New Senate Chiefs

WASHINGTON — A group of leading Democrats, including Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., and Richard Neal, D-Mass., are demanding answers from the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about the recent purge of employees at the agency. Pallone, ranking member of the... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is postponing the 25% tariffs he imposed on most goods from Canada and Mexico for 30 days. In the case of Mexico, he cited his cordial relationship with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and the fact that “we... Read More

WASHINGTON — Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, a former mayor of Houston who was just weeks into his freshman term on Capitol Hill, died suddenly Tuesday night, shortly after attending President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.  According to Houston’s current mayor, John Whitmire,... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will host the White House’s first-ever “crypto summit” on Friday, a session expected to be attended by prominent founders, CEOs and investors from the cryptocurrency universe, as well as members of the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets.  Also possible, at... Read More

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told National Association of Counties members on Tuesday that help is on the way for rural communities while assuring them passage of the long-awaited Farm Bill could happen by the end of this year. Rollins, an attorney and chief of... Read More

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., late Saturday blocked the firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency, saying President Donald Trump exceeded his presidential authority by trying to get rid of him.  Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a permanent injunction that allows... Read More