Democrats signal further increases to defense funding could come at cost for GOP

Prominent Democrats said Wednesday that any increases to defense spending beyond the budget limits agreed to as part of a bipartisan deal last year must also be met with parity for domestic ... Read More

Mass. lawmakers pass $251M shelter funding bill that imposes new limits on stays

The House voted 117-36 and the Senate 29-9 to approve the compromise spending bill that was first announced Wednesday ... Read More

Supervisors Advance Plan for Long-Term Migrant Shelter Using Federal Funding

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 4-1 to advance a proposal for a long-term migrant and asylum-seeker transit center that includes $19.6 million in federal money. Read More

Senate won’t pass border security legislation this year, Johnson's office suggests

A spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that GOP leaders do not see an avenue for passing border security reform this Congress. Read More

House passes $60B Ukraine aid bill as GOP rebels threaten to oust Johnson

The House of Representatives passed a bill to send aid to Ukraine on Saturday even as the issue has divided the GOP. Read More

Mass. lawmakers propose 9-month limit on shelter stays as part of funding deal

House and Senate negotiators also authorized up to $426 million from a state savings account to spend on the crisis. Read More

Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His 2024 Interviews With TIME

Former President Donald Trump sat down for a lengthy interview with TIME on April 12 at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. He continued the discussion in a follow-up call on April 27. During ... Read More

Jeffries’s Hint of a Lifeline Bolstered Johnson on Ukraine. Will He Need It?

The House Democratic leader has suggested his members would protect Speaker Mike Johnson if right-wing Republicans tried to oust him over Ukraine aid, strengthening the speaker’s hand. Read More

Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary, ending trial

The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over ... Read More

34 GOP senators call potential Biden plan for Palestinian refugees national security risk

More than two dozen Republican senators are calling a potential proposal by President Biden to accept Palestinian refugees from Gaza a national security risk, following the administration’s ... Read More

News Archives April 2024

Ohio House passes fentanyl penalties that critics call relic of a failed war on drugs: The Wake Up for Friday, April 26, 2024 Kudos to DeWine administration, state chamber for pushing child care ... Read More

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it ... Read More