There will be votes on the House floor and in the Judiciary Committee next week related to the controversial language in the government funding package. Speaker Mike Johnson said he told Senate Majority Leader John Thune he strongly disagreed with the Senate GOP’s inclusion of a provision in the government funding package allowing senators to … Read more
Democrats pushing the discharge petition predicted that Republicans would rush to support the measure once it hit the floor. Republicans are bracing for a significant chunk of the conference to vote for Rep. Ro Khanna’s (D-Calif.) and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Ky.) Epstein file disclosure bill once it lands on the House floor. Senior Republicans privately … Read more
The House is expected to pass a funding package and send it to the president’s desk Wednesday night. Millions of low-income Americans should receive full food aid benefits within a day of President Donald Trump signing Congress’ shutdown-ending deal into law, the administration said. Once the government is open, most states will get the funds … Read more
President Donald Trump signed the legislation later in the evening, ending the historic funding lapse. The House passed a government funding package late Wednesday that will close out the longest shutdown in history. Members returned to Washington after a 54-day recess to vote on the shutdown-ending bill brokered across party lines in the Senate. They … Read more
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to cap rent increases for most apartments, a decision that continues a wave of tenant victories in the city and across the country. For the first time in decades, the Los Angeles city council overhauled its rent control rules on Wednesday, sharply lowering the annual rent increases facing … Read more
A political movement predicated on opposition must adapt to having one of its own in City Hall. NEW YORK — New York City’s democratic socialists — adept organizers and fluent in the politics of protest — must now add an unfamiliar label to their repertoire: Bureaucrat. In the wake of mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s win, the … Read more
Linda Sun is accused of using her job with two New York governors to help the Chinese government in exchange for payments to her husband’s business. They pled not guilty. The former aide to two New York governors charged with acting as an unregistered Chinese agent heads to federal court in Brooklyn Wednesday for the … Read more
The California governor and likely 2028 presidential contender called on Democrats to keep turning out for critical races still on the horizon. Gavin Newsom, rallying Democrats in deep-red Texas on Saturday, urged the party base to set its sights on returning Democrats to power in 2026 and 2028, as he returned to ground zero of … Read more
The younger Pelosi, an attorney, author and party organizer, will instead run for the California state Senate. SAN FRANCISCO — Christine Pelosi said Monday that she will run for a California state Senate seat, passing on a campaign for the House seat long held by her mother, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The younger Pelosi, an … Read more
The California governor drew crowds at an economic summit ahead of this week’s UN climate talks. SÃO PAULO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom isn’t even at the United Nations climate talks yet — but he’s already getting bombarded with meeting requests. Newsom kicked off his trip to Brazil 1,800 miles south of the Amazonian city … Read more