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After 20 years at the Capitol, Cathy McMorris Rodgers leaves behind a changed Congress: ‘When she speaks, people listen’
WASHINGTON – It was late October 2023, and House Republicans were in a bind.
Spin Control: The crystal ball for 2025 might be a bit cloudy
Spin Control takes advantage of the last Sunday of December to prognosticate the year ahead. Or as Bullwinkle J. Moose used to say when looking into his crystal ball: “Eenie, meenie, chili beanie…”
President-elect Trump weighs into debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to step into a raging debate among his supporters over visas for skilled workers on the side of Elon Musk, telling the New York Post he has “always liked the visas.”
NPR and PBS stations brace for funding battle under Trump
Elon Musk is gunning for public media. In his new role advising President-elect Donald Trump, Musk has floated sweeping cuts to the federal government, including the elimination of entire departments and the firing of agency leaders. One of the most concrete proposals on his list is eliminating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual funding that the government funnels to PBS and NPR stations, home to cultural touchstones like Elmo, Big Bird and “Fresh Air.”
After backing Trump, low-income voters hope he doesn’t slash their benefits
Lori Mosura goes to the grocery store on a bicycle because she can’t afford to fix her Ford F-150 truck. The single mother and her 17-year-old son live in an apartment that is so small she sleeps in the dining room. They receive $1,200 each month in food stamps and Social Security benefits but still come up short. Mosura said she often finds herself deciding between buying milk or toilet paper.
Russia rejects Trump call for Ukraine truce, but ready for talks
Russia rebuffed incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, while saying it’s ready to hold negotiations on a long-lasting peace agreement to end almost three years of war.
Protracted GOP speaker fight could complicate Electoral College count
Lingering ill will among House Republicans after another messy spending fight could complicate Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid to retain the House gavel — and potentially the Jan. 6 formalizing of Donald Trump’s election victory.
Trump feud over canal control weighs down Panama assets
A row developing between President-elect Donald Trump and Panama over one of the world’s most-important waterways is denting the nation’s assets.
U.S. military mission in Syria will pose an early dilemma for Trump
The Assad regime’s abrupt collapse has thrust America’s long-standing military mission in Syria into uncertainty, as the Pentagon’s chief battlefield partner fights for survival and a U.S. leader skeptical of foreign military commitments prepares to retake power.
Musk and Trump could delete consumer protections
As the weeks tick down on the Biden presidency, the administration has been trying to drive through a slew of much-needed consumer-finance protections. The new rules, including caps on credit card late fees, would add to some meaningful achievements that the administration has notched on behalf of American consumers, including tighter rules on banking fees and buy now, pay later services.
Trump previews second term in sprawling speech to conservative conference
PHOENIX – President-elect Donald Trump delivered a sprawling address on Sunday that he called a “small preview of the common-sense revolution” his administration will bring, pledging to slam shut the nation’s borders, end federal regulations, lower taxes, prosecute his rivals, “stop woke” and “end the transgender lunacy.”
Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media
For many years, Donald Trump threatened to sue the press but often didn’t follow through. When he did, he almost always lost. But Trump’s recent settlement with ABC News and a cascade of lawsuits and complaints against media entities from him and allies signal a ramped-up campaign from the president-elect.
Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
President Joe Biden signed a congressional spending bill into law Saturday morning, putting to bed the threat of a potential Christmastime government shutdown and kicking the issue for a new Congress and a new president to address next year.
China loves Elon Musk and his hustle — but Trump could complicate that
Elon Musk loves China, and China loves Elon Musk. But as the idiosyncratic Tesla CEO takes on a high-profile role as “shadow president” in the incoming Trump administration, he could soon find himself performing a geopolitical juggling act.
In late push, Senate Democrats narrowly top Trump on judicial confirmations
The Senate confirmed on Friday the 235th lifetime federal judge nominated by President Joe Biden, topping the four-year record set during the first Trump administration by a single judge in a drive that significantly reshaped the federal courts to be more ethnically and professionally diverse.
Biden administration weighs putting up roadblocks to Trump’s deportation campaign
The Biden administration is considering extending protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose status in the United States is set to expire in the first months of the Trump administration, according to U.S. officials and documents viewed by the New York Times.
House passes bill to avert shutdown with hours to spare
The House on Friday approved legislation to avert a federal shutdown that was just hours away, with lawmakers extending funding into mid-March and approving $100 billion in disaster relief for parts of the nation still reeling from storms. The Senate was expected to quickly follow suit.
Why it’s impossible to make a car without China, regardless of tariffs
Even as the Trump and Biden administrations have taken and maintained aggressive stances on reducing China’s role in major U.S. manufacturing sectors, auto industry veterans say it remains impossible to build cars and trucks without help from the Far East.
Hanging over the usual post-election staff shuffle? Trump’s purge threat
Donald Trump’s pledge to take a buzz saw to the federal bureaucracy has caused plenty of anxiety, but not an exodus of career civil servants hoping to land jobs at the Capitol, or at least not yet.
Congress veering toward government shutdown after Trump, Musk sink bipartisan funding bill
WASHINGTON – Congress careened toward a government shutdown on Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump sank a bipartisan deal that would have funded the government until March, then endorsed a last-minute GOP proposal that most Democrats rejected.