Life expectancy rebounds after 2-year dip
(The Hill) -- U.S. life expectancy in 2022 was 77.5 years, according to new federal data, going up by 1.1 years and marking the first time the metric has risen since 2019. From 2019 to 2021, the U.S....
View ArticleUS AIDS relief program gets one-year extension in spending bill
(The Hill) -- The flagship U.S. program to combat HIV/AIDS abroad got a one-year reprieve in the spending bill, putting a temporary pause on what was an atypical partisan fight over the initiative....
View ArticleGarland says it would've been 'absurd' for him to block special counsel's...
Attorney General Merrick Garland said it would have been “absurd” for him to forcefully exclude Robert Hur's controversial comments on President Biden’s memory in his special counsel report released...
View ArticleProgressives slam restrictions on UNRWA funding: 'Unconscionable'
Progressive House Democrats on Thursday heavily criticized a provision in the recently unveiled $1.2 trillion spending package that would halt funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
View ArticleCongress sprints to funding finish line despite conservative outrage
Congress is racing the clock to approve a $1.2 trillion funding bill ahead of Friday’s night’s shutdown deadline, aiming to pass the sprawling legislation quickly despite intense outrage from...
View ArticleBiden boycott vote resonates with young Americans
Organized efforts to boycott voting for President Biden appear to be resonating the most with young voters who turned out at the ballot box in recent months in state primaries across the U.S. The...
View ArticleCongressional Black Caucus releases new plan to build Black wealth, with eye...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has announced a new plan to build up wealth among Black Americans. The resolution, which will be rolled out over the next few months, looks to end the racial...
View ArticleGreene files motion to oust Speaker Johnson
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has filed a motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power over his endorsement of a bipartisan spending deal that’s expected to pass through Congress...
View ArticleChip Roy: Republicans who vote for funding bill ‘are the ones risking the...
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) says Republicans who vote for the spending package set to hit the floor Friday are putting the GOP majority at risk in November, as the hardline conservative launches a...
View ArticleBiden campaign uses ObamaCare anniversary to hammer Trump on health care
President Biden is using the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) passage to hammer former President Trump’s record on health care and capitalize on his threats to repeal the law. In a new...
View ArticleHouse sends Senate bill to avert shutdown
The House approved a $1.2 trillion government funding bill Friday, sending the sprawling package to the Senate hours before the deadline and officially capping off the fiscal 2024 appropriations...
View ArticleFBI tells passengers on midair blowout flight they may be 'crime' victims
(The Hill) -- Passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight who experienced a midair blowout earlier this year have received a letter from the FBI saying they may be crime victims. “As a Victim Specialist...
View ArticleMigrant gate rush in El Paso highlights friction between federal, Texas...
A group of migrants rushed past Texas National Guard troops at the border wall in El Paso Thursday, seeking to surrender to Border Patrol to apply for asylum. The migrants made their way across...
View ArticleRepublicans subpoena Biden ghost writer
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday subpoenaed President Biden’s ghost writer, advancing their efforts to gain access to recordings and a transcript of conversations referenced by...
View ArticleWisconsin Republican to leave Congress next month, shrinking narrow GOP majority
Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) announced Friday he would resign from Congress before his term is up, shrinking the GOP's already razor-thin majority in the House. Gallagher, a four-term lawmaker who is...
View ArticleSantos says he's leaving GOP, will run as independent in New York House race
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced online Friday that he is leaving the Republican Party and instead will run as an independent in his New York House race this fall. “I am officially...
View ArticleSome Democrats say they're open to rescuing Speaker Johnson from ouster
Several House Democrats on Friday said they would be willing to help rescue Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) motion to oust him — though some said their vote...
View ArticleRepublicans lash out at Greene over threat to oust Speaker Johnson
House Republicans are lashing out at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her surprise bid to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power, warning that it threatens to divide an already warring...
View ArticleSenate sends $1.2T spending bill to Biden's desk in late night vote
The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a sprawling $1.2 trillion package to fund large swaths of the government, capping off a dramatic negotiation in the upper chamber and an intense...
View ArticleGreene threatens to throw House back into chaos with threat to oust Speaker...
The House may be headed for chaos — again. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) new bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent shockwaves through Washington on Friday, infuriating many Republicans...
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