Government Shutdown Deadline: House Could Vote This Week—But Trump Warns Shutdown ‘Could Happen’ Friday
Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary ...
OPM inspector general investigating DOGE emails, access to agency data
The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told lawmakers Friday that he is investigating the use of ...
Over texts and ‘eyeball to eyeball,’ Republicans succeed in persuading Musk. But Democrats hit dead ends
When a multi-million federal grant program for dairy businesses was shut down earlier this month in line with Elon Musk’s ...
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown
The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...
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The latest on Trump’s presidency as deadline to avoid government shutdown looms
Former President Donald Trump is pursuing his policy priorities on trade, the war in Ukraine and shrinking the federal government, while a government spending fight looms for congressional Republicans ...
UK presses Syria’s interim government to guarantee safety of all Syrians
Hamish Falconer said violence in recent days meant it was a ‘critical moment’ for the interim authorities to demonstrate ...
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Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance
At 83 years old, Sanders is not running for president again. But the stooped and silver-haired democratic socialist has ...
House Republicans want to force D.C. to cut roughly $1 billion of its own budget
GOP lawmakers in Congress are proposing treating the city like a federal agency in their latest spending bill.
Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many
The desire to recreate that era is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. Experts warn he’s overestimating the role of ...
James Carlin, entrepreneur who led Chelsea out of financial ruin, dies at 84
Staying in the job for 10½ months at a salary of $1, he quickly cleaned house in Chelsea’s City Hall — removing department heads, wrangling with unions, and imposing order on deficit-burdened budgets ...