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Legislative Branch spending bill advances without member pay bump

June 14, 2024, 8:36am Politics

The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday night reinstated language in the fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch spending bill blocking a cost-of-living adjustment for members of Congress, which they’ve denied themselves every year for more than a decade. Read story

Ready to renew your U.S. passport? You can now apply online

June 13, 2024, 5:00pm Nation & World

There's an easier way to renew your passport — online. Read story

White House preps ‘dreamers’ celebration while President Biden eyes new benefits for immigrants

June 13, 2024, 3:32pm Politics

President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, as his own administration prepares potential new benefits for others without legal status but with long-standing ties in the United States. Read story

Former President Donald Trump arrives to the Capitol Hill Club, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington.

Cheers, cake and a fist-bump from GOP as Trump returns to Capitol Hill in a first since Jan. 6 riot

Former President Donald Trump arrives to the Capitol Hill Club, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington.

June 13, 2024, 3:00pm Latest News

 Donald Trump made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill on Thursday, his first with lawmakers since the Jan.6, 2021 attacks, embraced by energized House and Senate Republicans who find themselves reinvigorated by his bid to retake the White House. Read story

Senate Republicans block bill on women’s right to IVF as Democrats make push on reproductive care

June 13, 2024, 1:26pm Politics

Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer forced a vote on the matter Thursday in an effort to drive an election-year contrast on reproductive care. Read story

Migrants released with notices to appear in immigration court wait for a train to the San Diego International Airport in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2024. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for &ldquo;operational considerations.&rdquo;  The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that &ldquo;demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact&rdquo; its ability to deport people.

President Joe Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border

Migrants released with notices to appear in immigration court wait for a train to the San Diego International Airport in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, June 6, 2024. President Joe Biden has suspended asylum processing at the U.S. border under a new policy unveiled this week. But the proclamation has an exception for &ldquo;operational considerations.&rdquo;  The Homeland Security Department said in a detailed document outlining the ban that &ldquo;demographics and nationalities encountered at the border significantly impact&rdquo; its ability to deport people.

June 13, 2024, 8:27am Nation & World

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move by the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts. Read story

Supreme Court rules California man can’t trademark ‘Trump too small’

June 13, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase “Trump too small.” Read story

Presidential election a prime target for foreign disinformation, intelligence officials say

June 12, 2024, 7:13pm Politics

U.S. officials who track disinformation campaigns say they have issued more warnings to political candidates, government leaders and others targeted by foreign groups in recent months as America's adversaries seek to influence the outcome of the 2024 election. Read story

Biden faces lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at border

June 12, 2024, 4:46pm Politics

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move during the Trump administration that was blocked by the courts. Read story

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland answers a question from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s interview in his classified documents case.

House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland answers a question from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s interview in his classified documents case.

June 12, 2024, 1:45pm Latest News

The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, Republicans' latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. Read story