Washington — Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona died Thursday morning after “a long and brave battle” against cancer, according to his office. “He passed away this morning due to complications of his cancer treatments,” his office said in a statement. Grijalva, who was 77, announced in April that he had cancer after seeking medical…
Washington — House Republicans are moving to punish Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas after he heckled President Trump on Tuesday during his address to a joint session of Congress. Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington introduced a resolution on Wednesday to censure Green for the disruption. Newhouse is one of two remaining House Republicans…
Why Republicans are at odds about how to fund the government – CBS News Watch CBS News The Republican-controlled Senate adopted a $340 billion budget blueprint. Next week, the GOP-led House will advance its own proposal. There are some differences in strategy, and President Trump prefers the House approach. Caitlin Huey-Burns explains. Be the first…
Washington — Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that House Republicans expect to move forward on a budget plan later this week that lays a foundation for approving President Trump’s agenda, though a budget resolution has yet to be released. “We’ll be rolling out the details of that probably by tonight,” Johnson said at a…
Washington — Senate Republicans said Wednesday that they intend to move forward with their own plan to approve key components of President Trump’s agenda beginning next week, as the House efforts to start the budget reconciliation process have stalled. “It’s time for the Senate to move,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters Wednesday, after briefing Senate…
Laken Riley Act heads to Trump’s desk Laken Riley Act heads to Trump’s desk for signature 08:40 (CBS DETROIT) – Michigan Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters voted alongside the majority of senators to approve the Laken Riley Act earlier this week. The bill, which was approved both in the Senate and House on…
Washington — The House approved the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, signing off on the Senate’s changes to the legislation aimed at expanding the federal government’s mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally. The House passed the legislation in a 263 to 156 vote. It now heads to President Trump’s desk, where…
(Reuters) -China’s WuXi AppTec said on Tuesday its subsidiaries have signed a deal with U.S.-based private equity firm Altaris LLC for the sale of its cell and gene therapy manufacturing unit, WuXi Advanced Therapies, for an undisclosed sum. The company, along with other Chinese firms, have been at the center of new U.S. laws aimed…
By Iain Withers and Stella Qiu LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Global stocks slid on Friday ahead of a possible U.S. government shutdown, while European shares came under fire after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs if consumers in the region did not increase their purchases of U.S. oil and gas. A key read of U.S. inflation later…
Van Jones, an ex-adviser to former President Barack Obama and current CNN political commentator, said on Friday that President-elect Donald Trump is “smarter” than all his critics. In a video posted to political commentator Chris Cillizza’s YouTube channel on Friday, he asked Jones, “How the hell did Donald Trump figure out the mainstream media is…