The Senate Appropriations Committee’s bill calls for $852.2 billion in defense-related spending in fiscal year 2025. Senate appropriators advanced their proposal for the 2025 national defense budget this week, with $21 billion more on the table than under the House version of the defense budget bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee held a mark-up hearing on
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told Montanans during a recent debate with his Republican opponent that “this is a very important election coming up because Montana values are on the line.” Tester is facing high-tech entrepreneur and former Navy SEAL combat veteran Tim Sheehy in November. Premium Picks The two-term Democratic lawmaker from Montana then extolled
Leonard Leo and Paul Singer are backing a challenger, Will Scharf, looking to oust Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. The most expensive down-ballot race in the country pits some of the most influential figures in the national conservative movement against the wealthiest political boosters in Missouri. In the closing days before the state’s Aug. 6
A panel in Washington has recommended that Jeffrey Clark, one of former President Donald Trump’s officials in the Justice Department, face a two-year suspension from practicing law because of his role in the administration’s response to the 2020 presidential election. In an Aug. 1 report, a three-member panel of the District of Columbia Bar’s Board
Marc Fogel was not part of the prisoner exchange. President Joe Biden on Aug. 2 said he is not giving up on securing the release of Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher who is still imprisoned in Russia after not being included in a prisoner exchange finalized this week. “We’re not giving up on that,” the
The official delegate voting process will continue until Aug. 5, although Harris has met the threshold for nomination. Vice President Kamala Harris on Aug. 2 earned enough votes from Democratic delegates to secure the party’s nomination for president, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison said on Aug. 2. “I am so proud to confirm
‘Seniors should not pay tax on Social Security,’ the former president said, debuting the policy proposal for the first time. Former President Donald Trump this week debuted the idea of seniors not having to pay taxes on their Social Security benefits, as he seeks to secure more voters with fewer than 100 days left before