Washington — The House on Tuesday rejected a standalone bill to send billions of dollars in aid to Israel, with Republicans joining Democrats to defeat the effort to separate the assistance from a broader national security package that appears to be stalled in the Senate. By a vote of 250 to 180, the House voted
Washington — The House is debating articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ahead of a vote on Tuesday, with Republicans and Democrats clashing over whether his handling of the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border rose to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. If the vote succeeds, Mayorkas would be just the second Cabinet
The IRS said it is poised to reap hundreds of billions of dollars of additional tax revenue by going after overdue and unpaid taxes, far beyond what was previously anticipated, thanks to funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The new analysis, released Tuesday by the Treasury Department and the IRS, estimates that tax revenues
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson confirmed Tuesday that he will be interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin. He will be the first Western journalist to do so since the start of Moscow’s invasion into Ukraine nearly three years ago. In a statement posted to social media, Carlson said he will interview Putin “because it’s our
The judge in former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial indicated Tuesday he’s weighing how a potential perjury charge against Alan Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, might factor into his final ruling. Judge Arthur Engoron wrote to lawyers for Trump and the New York Attorney General’s Office asking
Washington — The prospects of approving a long-awaited border security deal negotiated in the Senate quickly diminished on Tuesday as more Republicans said they would vote against moving forward on the legislation. “It looks to me and to most of our members as if we have no real chance here to make a law,” Senate Minority
Washington — President Biden urged Congress Tuesday to pass a national security supplemental bill that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and border security, hoping to bolster support as the deal appears to be falling apart on Capitol Hill. The president’s plea came as more House and Senate Republicans have said they oppose the Senate-negotiated