Новости за 11.01.2018

Senate Democratic negotiators are getting pushback from pro-immigrant activists and other base constituencies who worry they are poised to give too much away in a deal protecting “Dreamers.”Democrats have signaled they are willing to consider...

SACRAMENTO - California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) offered a plan Wednesday to propose fully funding the state's rainy day account, even...

Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is “resting comfortably” after having surgery in a follow-up to last year’s shooting during a practice for the annual congressional baseball game."Congressman Steve Scalise is resting comfortably after a...

Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) met Wednesday to discuss the path forward for their bipartisan legislation aimed at stabilizing ObamaCare, aides in both parties said.The legislation’s future has been thrown into question...

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter blasted President Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of "selling out his base" in a meeting with lawmakers in which he appeared to endorse a deal that would grant millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) mission to Nigeria awarded a contract worth up to $225 million to “provide technical services for [the] USAID Integrated Health Program” in the country. The aid agency is working with both...

Senators are floating a temporary fix for Puerto Rico’s dwindling Medicaid funds as part of the chamber’s disaster aid package for the island.According to sources familiar with the discussions, the legislation would include a provision to...

Welcome to Overnight Regulation, your daily rundown of news from the federal agencies, Capitol Hill, the courts and beyond. It's Wednesday night in Washington, and we're watching to see if the House and Senate can find some sort of agreement on...

A U.S. district judge on Wednesday denied an injunction filed against acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney, effectively ruling that Mulvaney may remain the acting head of the agency.U.S. District Judge Timothy...

President Trump signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday aimed at stopping powerful synthetic opioids from coming into the country illegally.A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers attended the bill signing, a rare showing of bipartisanship with...

I spent my northeast Georgia youth replaying tracks from “Bat Out of Hell” and “Hotel California.” And, of course, staples from Steely Dan. I welcomed the evolution from the 8-track to cassette to CD, but the LP and 45 vinyl predate even me. So, I...

Lawmakers are scrambling to avoid a government shutdown as they barrel toward another funding deadline without a clear path forward.GOP leadership is remaining tightlipped about their plan, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and...

The federal government has ended a national registry designed to provide information to the public about evidence-based mental health and substance use interventions and programs.The National Registry of Evidence-b...

Author Michael Wolff's controversial new exposé "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" is set to debut at the top of The New York Times best-seller list. Just in: "Fire and Fury" debuts at No. 1 on the @nytimes best sellers list pic....

President Trump attacked “sneaky” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday as Republicans furiously beat back at suggestions that testimony from the founder of Fusion GPS undermined their claims that the FBI had improperly used a...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke pledged Wednesday to meet with every governor affected by the Trump administration's move to expand offshore drilling rights off nearly all of the nation's outer continental shelf.In an interview published...

A group of House Republicans unveiled their own solution to an Obama-era immigration program on Wednesday as questions persist over how congressional leadership and the White House will work out a deal on the issue.The bill, backed by the...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) plans to try and block President Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney in New York’s southern district, The New York Times reported Wednesday.Gillibrand, a frequent and vocal critic of the president, will likely use her “...

I finished another fall semester at The George Washington University where I teach in the legislative affairs department at the Graduate School of Political Management. At the end of each semester, I trust that my students walk away knowing how to...

More than a hundred prominent chief executives are urging Congress to pass legislation to protect young immigrants, calling the looming expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program a “crisis.”In a letter to House...

Dirk Kempthorne, the leader of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), is planning to step down by this time next year.The former Republican governor of Idaho has been president and chief executive of the industry group since 2010....

The oil industry criticized the Trump administration Wednesday for excluding waters near Florida from offshore drilling.The American Petroleum Institute (API) said the decision to remove the eastern third of the Gulf of Mexico from drilling...

Washington Post reporter Joel Achenbach has been suspended for 90 days over "inappropriate workplace conduct," according to ...

Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney suggested Wednesday that he will tip restaurant servers less if the minimum wage goes up. "If I walk into a restaurant, and I know that the waiter or waitress is making $15 an hour, way more than they...

Congressional Hispanic Caucus member Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) says that a House GOP-backed immigration bill offered Wednesday is "never going to make it through the Senate.""A Goodlatte bill is never going to m...