Congress Approves Full Social Security Benefits for Public Sector Retirees
The popular measure gives full benefits to millions of people who currently receive them at a reduced level. Critics warn the ...
Government shutdown live updates: Senate passes bill averting shutdown
Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if Congress fails to pass a ...
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
During a partial government shutdown, federal agencies and non-essential services are stopped, but some functions that are ...
Senate passes bill to avoid a government shutdown, ending funding fight at the 11th hour
The bill, which keeps the government funded through March 14, must still pass the Senate before 12:01 a.m. to avoid a ...
US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown
By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress passed spending ...
Kash Patel, onetime FBI target, now on track to run the FBI
If one wants to discuss the prospect of a new director unleashing the FBI on enemies, shouldn't he grapple with the reality of years of bureau leadership unleashing the FBI on enemies?
Chaotic scramble to avert shutdown highlights challenges ahead for Johnson
After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect ...
Despite missing deadline, Congress avoids government shutdown by passing spending bill without Trump’s debt ceiling raise
Republicans, keen to dodge a shutdown, decided to only introduce a one-vote spending package.
'He's a tech oligarch.' Elon Musk flexes newfound political power on Capitol Hill
Elon Musk is using his new political power to flex on Republicans and sow chaos in Congress. Gillian Tett and Bill Cohan ...
Social Security Fairness Act passes final Senate vote, headed to White House
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KALB) - The United States Senate has officially voted to pass H.R. 82, known as the Social Security ...
Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation
Musk’s objections to the 1,547-page omnibus bill included misinformation about congressional salaries, federal funding and ...
US avoids shutdown with last-minute funding bill
The US senate is poised to vote on crucial government funding bill to prevent a midnight government shutdown. The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives has passed a funding bill ...