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President Joe Biden was criticized by conservatives this week for not saying "Jesus" in his Christmas speech on Thursday, with one critic saying that "Satan never mentions Jesus by name." "Satan never mentions Jesus by name, he is afraid of God and he is afraid of Christians who know how…

In November, 48.5 million retired workers brought home an average Social Security benefit check of $1,677.52. That might not sound like a lot, but for nearly 90% of these retirees, it's a necessary source of income that helps cover their expenses. All told, Social Security income lifted 16.1 million seniors…

 A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers race to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown. The bill passed mostly along party lines, 225-201. It now goes…

WASHINGTON — The House on Friday voted to finalize a massive $1.7 trillion government funding bill, sending it to President Joe Biden and marking the end of two years of Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress. The package contains a major boost to military spending and nearly $45 billion in assistance…

Posted December 23, 2022 at 6:59pm Corrected 7:52 p.m. | Lawmakers who voted against the massive omnibus spending package that’s headed for President Joe Biden’s desk secured $3 billion worth of earmarks in the 4,126-page behemoth, a CQ Roll Call tally found, or about one-fifth of all the measure’s home-state…

Posted December 23, 2022 at 2:59pm The landmark overhaul of the Electoral Count Act isn’t the only way the omnibus spending bill that’s heading to President Joe Biden’s desk seeks to avoid a repeat of 2020’s post-election chaos. Also among the provisions in the catchall bill is a bipartisan effort…

The Biden administration put itself in awkward position last week when it killed off another attempt by Congress to force President Joe Biden to make good on the pledge he made nearly two years ago to end American support for the war in Yemen. The offensive campaign led by Saudi…

The Senate passed a massive spending bill on Thursday, funding the government through September 2023. The $1.7 trillion package, which passed 68–29, must now pass the House of Representatives and then be signed into law by President Joe Biden. Congress is under a major time crunch to get it done,…

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of Congress on December 21 as part of his visit to Washington DC, during which he also met president Joe Biden and other members of his administration. Addresses by foreign leaders to the US legislative chambers are extremely rare. House Speaker Nancy…

Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and "will never surrender," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in a speech to the US Congress. Mr Zelenskyy was greeted with a lengthy standing ovation as he entered the chamber to deliver what he billed as his "speech to Americans". "Against all doom and gloom…