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The legislation would fund parts of the government ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline in a bipartisan breakthrough after the nation’s longest shutdown.
Significant numbers of Republicans joined with Democrats in voting against President Donald Trump’s interests on high-profile pieces of legislation Thursday, suggesting his party’s unyielding loyalty to this point in his term has started to splinter.
A House committee voted to subpoena Ohio billionaire Les Wexner to testify about his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as part of the congressional investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking network.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa died at age 65 during emergency surgery, further threatening the GOP's razor-thin House majority as Republicans face mounting challenges to maintain control.
The White House said Thursday that it was not feasible to save the building's East Wing because of structural issues, past decay and other major concerns, as officials shared details of President Trump's planned ballroom at a public meeting of the planning commission charged with approving it.
Get live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as the Senate votes on Venezuela war powers, the House considers extending Obamacare subsidies.
The White House is considering a bipartisan slate of nominations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the first Democratic picks for a major Wall Street regulator during the second Trump administration.
The House easily passed legislation to fund several federal agencies and programs as lawmakers work to avert another government shutdown later this month.