President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate had approved the bill by a 60-34 vote hours earlier with bipartisan support, … Read more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference with members of the House Republican Conference in the Cannon building on March 6, 2024, the day before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said he will … Read more
A measure in the U.S. funding legislation unveiled by congressional leaders on Sunday would block China from buying oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR. The desire for a hard line on China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, and lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills … Read more
Congress is barreling toward a shutdown deadline with no deal to avert a funding lapse as negotiations hit a fever pitch on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers on both sides are hoping to hash out a compromise to meet the March 1 deadline, but there are growing concerns it will be missed and that the nation will contend … Read more
World leaders react with horror to reports of Putin critic Navalnyâs death World leaders on Friday expressed alarm and suspicion following reports of the death of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Siberian penal colony. Russian media reported, citing the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where Navalny had been serving a lengthy sentence, that … Read more
UN, World Bank, EU increase estimate for Ukraine reconstruction cost Medics and a firefighters work at the site of a damaged apartment building on Skisna Street after a Russian missile attack on December 29, 2023 in Odesa, Ukraine. Global Images Ukraine | Getty Images The World Bank, United Nations, European Commission and government of Ukraine … Read more
Ukrainian soldiers prepare L119 artillery in the direction of Bakhmut, as Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on February 13, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Russian missile strikes on a town in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region killed three people overnight, including one child, officials said. Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin said 12 … Read more
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during the weekly Democratic Caucus lunch press conference at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2024. Amanda Andrade-rhoades | Reuters Senators on Thursday advanced a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, garnering momentum for a funding package that has been a persistent … Read more
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senators on Sunday released the details of a $118.2 billion aid proposal for Ukraine, Israel and the southern U.S. border, after months of painstaking, closed-door negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, … Read more
Internal Revenue Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during his swearing in ceremony at the IRS on April 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images) Bonnie Cash | Getty Images News | Getty Images As Americans prepare for the opening of tax season, lawmakers are racing to avert a government shutdown. If they fail … Read more
