Democrats ‘applying maximum hurt’ for ‘political gain’ in government funding fight: GOP lawmaker
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Trump buys a Tesla from Elon Musk at the White House
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Government funding bill passes House 217-213, heads to Senate for vote
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Department of Education workforce slashed in half
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Republican subcommittee chair misgenders Rep. Sarah McBride, adjourns hearing
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Democrats win Minnesota state House special election, setting up shared control of the chamber
Democrats won a Minnesota state House special election Tuesday night, The Associated Press projected, restoring a tie in the chamber and ending a monthslong power struggle in the Legislature. The win in the reliably Democratic 40B state House district, in the northern suburbs of St. Paul, means that control of the chamber will be tied, […]
White House says pro-Hamas propaganda handed out at rallies organized by detained Palestinian activist
Ahead of a Wednesday hearing where lawyers for a Palestinian activist who is a legal permanent U.S. resident will challenge his planned deportation, the State Department and White House pointed to a provision that allows green card holders to be removed from the country if they present “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the […]
Republican adjourns hearing after exchange over Sarah McBride misgendering
A House hearing ended abruptly Tuesday after an exchange between a Republican and a Democratic committee member over the GOP chair’s misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride. At the hearing hosted by the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, recognized McBride, D-Del., to speak and misgendered her in the process. McBride is the first […]
House funding vote puts Senate Democrats in a bind: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, we dive into the next steps on Capitol Hill after the House passed a short-term funding bill with […]
Education Department prepares to lay off roughly half its workforce
The Education Department on Tuesday announced a drastic reduction in its workforce, saying it’s preparing to cut about half of its staff. About 2,100 career employees will receive termination notices and will be given an opportunity to return to office to turn in government property and clean out desks on Wednesday, according to two officials. Secretary of […]
Washington state sues rural county for helping ICE round up undocumented immigrants
The Washington attorney general claims in a new lawsuit that the sheriff in rural Adams County has been breaking state law for at least three years by helping federal immigration officers round up and collect information on suspected undocumented residents. And since the election of President Donald Trump, Sheriff Dale J. Wagner has taken the […]
Congressional Dems, ACLU slam Trump’s ‘invasion’ immigration proclamation, preview legal challenge
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and three other leading Democrats in Congress wrote in a letter to the White House on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day proclamation declaring that illegal immigration is an invasion of the U.S. is a “troubling and misguided interpretation of the Constitution,” which could be a precursor to legal action if Trump goes further. The congressional Democrats who signed the letter — Sens. Durbin and Alex Padilla, […]