It took weeks of vote-wrangling for congressional Republicans to near final passage of $9 billion in DOGE-inspired cuts, or only 0.10% of the $7 trillion budget. The arduous saga, filled with centrist complaints and some last-minute deal-cutting, doesn’t bode well for conservatives who have their sights on far more ambitious efforts under President Donald Trump, who has […]

Congress is poised to claw back billions in foreign aid after the Senate narrowly passed $9 billion in DOGE-inspired cuts on Thursday. In a 51-48 vote, the Senate approved the White House request, known as a rescission bill, all but clearing the way for it to become law. Just two Republicans – Sens. Susan Collins […]

FBI agents arrested a man suspected of shooting ICE agents in a premeditated ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center on July 4. Agents in Dallas, Texas, apprehended alleged shooter Benjamin Hanil Song on Wednesday after a weeklong search, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced in a press release. Song was […]

The House has advanced three crypto bills after an hourslong impasse over language barring the creation of a central bank digital currency. After more than nine hours, the House voted 217-212 Wednesday night in favor of a procedural vote that sets the terms of debate on the crypto legislation and an unrelated bill funding the […]