The Senate on Friday broke a multiday impasse by passing the first three fiscal 2026 spending bills, the first time the upper chamber has passed appropriations bills before the August recess since 2018. The vote on the package of bills combining the Military Construction-VA and Agriculture-FDA bills passed 87-9. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) […]

Authorities launched a manhunt on Friday after a shooter killed at least four people at a Montana bar hours earlier. The suspect was identified as 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown, who remains at large. Police described him as “armed and dangerous,” urging the public to stay out of the surrounding area and not approach him. The […]

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) began circulating a draft letter among House Democrats asking the Trump administration to make the United States join other nations in recognizing a Palestinian state. The Democratic-led effort comes after France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Malta have all recently announced their intentions to recognize Palestinian statehood amid the Israel-Hamas war. […]

Democrats are targeting Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) over his stock trading after the freshman Republican dismissed the idea of telling his financial advisors to hold off on trades this week. The issue of congressional stock trading has gained new momentum this Congress, with a bipartisan group of House members banding together to ban lawmakers from […]