Congress returns to face chaotic funding fight, Epstein drama, crime crackdown
Congress returns this week from its August recess staring down a deadline to fund the government and avert a possible shutdown by month's end.
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Congress returns this week from its August recess staring down a deadline to fund the government and avert a possible shutdown by month's end.
A recent poll shows the race is getting tighter between Paxton and Cornyn.
Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.
The Senate passed President Trump's request to rescind $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding early Thursday and sent it back to the House ahead of a Friday deadline.
According to a poll released by the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin last month, 17 percent of Texans said political corruption is the biggest problem facing the state.
The Senate narrowly passed President Trump's massive tax and spending bill Tuesday after a marathon series of amendment votes.
Congress is racing to meet a self-imposed July 4 deadline to send the tax and spending bill to the president.
The plan to sue the state comes months before the state's March 2026 primary.
Senate Republicans hope to pass the "big, beautiful bill" by July 4th. It will then go back to the House for consideration.
The bill containing Trump's tax cuts and border and defense spending is expected to face some hurdles in the Senate.
Gov. Abbott said the state spent more than $11 billion during the Biden administration securing the border.
The new poll shows Senator Cornyn trailing Attorney General Paxton by 16 percentage points, 56% to 40%.
President Trump is now seeking to implement the idea through an executive order.
Nate Paul, whose relationship with Paxton was at the center of his historic impeachment trial, was sentenced for lying to a financial institution.
The budget resolution is just the first step in the complicated reconciliation process.
This could be the biggest GOP political battle since 2010 when Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison challenged Governor Rick Perry.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey began speaking around 7 p.m. on Monday to protest Trump policies and didn't stop till after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, long a powerful Republican leader in the Senate, won't be running for reelection in 2026.
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
One Republican — Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — joined Democrats in voting against Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as director of national intelligence.
Kennedy pledged to do "whatever" Trump wants on abortion pills, as the nation's top health official.
The Senate quickly confirmed Rubio as the nation's top diplomat hours after Trump was sworn in.
President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Paul Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The concern could put another one of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks at risk of falling short of the support needed for confirmation.
