Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is losing his patience as debate over the “Big Beautiful Bill” drags on.

“Oh my God, I just want to go home,” he told reporters on Monday, in response to a question about how long voting is expected to take. “I’ve already missed our entire trip to the beach.”

The Senate began voting on amendments to ...Read more

At the heart of the debate over the “Big, Beautiful Bill” stands one little-known official: the Senate parliamentarian.

The low-profile congressional official has been thrust into the spotlight after issuing a procedural decision on the GOP-backed spending bill, drawing sharp responses from some Republicans.

President Donald Trump himself ...Read more

A judge overseeing a challenge to President Donald Trump’s restrictions on automatic birthright citizenship asked the U.S. government to confirm it won’t seek to deport impacted children during the Supreme Court’s 30-day pause on enforcement of the directive.

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland said during a hearing Monday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Harvard University’s talks with the White House have stalled, according to a person familiar with the matter, threatening a quick resolution to a standoff that’s endangering the school’s finances and upending foreign student plans.

A potential deal was knocked off course last week although hopes remain for an accord, said ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major copyright case involving Georgia-based Cox Communications and major record labels that could have profound implications for trademarked works, liability for infringement, as well as internet access.

At issue is a 2018 lawsuit filed by Sony and other record labels asserting Cox should be held ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday issued a hand-written note to Fed Chief Jerome Powell demanding he cut interest rates in a new escalation of their feud.

Trump scrawled the to “Jerome” note as he piles pressure on the powerful central banker to agree to dramatically cut rates or step down before his term is up next May.

“Jerome – You are,...Read more

U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans announced Monday that he will not seek reelection, capping the end of a 45-year career in elected office and setting up a potentially heated primary to represent the Philadelphia seat in Congress.

Evans, 71, who suffered a stroke last year, said he is fully capable of serving the next year, but made the decision not to ...Read more

It’s a widely held belief among economists that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will boost inflation notably over the next few months. But muted price increases so far have called that assumption into question, emboldening the White House and opening up divisions at the Federal Reserve.

Anticipation of firmer inflation has kept the U.S. ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — President Donald Trump is planning to visit a new immigration detention center in the Everglades on Tuesday, when the facility is expected to open and be ready to house detained immigrants, Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Monday.

“We have the president of the United States coming down tomorrow to tout what ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican with a military background and a willingness to occasionally buck President Donald Trump, announced Monday that he won’t seek a sixth term, boosting Democrats’ hopes of winning his purple district in the ruby-red state.

In a statement, Bacon said he was looking forward to spending more ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will review whether Enbridge Energy properly removed a case to federal court that was filed against it by the state of Michigan.

Enbridge's appeal seeks a federal court venue for a years-long fight over the future of the Line 5 oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac. The case was listed Monday as one of several the ...Read more

Senate Republicans on Monday bulldozed ahead with President Donald Trump’s sprawling Big Beautiful Bill, brushing aside Democratic objections to move within striking distance of a major political victory for the White House in time to beat a July 4 deadline.

The GOP-controlled Senate inched toward passing its version of the controversial bill...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide a Republican-led challenge to the limits on how much national political parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates.

The case, brought by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, along with then-Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and former Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, ...Read more

The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a grievous blow to separation of powers by holding that federal courts cannot issue nationwide injunctions to halt unconstitutional actions by the president and the federal government. At a time when President Trump is asserting unprecedented powers, the court made it far more difficult to restrain his ...Read more

WASHINGTON – With two conservatives in dissent, the Supreme Court on Monday turned down a property-rights claim from Los Angeles landlords who say they lost millions from unpaid rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Without comment, the justices said they would not hear an appeal from a coalition of apartment owners who said they rent "over 4,...Read more

With just 10 days to go until President Donald Trump’s country-specific tariffs are set to resume, the White House appears poised to fall short of the sweeping global trade reforms it promised to achieve during the three months they were on hold.

Agreements with as many as a dozen of the U.S.’s largest trading partners are expected to be ...Read more

Chilean communist Jeannette Jara won the primary vote for left-wing presidential candidates on Sunday, vaulting past a more moderate favorite in a surprisingly strong last-minute surge.

Former Labor Minister Jara got 60.5% of the vote, followed by onetime Interior Minister Carolina Toha with 27.7%, electoral body Servel reported with 93.7% of ...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested he might back eventual sanctions relief for Iran “if they can be peaceful,” combining threats and the prospect of diplomacy after U.S. strikes aimed at destroying Iranian nuclear sites.

“We have the sanctions on,” Trump said in comments on Fox News’s "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo. “...Read more

Elon Musk slammed the U.S. Senate’s latest version of President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill Saturday, warning that the cuts to electric vehicle and other clean energy credits would be “incredibly destructive” to the country.

Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, posted on his social media platform ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think he’ll need to extend the July 9 trade deadline he has imposed on countries to secure deals with the U.S. to avoid higher tariffs.

“I don’t think I’ll need to,” he said in an interview on Fox News’s "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo that was taped Friday. He then added, “I...Read more