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On Tuesday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a "continuing resolution" (CR) bill to avoid a government shutdown on October 1. The deal involved Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi working directly with Republican Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to reach a compromise for the CR, a short-term spending resolution.The bill…

The House on Tuesday passed legislation to fund the government through Dec. 11, by a vote of 359-57.Why it matters: The bill will avert a government shutdown when funding expires in eight days. Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said earlier that they hoped to hold a vote…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday that the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall on Friday, making Ginsburg the first woman to ever receive the honor.The state of play: The Supreme Court also announced Monday that Ginsburg will lie…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left some viewers scratching their heads after what seemed like a brief communication issue during a Sunday morning news show.During an interview on ABC News’ “This Week,” Pelosi, D-Calif., was asked whether she and House Democrats would move to impeach President Trump in an effort to stop his U.S. Supreme Court pick…

GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Sunday confirmed that she opposed an effort to vote on a new nominee to the Supreme Court until after the November 3 election.  On Saturday, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, also a Republican, similarly said a vote on a Ginsburg replacement should wait until…

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)You can call Speaker Nancy Pelosi too liberal, or an out-of-touch San Francisco elitist. But whatever you do, don't call her crazy, Murphy writes.Read Full Article »Show comments Hide Comments Read More

Mick Mulvaney became the first figure in the Trump administration to express concern over Boris Johnson's contentious plan for Northern Ireland. Trump's envoy to the province — formerly his acting chief of staff — urged the UK not to reinstate a hard border "by accident." Johnson's plan to break international…

It is hard to choose the worst story of the Trump era, but a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is surely among them. The complaint, which was brought by a coalition of legal advocacy and human rights groups in the South, focuses…

Updated / Wednesday, 16 Sep 2020 08:12 Dominic Raab will meet Nancy Pelosi and Richard Neal in Washington DC UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will meet Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi in Washington DC today to discuss Brexit's impact on Northern Ireland. Last week, Ms Pelosi warned…

Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for an investigation into a Georgia ICE detention center where a whistleblower complaint from one of the facility’s nurses detailed health care abuses, including questionable hysterectomies and a refusal to test for and report coronavirus cases.  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement…