Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday he plans to move ahead with a bill to impose sanctions on Russia that has overwhelming bipartisan support, saying the “time has come.” “I think we need to move,” the South Dakota Republican said at the Capitol, shortly after President Trump shared that he was on
President Trump is once again turning his attention to ending Russia’s war on Ukraine after brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Ahead of a key White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Mr. Trump said during an address to Israel’s legislature on Tuesday that ending the worst conflict in
Washington — The Senate is voting Thursday on advancing an individual year-long appropriations bill to fund the Pentagon as GOP leaders pursue an alternative approach to restart some funding as the government shutdown has stretched into a third week. But Democrats appear poised to block the measure. Senate Majority Leader John Thune teed up
Washington — The U.S. government is probing the social media of those applying for legal immigration benefits as part of a Trump administration push to root out “anti-American” activity and views that are “beyond the pale,” a top immigration official told CBS News. Joseph Edlow, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal
Washington — President Trump on Thursday showed off a model of what may be his next Washington, D.C., development project, an arch that resembles the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and is being referred to informally as the “Arc de Trump.” The president showed off a model of the arch at a White House dinner
At his daily press conference at the Capitol, Speaker Mike Johnson was noncommittal about the possibility of holding a House vote on extending health care tax credits, saying the issue would be part of the “deliberative process” among members. A reporter noted that Senate Majority Leader John Thune has offered Democrats a vote on extending
The Justice Department is expected to present a possible criminal case and seek a grand jury indictment against former national security adviser John Bolton as soon as Thursday afternoon at a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, according to two sources familiar with the matter. In August, the FBI searched Bolton’s home and office as part