The Senate is thumbing its nose at a House-passed extension of a government surveillance program over the attachment of a central bank digital currency ban included by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as part of a deal with conservative holdouts. Instead, the upper chamber plans to move forward on Thursday with a clean extension of section […]

Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), who has sparred with President Donald Trump since taking office in January, pointed to nuclear energy development as an area she hopes to work with the White House on. The New Jersey governor and Trump have disagreed on issues ranging from immigration enforcement to funding for a tunnel between New Jersey […]

The House voted Thursday to pass a bill that would end the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security after more than 70 days. The House passed legislation that would end the shutdown via voice vote, a parliamentary tactic that does not put lawmakers on record in favor or against. The legislation now […]

An American Airlines passenger plane took off from Miami International Airport to Caracas on Thursday morning for the first time in seven years, signaling a restored diplomatic relationship between the United States and Venezuela.  “We have a more than 30-year history connecting Venezolanos to the U.S., and we are ready to renew that incredible relationship,” […]