Congress passes short-term funding extension to avert government shutdown

Washington — The Senate followed the House in passing a temporary extension of government funding on Thursday, sending the measure to President Biden’s desk after a bipartisan vote that once again averts a government shutdown.  The Senate voted 77 to 13 to approve the short-term extension that funds some government agencies for another week, through

Biden, Trump make dueling visits to southern border

Biden, Trump make dueling visits to southern border – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden was in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday, where he asked former President Donald Trump to join him in pressing House Republicans to pass the Senate’s bipartisan border security bill. Trump, meanwhile, was in Eagle Pass, where took a much different

Jack Teixeira, alleged Pentagon leaker, to plead guilty

Jack Teixeira, the former member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard charged with leaking hundreds of highly classified military and intelligence documents, intends to plead guilty, according two sources familiar with the matter and court filings. Teixeira is scheduled to enter the plea during a court hearing in federal court in Boston on Monday. The

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt to deliver GOP response to State of the Union

Washington — Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, will deliver the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address next week, Republican Congressional leaders announced Thursday. Britt, 42, became the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate, and the first woman from Alabama, when she won her seat in 2022. In a

Alabama House approves bill to protect IVF providers

Washington — The Alabama House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would provide legal protections to healthcare entities that provide in vitro fertilization services, as lawmakers took swift action to mitigate the backlash against a State Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. The bill, introduced by