U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania plans to introduce a bipartisan bill as early as this week to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies after the prolonged, bitter shutdown battle this fall left the issue unresolved.

Fitzpatrick, a Bucks County Republican, said on Wednesday the bill’s language is “pretty much buttoned up” and has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As the economy emerges as a likely defining issue in next year's midterm elections, President Donald Trump has wrestled with Americans' rising cost of living, declaring himself the "affordability president," then soon dismissing the issue as something that "does not mean anything to anybody."

At two White House events this week, ...Read more

The Trump administration’s threat to withhold money that Democratic-run states use to administer the SNAP food aid program unless officials release personal information about individual recipients puts 2 million people in Pennsylvania and more than 800,000 in New Jersey at risk of food insecurity.

On Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 26-24 along party lines Wednesday to advance a bill to overhaul the broadband permitting system.

The permitting bill would set deadlines for state and local governments to approve or deny certain projects, including personal wireless facilities and telecommunications service ...Read more

ATLANTA – A federal judge on Wednesday considered whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging provisions of a 2024 state elections law that changed where homeless voters could receive election mail and strengthened the ability of activists to challenge the eligibility of voters.

The consolidated suit seeks to overturn that voter eligibility ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats in both chambers, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr. of Virginia, is leading opposition to a potential regulatory carve-out from a new minimum tax on corporate profits that critics say could generate an unjustified windfall for big companies.

The Treasury Department and...Read more

Reading week is quiet at Northwestern University. It’s a time for students to write papers and study for exams and for professors to grade and prepare new courses for winter quarter. But right now, it’s a different kind of quiet. On Friday evening, Northwestern announced a “deal” with the federal government. Media reports thus far have ...Read more

With less than six months remaining until a crucial party convention, candidates in the 1st Congressional District are scrambling to collect the endorsements of key Democratic insiders in order to show the momentum of their campaigns.

The competitive, five-way race includes four challengers against longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. John B. Larson of...Read more

Democrats see an opportunity to hammer Republicans and the White House on “affordability,” counting on voters to forget that inflation soared to 9 percent in 2022 — the highest in four decades — under President Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress.

President Donald Trump took the bait, of course. On Tuesday, he called the issue “a ...Read more

Gov. Maura Healey is condemning President Donald Trump for threatening to withhold funding for SNAP from 21 blue states, which the White House says refuse to comply with USDA anti-fraud data requirements.

Following an event at the Department of Public Health headquarters in Boston on Wednesday, Healey called the Trump administration’s move �...Read more

Former Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith has been subpoenaed to testify before the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee in two weeks about his sweeping investigations into President Donald Trump’s actions.

The private deposition is to take place on Dec. 17 as part of an ongoing investigation the panel is conducting into...Read more

After voters backed a redraw of California congressional maps, Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa faces what could be the most competitive race in his more than two decades in Congress — if he stays in San Diego County.

With a real challenge from Democrats on his hands, Issa is considering leaving to run for a congressional seat in Texas, ...Read more

As members of Congress get ready to spend more time with their families over the winter holidays, they often have big decisions about reelection or retirement on the brain.

This year, it’s becoming harder to separate those from another concern: fear for their personal safety.

A drumbeat of recent threats has kept member security top of mind,...Read more

ANALYSIS — The special election result in Tennessee’s 7th District is just the latest piece of evidence that, in spite of President Donald Trump’s reputation as a political savant, 2026 is beginning to look a lot like a traditional midterm.

There’s a perception that normal rules don’t apply to Trump, who overperformed the polls and ...Read more

A bipartisan group of five lawmakers has asked the Justice Department for a briefing by Friday on any new information that could interfere with the department’s ability to release files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a mid-December deadline.

Congress overcame initial opposition from the White House last month when it ...Read more

The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee sent broad requests for information to three environmental groups this week, looking for evidence that they “colluded” with Biden administration officials to stop mining in Superior National Forest.

The requests, signed by Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., and Rep. Paul ...Read more

Reports that President Trump’s federal immigration authorities will ramp up enforcement in Minnesota with a focus on Somali immigrants has stirred widespread fear in the Twin Cities’ large community and raised concerns that political rhetoric may soon translate into sweeping action.

Inside Karmel Mall, the commercial and cultural center of ...Read more

If the United States launches military action against Venezuela, a group of senators is ready to act quickly to try to block the use of American military force there.

“We share the concerns of the American people who have made it abundantly clear that they don’t want more forever wars — especially ones decided in secret that will drive ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced a pardon of Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife on Wednesday, a move that would wipe away a criminal case that accused the couple of taking about $600,000 in bribes from the government of Azerbaijan and a foreign bank headquartered in Mexico City.

Trump said in a social media post that he was ...Read more