Senate Republicans and Democrats are in a high-stakes staring contest over funding the Department of Homeland Security , with Democrats refining their demands to include "guardrails" on money authorized in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act . Why it matters: More insults were traded Wednesday than actual counteroffers . - The one offer that was delivered — from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — was quickly dismissed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). - "It's not even close to being real," Thune barked. "They know better." But Schumer is holding firm. "Democrats sent Republicans our counteroffer on legislation to reopen DHS, pay TSA workers, while at the same time rein in ICE with commonsense guardrails," Schumer…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and some of his rank-and-file members are articulating increasingly discordant ideas of what "due process" looks like for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.). Why it matters: Those divisions could spill out into public view very soon, with Cherfilus-McCormick — who has denied all wrongdoing — set to face a public House Ethics Committee hearing Thursday. - Some Democrats are prepared to call for Cherfilus-McCormick to resign or be expelled as soon as the Ethics Committee makes its determination, Axios reported Wednesday . - But Jeffries and his leadership team have signaled they will continue to defend Cherfilus-McCormick until the resolution of her federal criminal trial, which…
Seven years after leaving office, Matt Bevin, the combative ex-governor, faces charges for not providing financial records sought by his estranged son.
Republicans and Democrats alike have criticized the Trump administration’s moves, taken to stabilize oil markets rocked by the war with Iran, warning that it is benefiting two U.S. adversaries.