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Senate Rushes to Avoid a Government Shutdown

After hours of back-and-forth over amendments, the Senate is racing to pass a one-week budget stopgap, together with annual defense policy legislation, which could pass as early as Thursday night. Leaders in the Senate had yet to reach agreement as of Thursday afternoon, although they are moving quickly to reach...

First Confirmed Candidate Emerges in GOP Bid to Hold Nunes’ House Seat

More names are emerging as possible contenders for the soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat currently occupied by Devin Nunes. On Monday, Nunes, R-Tulare, announced he is leaving the 22nd Congressional District seat at the end of the month. He accepted a position as CEO for the new media venture created by former...

Amid Stimulus Talks, Biden Signs Order to Help Factories

WASHINGTON — Taking whatever steps he can to galvanize the economy, President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order Monday to boost government buying from U.S. manufacturers as he begins the negotiation process with Congress over a $1.9 trillion stimulus package. The executive order is among a flurry of...

Biden Win Confirmed After Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol

WASHINGTON — Congress confirmed Democrat Joe Biden as the presidential election winner early Thursday after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a stunning attempt to overturn America’s presidential election, undercut the nation’s democracy and keep Trump in the White House. Lawmakers were resolved...

Congress Set to Confirm Biden’s Electoral Win Over Trump

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the presidential election is going before Congress as lawmakers convene for a joint session to confirm the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden. The typically routine proceeding Wednesday will be anything but, a political confrontation unseen to such intensity since the aftermath...

Trump Allies Scrambling for Strategy to Overturn Biden Win

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers who are orchestrating an unprecedented attempt to overturn Joe Biden's election win over President Donald Trump have not settled on a full strategy ahead of Wednesday's joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College vote. With mounting desperation, Trump declared at a campaign rally in Georgia Monday that he...

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