Senate inches toward passage of spending package in overnight vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $1.2-trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the…
House approves $1.2-trillion package of spending bills before shutdown deadline, Senate up next
WASHINGTON — The House approved a $1.2-trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set…
Biden touts high-speed rail between Southern California and Las Vegas
President Biden touted a high-speed rail project that will connect Las Vegas with Southern California, funded by billions of federal dollars, as he campaigned in…
Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats ‘hate Israel’ and their religion
NEW YORK — Former President Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism…
Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in more than a month
WASHINGTON — President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month, as the divide has grown…
Schumer’s Netanyahu rebuke was not norm-breaking, for U.S. or allies
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of…
Dodgers’ minor league team sticks with NSFW name
Chaqueta is the Spanish word for jacket. But it also has another meaning that is, let’s just say, NSFW. The word can also be slang…
In a first, Vice President Harris tours Minnesota abortion clinic
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, marking what her office said was the first time a U.S.…
House GOP launches new probe of Jan. 6 Capitol attack
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are launching a vast reinvestigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from…
Opinion: Have Democrats finally stopped wimping out?
For years now, the single most common complaint I’ve heard from Democrats is that their party doesn’t fight as hard, and never dirty, like Republicans…
Opinion: Three reasons China would be happier with Trump than Biden
The month after former President Trump left office in 2021, Matt Pottinger, who had been the point man for China on Trump’s National Security Council,…
Immigration likely to be a theme of State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — After a failed bipartisan national security bill and amid reports that the White House is considering executive action that could restrict asylum, the nation’s…
Opinion: Will Biden blow his State of the Union opportunity?
Wishful thinkers in both parties, and pundits too, have mused about a State of the Union address on Thursday in which President Biden looks serenely…
Mitch McConnell endorses Donald Trump for president
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president on Wednesday, a remarkable turnaround from the onetime critic who blamed the then-president for…
Biden announces $1.2 billion in student debt forgiveness
President Biden announced the cancellation Wednesday of $1.2 billion in student loan debt for more than 150,000 borrowers, saying the relief will allow them to…
Must Reads: John F. Kelly says his tenure as Trump’s chief of staff is best measured by what the president did not do
Reporting from Washington — In August 2017, shortly after John F. Kelly became White House chief of staff, he convened crucial meetings on Afghanistan at President…
Trump wants to fire thousands of government workers. Liberals are preparing to fight back if he wins
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump has plans to radically reshape the federal government if he returns to the White House, promising to deport millions of immigrants…
Trump is ordered to pay $355 million in New York fraud case
NEW YORK — A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his companies on Friday to pay more than $355 million in penalties, finding they engaged…
Russia said to obtain ‘troubling’ anti-satellite weapon
WASHINGTON — The White House publicly confirmed Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause “physical destruction” on…
As Kamala Harris takes criticism, Democrats in a bind as they look to 2024 and 2028
When Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris as his running mate last year, some Democrats said they believed he was naming an eventual successor who could…