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Senate Republicans early Friday could not muster enough votes to move forward on a long-term reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, leaving the key surveillance power, which expires next week, in limbo as both chambers leave the Capitol for …

Congress left town this week after the Senate passed Republicans’ high-priority budget reconciliation package for immigration enforcement, while Democrats saw a war powers messaging win in the House. The Senate adjourned in the wee hours of Friday morning following an all-night …

It was a packed week on Capitol Hill, as former Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and legendary football coach Nick Saban all made appearances. However, th…

The House Armed Services Committee approved its fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act late Thursday after a series of politically charged debates about the Iran war, Pentagon acquisition rules, defense spending and vestiges of the Confederacy in the military. After cont…

The Senate passed a nearly $70 billion reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement early Friday morning after rejecting repeated attempts by members of both parties to prohibit or restrict a Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund. On a mostly party-line vote of 52-47, …

Some call them the “YOLO caucus,” the slang term for the phrase “You only live once.” Others say this is how some members of this growing group of Senate Republicans have always legislated. Either way, Thursday’s high drama vote-a-rama highlighted the complicated equation of the…

As Democrats in Congress pelt Republicans with repeated war power votes — a strategy to test the party’s support for President Donald Trump’s military action abroad — a foreign policy fissure in the shape of Lebanon took form among their own ranks. More than half of House Democr…

Another artificial intelligence regulation framework has joined the growing ranks on Capitol Hill, this time focused primarily on model safety and workforce impacts. Reps. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Lori Trahan, D-Mass., unveiled their long-expected framework as a discussion d…

Rep. Linda T. Sánchez, D-Calif., and her dog, Scully, are pictured Thursday at a Ways and Means Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building, where Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified.

A GOP reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement appeared to be skating on thin ice Thursday night as the House suddenly left town for the week and lawmakers continued to wrangle over a Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund. Senate opponents of the nearly $1.8 billio…