Trump's plan to pay the military during the government shutdown should worry every American

OPINION: President Trump's order to pay members of the military during the government shutdown is a blatant - and troubling - ...

What Won’t Congress Let Trump Get Away With?

If, as Trump repeatedly asserts, “narcoterrorists” from the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua pose a threat to national security ...

Mary Rose Oakar, the first Arab American woman in Congress, dies at 85

The late Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, an ardent champion of women's rights, was behind efforts to create the $1 coin featuring Susan B. Anthony.

Government shutdown poised to enter a third week as Congress remains at stalemate

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Coast Guard personnel will also receive paychecks this week from funds in the ...
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Congress’s Military Budget Carries Perks for Israel

As displaced Palestinians return to a leveled Gaza amid the Trump administration’s precarious Israel-Hamas “ceasefire,” ...

Members of Congress growing concerned over lack of information from administration about Venezuela strikes, sources say

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, ...

Congress gets paid during a government shutdown. Some Utah lawmakers say that doesn’t make sense.

As thousands of federal workers go without pay during the government shutdown, some members of Utah's congressional ...

Congress must act to protect America’s cybersecurity

Government funding wasn’t the only thing to lapse on Wednesday — the Cybersecurity Information Act of 2015 also expired, ...

China and the US have long collaborated in ‘open research.’ Some in Congress say that must change

U.S. lawmakers and national security officials are increasingly alarmed that long-standing research ties between the U.S. and ...