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One proposal from Senate Democrats would include nearly $350 billion to help schools and universities reopen safely, which could be used for purposes like purchasing personal protective equipment or cleaning buildings. “Everybody I know wants to open up the schools,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. “But it has to be […]

Rep. Matt Gaetz. | Matt McClain/The Washington Post via AP, Pool The Office of Congressional Ethics has terminated its review into Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz’s decision to use taxpayer money to lease an office from a friend, donor and political ally in Florida. In April, POLITICO reported that Gaetz had […]

“The way we should do it matters as much as that we should do it. So we need to have, I’ve recommended, a commission of folks to take a hard look at the bases, the statues, the names, all of this stuff, to see if we can have a rational, […]

Esper also told lawmakers on Thursday that he never received any intelligence briefing that included the word “bounty,” in response to a carefully worded question about the reports. The narrow remarks left open the possibility that intelligence officers briefed Esper and other Pentagon leaders on the issue, but did not […]

Pelosi said Congress needed to approve that package and send it to President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of this month, when lawmakers are slated to depart for their August recess. It’s the same timeline laid out by the White House and GOP lawmakers, though that is about the […]

However, the agency has come under intense scrutiny in recent years from congressional lawmakers who fear its roles and missions have grown so bloated over time that it can’t adequately confront new threats from nation-states like Russia, China and North Korea. In 2018, the House Intelligence Committee approved the results […]

Duckworth’s letter is the latest in Democrats’ pressure campaign to unearth more details about the Trump administration’s response to the intelligence that the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence unit, mounted a proxy effort to kill American troops. Trump has repeatedly called the allegations a “hoax” meant to damage him, even as […]

Conservatives have long argued that Twitter unfairly censors people on the right––a contention the company vehemently disputes. The network has banned a variety of far-right personalities for violating its terms of service, which has generated great disgruntlement in some circles. Parler bills itself as something of a free speech alternative […]

Lawmakers negotiating the next round of small business aid were already discussing ways to target funds at employers that were hardest hit by the pandemic-induced shutdown even before the data was released. But the disclosures are spurring new calls for oversight of whether many of the program’s loan recipients should […]

“I think there are contradictory pieces of intelligence on this,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the No. 4 GOP leader and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said after a classified briefing. The Trump administration also appeared to sow doubt over the issue, with President Donald Trump and his aides […]

A separate House military construction appropriations bill released this weekend bars funding for projects at Confederate-named bases unless a process is devised to rename them. The House and Senate Armed Services committees, meanwhile, have approved defense policy legislation that would set up processes to rename bases. Trump has threatened to […]

“I’m a suburban, college-educated woman, so this is my demographic,” McSally said. “I’ve given my life to serve others, to break barriers for others … to stand up against discriminating policies like my eight-year battle in the Pentagon over the burka so this is my constituency, man.” Meanwhile, Loeffler, who […]

It is not illegal for lawmakers to apply for or accept Paycheck Protection Program money, and every office that responded to a request for comment for this story emphasized that the members had no role in the application process and that the companies or nonprofits took the loans legally in […]

“Is this someone who reads? Someone who likes a story? Operates on visuals?” Sanner said. “You figure out before you go in what that person needs from you.” Sanner’s comments offered a window into how she approaches briefings with the president, as questions swirl about why Trump—who is not known […]

House Democrats also want to flat-fund the Capitol Police at $464 million and aim to increase transparency by urging the force to create a system for public information requests, similar to the Freedom of Information Act process. They would also call on the Capitol Police to report on diversity in […]

Pascrell traveled from Washington, D.C. to New Jersey last week and experienced indigestion and heartburn, according to a statement from his office. The congressman went to a Paterson, N.J. hospital where doctors discovered blocked arteries in his heart on Saturday. Doctors bypassed the arteries in surgery the following day. “Congressman […]

“More advanced centrifuge machines were intended to be built there,” he said, adding that the damage would “possibly cause a delay in development and production of advanced centrifuge machines in the medium term.” He said that the fire had damaged “precision and measuring instruments,” and that the center had not […]

But the senator also acknowledged that “we do have blemishes in our history and we need to come together and have some very hard discussions about our past.” She added: “The great thing about this nation is that we can learn from those blemishes, learn from those hard times in […]

Although senior military leaders including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy have expressed openness to renaming the 10 Army bases and facilities named after Confederate military leaders, President Donald Trump has vocally opposed such revisions — even threatening last week to veto the NDAA if congressional lawmakers […]

Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will spend the next few weeks mapping out their parties’ demands for the next round of coronavirus relief — a package initially expected to focus more on the flatlining economy. But new hotspots in Texas, Florida, California and Arizona could force lawmakers […]

Repealing the language also risked flaring tensions within the Democratic caucus, with vulnerable moderates anxious about an abortion battle on the House floor just months before voters go to the polls. Pelosi held a conference call Wednesday with several leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, including Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and […]

Now as lawmakers of both parties demand a similar level of detail from Trump, the GOP Benghazi report presents a roadmap of sorts. It’s also a potent talking point for Congress if the White House blocks oversight efforts. Capitol Hill Democrats, in particular, are demanding to know whether Trump received […]

“Our military is supposed to be the ultimate meritocracy,” Duckworth said. “It is simply unprecedented and wrong for any Commander in Chief to meddle in routine military matters at all, whether or not he has a personal vendetta against a Soldier who did his patriotic duty and told the truth […]

“This is causing panic that compromises our economic recovery,” Biggs said. “We can protect our most vulnerable from the COVID-19 outbreak while still protecting lives and livelihoods of the rest of the population. It’s time for the COVID-19 task force to be disbanded so that President Trump’s message is not […]