Congress Has A Daunting December To-Do List
The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency.
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The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol would be daunting even if Washington were functioning at peak efficiency.
President Trump fired off a series of unfettered tweets Saturday on his relationships with foreign leaders who often share tense relationships with the U.S. One tweet in particular took issue with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un where Mr. Trump felt insulted for being called "old" and in return called him "short and fat."
The GOP tax reform bill released last week would bar state and local governments from issuing tax-exempt bonds for stadium construction, a common feature of stadium deals over the past two decades.
A woman has gotten the boot after flipping the bird at President Donald Trump's motorcade.
The North Korean crisis will be front and center during President Trump's 13-day trip through Asia. The president and first lady just landed in Japan.
California Gov. Jerry Brown says dealing with climate change will take not just scientific but religious commitment.
Donna Brazile, the former interim Democratic National Committee chair, wrote in her new memoir that she considered pushing for the removal of Hillary Clinton from the 2016 ticket and replacing her with then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to a report published Saturday.
As reports pile up of harassment or worse by men in entertainment, business and the media, one current and three former female lawmakers tell The Associated Press that they, too, have been harassed or subjected to hostile sexual comments — by fellow members of Congress.
Raul Bocanegra is the first legislator publicly named since a letter circulated saying there was a "pervasive culture" of sexual harassment at the Capitol.
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election next year, delivering a forceful condemnation of the "flagrant disregard of truth and decency" and bemoaning political complicity in a Senate speech clearly directed at President Donald Trump.
California Gov. Jerry Brown late Sunday vetoed legislation that would have forced presidential candidates to publicly share their tax returns in order to appear on the state's ballot.
It was aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to release his tax returns should be run for the White House again in 2020 and to ensure that future candidates won't hide their returns as Trump did in the 2016 campaign.
Each week, CBS Los Angeles will post the President's weekly address as well as the Democratic weekly address.
Vice President Mike Pence traveled up California on Monday to raise money for endangered Republican congressional candidates and tout the Trump administration's proposal for cutting taxes.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a veteran California Democrat, said Monday that she's running for another term. The 84-year-old took to Twitter to declare that "I'm all in."
