House GOP to move forward with budget plan as Senate pursues competing proposal

Washington — Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that House Republicans expect to move forward on a budget plan later this week that lays a foundation for approving President Trump’s agenda, though a budget resolution has yet to be released.   “We’ll be rolling out the details of that probably by tonight,” Johnson said at a

Vance warns EU against AI overregulation at summit in Paris

Paris, France — Vice President JD Vance, in his first international address, warned European Union countries against overregulation and said the Trump administration wants artificial intelligence to remain free from ideological bias.  “The Trump administration is troubled by reports that some foreign governments are considering tightening the screws on U.S. tech companies with international footprints,” Vance

FBI says it found 2,400 new records related to JFK assassination

MLK, JFK assassinations documents coming Trump executive order on Martin Luther King Jr., JFK and RFK assassinations 05:01 Washington — The FBI said Monday that it discovered roughly 2,400 records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy during a search stemming from President Trump’s executive action ordering files related to the 1963 killing

Court dismisses case against Trump’s co-defendants in documents probe

Prosecutors who worked on Trump probes fired Justice Department fires more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on investigations into Trump 03:19 Washington — A federal appeals court formally granted the Justice Department’s request to drop the case against two of President Trump’s co-defendants in the prosecution over his handling of classified documents, bringing an

Senate to vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation for intelligence chief

Washington — The Senate is expected to vote late Tuesday or early Wednesday on Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation for director of national intelligence, after her nomination survived a crucial committee vote last week and cleared a key procedural hurdle Monday. Gabbard, 43, is a former Democratic congresswoman who represented Hawaii in the House from 2013 to 2021,

On House floor, Mace accuses 4 of sexual abuse, including ex-fiancé. He denies it.

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, in a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor Monday, accused her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent, and conspiring with business associates in acts of rape and sexual misconduct. Mace said she was speaking out because her home