Senate Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill By Joseph Lord | 2 hours ago The U.S. Senate has passed a $1.2 trillion minibus spending package that was passed by the House earlier in the day. It will now go to President Joe Biden, who’s expected to sign it. The passage comes as the government had technically
Republican chances of winning control of the U.S. Senate improved Wednesday when a Washington Post poll showed Larry Hogan (R., Md.) trouncing his potential Democratic opponents by double digits. The popular former governor, known for his independence and common sense, has been supporting Israel as his Democratic rivals squabble for left-wing votes. Though Hogan remains
A bipartisan group of senators expressed alarm as they emerged from a classified briefing on TikTok on Wednesday. The app, owned and controlled by a Chinese Communist Party-tied company, “is a gun pointed at Americans’ heads,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) said. “There was deep concern about the threat of TikTok from both sides of
While the House will likely pass it overwhelmingly, as demonstrated by an expedited process, it’s uncertain how quickly it will pass the Senate. The House is set to vote on a $1.2 trillion spending package on March 22 to fund 70 percent of the government and therefore avert a partial shutdown. While the House will
TEL AVIV—A group of Harvard University professors visited Israel this week in a show of wartime solidarity with the Jewish state. But the visitors seemed to be just as much in need of support as their hosts. In a series of sessions at Tel Aviv University on Tuesday, members of the more-than-50-person delegation—which also included
House panel chair calls on USDA to cut—literally—the fat out of food stamp spending. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) $25.1 billion Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) budget request is $2.2 billion more, or 8.7 percent higher than its recently adopted FY24 spending plan and requests $7.7 billion for its Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
The charges Mr Menendez faces are related to allegations that he and his wife received bribes from three New Jersey businessmen. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Thursday that he would not seek reelection in the Democratic primary for his U.S. Senate seat amid ongoing accusations. However, he hinted at the possibility of an independent