1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (680+ words) Hours before Speaker Mike Johnson became the first speaker in U.S. history to address the British Parliament, President Donald Trump was criticizing the United Kingdom's planned ceding of overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, including the island of Diego Garcia. "We've…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (339+ words) The House aims to finish its work on fiscal 2026 appropriations bills this week, after releasing a four-bill package early Tuesday headlined by funding for the Pentagon and the Department of Health and Human Services. House leaders plan to take up…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (619+ words) California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set the special election to serve out the remaining term of the late Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa for Aug. 4, the latest date possible under state law." The Democratic governor's decision, announced via a proclamation issued…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (471+ words) Key GOP senators released more details Friday on a farm aid package they're pushing to be included in upcoming government funding legislation. A Republican aide said Thursday that Boozman and Hoeven are considering a $15 billion aid package, but the lawmakers…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (316+ words) Sometimes the biggest news doesn't end up being the biggest influence on an election. Right now, Venezuela and Greenland, and the American posture toward those lands, are all over the news, and the consequences of what happens are momentous: Will…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (122+ words) There were a lot of rumblings around Washington this week, including talk of Chipotle, Venezuelan oil, annexing Greenland, a presidential "joke" about canceling the midterm elections and more." The post Joke detector " Congressional Hits and Misses appeared first on Roll…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (466+ words) Virginia voters are poised to decide on whether to adopt a new congressional map that could help Democrats pick up as many as four House seats in the midterm elections." The Virginia Senate on Friday approved a constitutional amendment allowing…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (140+ words) UNITED STATES - JANUARY 9: Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., hands off "The Chick" painting to Rep. Emily Randall, D-Wash., as members of the Washington State delegation look on, in Longworth building on Friday, January 9, 2026. The painting goes to the newest member of…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1024+ words) Kentucky Rep. James R. Comer said Thursday he is pushing to use a government funding deadline this month to secure a delay in the implementation of an intoxicating hemp ban enacted in November that critics say puts some farmers at financial…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (81+ words) From left, Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, Greenland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Motzfeldt, Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tim Kaine of Virginia…...