House GOP attempts to forge own path toward ending shutdown, disregarding Senate-backed bill

House lawmakers are at odds over a Senate bill that includes TSA pay, but excludes ICE funding. Eleanor Mueller, White House economic policy reporter for Semafor, and Riley Rogerson, House leadership reporter for Politico, join “The Takeout” to discuss. Source link

As citizen voting bill stalls in US Senate, some states forge ahead

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — While the U.S. Senate remains deadlocked over President Donald Trump’s call for strict citizenship voting requirements, Republicans in some states are pressing ahead with their own measures that could require documentary proof of citizenship to join or remain on the voter rolls. Proof-of-citizenship legislation won final approval this week in South … Read more

With trust in US wavering, NATO allies meet in Brussels and Munich to forge new ties

At the entrance to NATO headquarters, a mangled steel beam from the 107th floor of the World Trade Center’s north tower memorializes the 9/11 attack on the United States. An accompanying plaque notes that within 24 hours, NATO had invoked the alliance’s mutual defense clause for the first time in its history, going to war … Read more