Secretary Burgum makes additions that legislators hope will ease farmers’ struggles. The Interior Department has released the finalized list of critical minerals for 2025, including the additions of…
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House Speaker Calls Representatives Back to Congress for Funding Vote
The Senate measure makes adjustments to the continuing resolution that the House passed in September. House Speaker Mike Johnson called members back to Congress after the Senate passed…
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Congress Continues “Arctic Frost“ Probe
Legislators consider the impeachment of the federal judge who signed off on subpoenas for Senate legislators. Representative Brandon Gill introduced articles of impeachment against District of Columbia Chief…
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Senate Committee Approves Renovation of D.C. Building for FBI Headquarters
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee also needs to sign off on the project. The Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee approved a plan that would allow the…
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Federal Employee Union Urges Senate Minority to End Shutdown
The members who have insisted on extended healthcare subsidies now consider the federal workers who are not getting paid during the shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees,…
Read MoreCongresswoman-Elect of AZ Sues House of Representatives
The lower chamber has been in recess since before she won the election in late September. Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva and the state attorney general are suing the House…
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President Trump Commutes Former Congressman’s Sentence
The former representative was being held in solitary confinement for “protection.” President Donald Trump announced that he commuted the prison sentence of former Representative George Santos of New…
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Senate Reconvenes for Negotiations to Reopen Government
Speaker Johnson says the ball is in the Senate’s court and has the House of Representatives in recess. Senate legislators reconvened on Monday to continue working through the…
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Government Shutdown Halts Active-Duty Military Pay
Federal law enforcement and air traffic controllers will also serve without pay. The halt in congressionally approved funding for the federal government means that U.S. military and law…
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A Partial Government Shutdown Begins, 750,000 Workers on Furlough
The stalemate over the reauthorization of healthcare subsidies faces an uncertain future. Federal agencies entered a partial shutdown on Wednesday after Congress failed to come to an agreement…
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