Stephen Miran, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and US Federal Reserve governor nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Senate is expected to vote Monday on…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One upon departure for New York, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 11, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he hopes the nation will heal following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, though he suggested in an exclusive interview…
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 9, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Congressional Democrats are zeroing in on health care as a key sticking point in negotiations with the threat…
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., participates in a subcommittee hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., in a statement on Saturday criticized the release of the first trove of documents related to the late convicted sex offender…
The U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday morning began a final debate on President Donald Trump’s megabill ahead of casting votes on it, after Republican holdouts relented overnight and backed the spending package, allowing it to move ahead. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., extended that debate by decrying the bill for nearly nine hours straight,…
Visitors to the U.S. Capitol rest in the shade on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Senators on Monday began offering amendments to President Donald Trump’s megabill, following a weekend of tense negotiations to try to get the president’s second term domestic priorities through the upper chamber. The…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner (not pictured) and Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. Ken Cedeno | Reuters President Donald Trump said that Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference following the U.S. Senate Republicans’ weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters The Senate on Saturday cleared a key procedural hurdle to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” bringing the massive spending…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference following the U.S. Senate Republicans’ weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters After weeks of sparring over the specifics of the “one big, beautiful bill,” the package is poised to soon head to…
New York City mayoral candidate and democratic State Representative Zohran Mamdani (L) and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (R). Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is the leader as first-choice votes are tallied in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, ahead of former New York Gov. Andrew…
