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Republican House speaker says he won’t negotiate with Senate Democrats ahead of scheduled eighth funding voteThe top House Republican said he won’t negotiate with Senate Democrats as the government shutdown dragged into its 14th day on Tuesday, while d…
Exclusive: Congressional Democrats set to introduce bill to shore up the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programCongressional Democrats have launched a legislative bid to protect funding for a key nutritional support program for low-income women and…
Lindsey Graham says closure won’t push him to meet Democrats’ demands on Obama-era healthcare subsidiesRepublican and Democratic senators Lindsey Graham and Mark Kelly have dug their heels in over the government shutdown – which is now approaching two …
Party sticks to its guns on healthcare and says it’s willing to hold out – much to the delight of its progressive supportersWhen he sat down to talk about the US government shutdown with reporters from a closely read political newsletter this week, Chu…
AFL-CIO fights issue in court as union leader warns of ‘devastating effects’ for AmericansThe White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears s…
Republican Winsome Earle-Sears presses Abigail Spanberger over fellow Democrat’s ‘abhorrent’ textsUS politics – live updatesDemocrat Abigail Spanberger faced off against Virginia’s lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, in the only public debate in …
Seventh round of votes fails to yield breakthrough while president threatens to cut funds for ‘Democrat programs’ The US Senate remained deadlocked on legislation to end the government shutdown on Thursday, as Donald Trump reiterated his threat to make…
First vote in Congress on military campaign that White House says has hit four vessels and killed at least 21 peopleSenate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force a…
Proposals from both sides fail to receive enough support as no senators change their votes from recent daysUS politics live – latest updatesThe deadlock over ending the US government shutdown deepened on Wednesday, with senators once again rejecting co…
Memphis lawmaker to go up against Steve Cohen, joining wave of younger candidates calling for generational changeJustin Pearson, a Memphis state lawmaker who rose to prominence in 2023 as part of the “Tennessee Three” gun control advocates, on Wednesda…