Washington — The House is set to vote Thursday on bipartisan legislation to fund several federal agencies and programs as lawmakers work to avert the threat of another government shutdown later this month. The vote, set for Thursday afternoon, comes after House and Senate negotiators released the text of the three-bill package, known as a
Washington — House lawmakers will attempt to override a pair of President Trump’s vetoes on Thursday in what could be a rare rebuke of the Republican leader from members of his own party. Both pieces of legislation, which passed the House and Senate through voice votes, will need a two-thirds majority in both chambers to
U.S. forces on Wednesday seized two oil tankers, one in the North Atlantic and the other in the Caribbean, as part of the Trump administration’s blockade of Venezuela’s oil exports. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will take between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil and sell it in the marketplace.
Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s border czar, spoke to CBS News about the deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis. When asked if ICE uses excessive force, Homan said, “I haven’t seen one…ICE officer found guilty of anything inappropriate.” He added he’s not involved in every arrest, but trusts ICE and border control agents. Original CBS News
Washington — The House is on track Thursday to approve a three-year extension of health care tax credits that Congress let expire at the end of last year, with a growing number of Republicans poised to join Democrats to back the measure. GOP members who revolted against GOP leadership to join Democrats in forcing a
President Trump said on Truth Social Wednesday that Venezuela will use the money that it draws from a recent oil sale deal with the U.S. on “ONLY American Made Products.” Those purchases could include agricultural products, medicines, medical devices and equipment needed to fix the country’s beleaguered electrical grid, Mr. Trump wrote. “In other words,
Amid an indefinite wait for the full release of the case files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, some attention is shifting to a lesser-known — if not invisible — group of federal agents: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Inspector General. The Inspector General’s office serves as an internal watchdog for the