HHeadlines Read More Mitch McConnell suffers worrying fall onto hard floor while being questioned by reportersOctober 16, 2025 Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was humiliated Sunday after he took a brutal fall in the Senate that was…
HHeadlines Read More Trump administration live updates: Senate Democrats are ready to reject government funding billOctober 16, 2025 Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen…
TTop stories Read More The Supreme Court might net Republicans 19 congressional seats in one fell swoop.October 15, 2025 Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to…
HHeadlines Read More Pentagon to shift $8B in R&D funds to pay troopsOctober 13, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense plans to siphon $8 billion in leftover fiscal 2025 research and development…
HHeadlines Read More Pentagon preparing to pull $8 billion from ‘unobligated’ R&D coffers to pay troopsOctober 12, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense plans to siphon $8 billion in leftover fiscal 2025 research and development…
HHeadlines Read More Live updates: Judge temporarily blocks sending Guard to ChicagoOctober 10, 2025 National Guard troops arrived Friday in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment…
HHeadlines Read More Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva still not sworn into CongressOctober 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect…
HHeadlines Read More Senate passes $914B defense policy bill after resolving gridlock on amendmentsOctober 10, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Senate finally passed its $913.9 billion version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill today,…
HHeadlines Read More $1.8 trillion deficit revealed during ‘pointless and wasteful government shutdown,’ budget watchdog saysOctober 10, 2025 The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), Washington, D.C.’s leading nonpartisan budget watchdog, has sharply criticized the…
HHeadlines Read More Government shutdown reaches Day 9 with no end in sight: live updatesOctober 9, 2025 WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump met with his Cabinet on Thursday as the federal government shutdown dragged on…
HHeadlines Read More US Government Shutdown: Missed Paychecks Add Pressure on CongressOctober 8, 2025 More than a quarter million federal employees didn’t receive their scheduled paychecks this week as the US government…
HHeadlines Read More Pamela Bondi stonewalls Democrats at DOJ oversight hearingOctober 8, 2025 Attorney General Pamela Bondi repeatedly declined to answer questions from Democratic senators during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday…