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New day, new tunnel. President Biden on Tuesday traveled to New York to showcase a $292 million grant that will be used to help build a critical new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey, part of a broader effort to draw a contrast between his …

Washington — As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy looks to follow through on his pledge to keep Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, it’s unclear whether he will be successful given opposition from some of his fellow GOP members. McCarthy has long threatened to hold …

Washington — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee is calling for the White House to provide a log of all visitors to President Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, house since the start of his presidency after documents bearing classification markings were discovered there. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, …

Washington — The revelation that a small number of documents marked classified were discovered in President Biden’s former office at a think tank in Washington is fueling House Republicans’ criticisms of the Justice Department and drawing promises of investigations into the matter by the new House majority. CBS News reported …

The race for House speaker was finally settled at the end of a fourth day of negotiating and balloting as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy won a majority in the 15th round of voting late Friday night. The contest required more rounds of voting than any other time since before the …

Washington — Lawmakers should be prepared to act quickly to pass a resolution funding the federal government for one week as negotiators continue to work on a longer-term spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday. Schumer said the longer-term measure, known as an omnibus bill, is “by far …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave an emotional interview to CNN on Monday, describing how she learned that her husband, Paul Pelosi, had been attacked at their San Francisco home and giving more detail on the extent of his injuries.  In an interview with Anderson Cooper, Nancy Pelosi said her husband …

 Democrats are making their final pitches to to hold onto control of the House and the Senate, and hoping to see first lady Jill Biden join them on the campaign trail. But the pitches she focused on Wednesday night involved her beloved Phillies in the World Series. She attended Game …

Billionaire investor Thomas Barrack testified Monday that his friend Donald Trump’s presidency was “disastrous” for his business.   Barrack made the comment while testifying in his own criminal trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.  He has pleaded not guilty to charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, …

Georgia’s Republican Lt. Gov. Geoffrey Duncan has spoken out against Herschel Walker, the current GOP Senate nominee in the state. Duncan criticized the Republican Party and said he isn’t voting for Walker after The Daily Beast reported Walker paid for an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion, which the candidate has …