Good evening. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Joe Biden and former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle were among the mourners who gathered Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral for the funeral of…
Good evening. The Senate officially sent a bill to the White House today that requires the Justice Department to release more information about the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump has vowed to sign the…
Happy Tuesday! After a monthslong fight, the House and Senate passed a bill requiring the Justice Department to release files in the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A 427-1 vote in the House was followed by quick Senate…
Happy Monday! House lawmakers are back for their first full workweek in the Capitol since mid-September. Members are expected to vote tomorrow on a bill requiring the release of more files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Then…
Good evening. With the government shutdown over, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has exploded back into the headlines. Following the release of new emails that shed more light on the relationship between President Trump and Epstein, the…
Happy Thursday! Big news today! No, we don't mean the government reopening. We mean that an aged Swiss Gruyère has been crowned as the best cheese in the world for 2025.
Happy Wednesday! The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is about to end after nearly 43 full days. With the House of Representatives back and the government set to reopen, the political world is also picking up the story that had…
Good evening and a happy Veterans Day to those who served. Our thanks go out to you. Tomorrow, on Day 43 of the government shutdown, the House will be back in session to take its first vote since September as it considers the Senate-passed…
Happy Monday! The Senate is taking a series of votes tonight to reopen the government. It took 40 days, but senators on Sunday cleared a path to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history via a deal that is deeply dividing…
The shutdown fight continued without a resolution on Friday as frustrations mounted from Capitol Hill to the nation's airports and beyond. Senate Republicans rejected an offer from Democrats on a compromise to reopen the government, and…
Happy Thursday! Lots of history was made on this date: In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president; in 1956, Dwight Eisenhower won a second term in office; in 1984, Ronald Reagan won 49 states en route to his own second term; and in…
Wednesday brought the first fallout from Tuesday's elections, in which Democrats swept key races by large margins. President Trump, clearly bothered by the election results, voiced growing frustration with the government shutdown, which is…
It's Election Day! Voters are having their say in closely watched contests in New York City, California, New Jersey and Virginia. And the government shutdown is about the become the longest ever. Here's your Tuesday update.
Happy Monday! This promises to be a hugely important week in American politics. The government shutdown is about to set a sad record. Tuesday's elections could shift the way the two parties see the political landscape. And the Supreme…
Happy Friday! Two federal judges today said the Trump administration is required to use emergency Department of Agriculture funds to help pay for November food stamp benefits. And President Donald Trump, just back from his trip to Asia,…
Happy Thursday from a rainy and dreary New York City. As the government shutdown nears a record as the longest ever, the Senate headed home for the weekend, and a federal judge signaled that she will step in to require the Trump…
Good Tuesday evening. The government shutdown is about to enter a fifth week with no sign of a resolution and plenty of reasons to expect the pain to worsen. Here's what's happening.
Good evening. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan for the second leg of a diplomatic tour through Asia. Trump met with Japan's Emperor Naruhito ahead of a planned meeting Tuesday with Sanae Takaichi, a conservative who just became the…
Good evening. It's Day 24 of the government shutdown, and hundreds of thousands of federal workers missed their first full paychecks today while Congress was out. Speaker Mike Johnson announced that House members will be home again next…