(The Center Square) – Lawmakers on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee equally slammed and praised former special counsel Jack Smith over his involvement in prosecuting President Donald Trump’s alleged scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
(The Center Square) – Taking back the Panama Canal is “sort of on the table,” President Donald Trump told The Center Square in response to a question regarding comments the president previously made about the U.S. reclaiming control of the vital shipping canal.
(The Center Square) – U.S. senators have left town for a week-long recess, leaving themselves only five days to pass the six remaining federal government funding bills.
Free news: Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley — a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — today, Jan. 14, released the following statement after the Senate voted to block U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA)’s War Powers Resolution aimed at stopping unauthorized U.S. military action in Venezuela.
(The Center Square) – Congress faces a mountain of political challenges when it resumes session next week, including a potential government shutdown, a health care affordability crisis, and the ongoing release of the Epstein files.
(The Center Square) – When Congress returns next week, lawmakers will have less than a month to pass the remaining nine appropriations bills funding federal agencies in fiscal year 2026.
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration says it will crack down on housing assistance fraud after a report from the Department of Housing and Human Development flagged billions in potentially fraudulent payments made since fiscal year 2024.
(The Center Square) – Vice President J.D. Vance returned to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to discuss the Trump administration's economic policies to lower prices for everyday Americans.
(The Center Square) – The Justice Department is required to make all of the Epstein files public by Friday, after months of back-and-forth between Congress and the Trump administration.
