Democrats and Republicans are hoping to use the battle over the next farm bill, which has been stalled in Congress for nearly a year, as a way to message to rural voters. A critical vote is coming up ...

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Aid is on its way to Ukraine and Israel from the $95 billion funding bill passed this week, shepherded through the House in large part by Speaker Mike Johnson. Funding across the package is very ...

Susan Monarez, the deputy director for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health since January 2023, has been tapped as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ...

The big news out of Russell Vought’s second confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee was impoundment. From emergency wildfire dollars to foreign aid and beyond, Democrats repeatedly ...

Even if Republicans don’t enact tariffs, the GOP can still point to the levies as offsets for other tax, energy and border policies. House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith indicated that tariffs won’t ...

The special session agreement would fund litigation against the incoming White House and award grants to non-profit legal groups. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders have agreed to set ...

President-elect Donald Trump presided over major increases in defense spending during his first term in the White House, but his exact plans for Pentagon spending and military force structure isn’t ...

Former President Donald Trump said Monday, during a conversation with Elon Musk, that it “doesn’t make sense” why the U.S. compares so poorly to other countries with “unbelievably fast” bullet trains ...

California regulators will delay the start of their hotly anticipated cap-and-trade rulemaking to early 2025, the agency confirmed to POLITICO on Thursday, November 14. The California Air Resources ...

Lawmakers failed to resolve several key defense spending and policy battles ahead of the November elections, leaving unresolved issues that will dominate the upcoming lame-duck session. Chief among ...

The Democratic Party’s platform includes new initiatives and builds on many of the policies begun in President Joe Biden’s term. They include funding affordable child care, raising taxes on wealthy ...