the $72 billion reconciliation