Browsing: Congress
In the 1950s, a little-known junior senator from Wisconsin led an intense anti-communist line of questioning of fellow Congress members,…
A $10 billion ‘slush fund’ to pay TSA agents: Trump’s latest unilateral loophole, explained
There’s an idea about how political power is supposed to work in the U.S. To guard against anything resembling monarchy,…
Democrats in disarray as rank and file clash with Chuck Schumer’s plan to run elderly moderates in must-win races
In Maine, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown his weight behind Gov. Janet Mills in a crucial race, but some of his Senate…
Banning institutional investors from buying homes will backfire for many Americans, experts say
President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats have finally found something they can agree on: banning institutional investors from buying single-family…
The 2026 farm bill quietly hands big tech control over American farmland. Here’s the fine print
Tucked inside the 2026 Farm Bill is a provision that would reimburse farmers 90% of the cost of adopting AI…
Trump promised lower drug prices. Here’s how Congress virtually guaranteed the opposite
President Trump has repeatedly promised to bring down prescription drug prices. His Republican Congress says it shares that goal. But…
Bernie Sanders’ billionaire tax would soak about 900 people to fund $3,000 checks for the middle class
Imagine a small concert venue, maybe 900 people, give or take. That’s relatively the size of a small cruise ship,…
A House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein labored for six months to question former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but once…
Thomas Massie among few Republicans to criticize Trump over war powers: ‘This is not ‘America First”
Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on…
America faces a ‘debt crisis’ a lot like the 1980s when a ‘private pact’ brokered by Ronald Reagan did the trick
The U.S. is perched on a treacherous fiscal ledge. The national debt held by the public has surged past $38…












