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‘Bargaining chip’: Trump allies dismantle Liz Warren’s claim GOP blocked childhood cancer research

Trump allies are dismantling a Democratic narrative promoted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren that the GOP blocked childhood cancer funding, despite passing a funding bill months ago.

Donald Trump 3 hours ago

Trump set to deliver first rally-styled speech since decisive election win: 'Biggest conservative movement'

President-elect Trump is set to deliver his first rally-styled speech since winning the general election last month, joining AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona.

Politics 8 hours ago

US agriculture primed to be next frontier in cybersecurity in new year, experts, lawmakers say

Agriculture is a major economic driver in the U.S., but it is just as prone to foreign cyber threats as more widely reported areas of the U.S. economy and security state.

Politics 18 hours ago

Rockin’ around the congressional Christmas tree

Although the House of Representatives rejected the 1,547-page interim spending bill, lawmakers reached an agreement Friday to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays.

Politics 23 hours ago

President Biden signs stopgap funding bill into law, narrowly averting shutdown

The White House has announced that President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.

Politics 1 day ago

Senate passes bill to stop shutdown, sending it to President Biden's desk

Congress managed to pass a short-term spending bill through both chambers after going through three different versions of it.

Politics 1 day ago

Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill

Congress did not manage to send a spending bill to President Biden's desk before the pre-Christmas deadline.

Congress 1 day ago

Here's what's different in the new spending legislation approved by the House

House lawmakers voted 366-34 to approve the bill.

Congress 1 day ago

The 34 House Republicans who voted against a bill to avert a partial government shutdown

Thirty-four House Republicans voted Friday against a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, while no Democrats opposed the legislation.

Media 1 day ago

Gingrich torches 'joke' spending bill, says Trump refused to 'sell out' American people

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said President-elect Trump refused to "sell out" the American people by supporting a massive spending bill to avoid a shutdown.