ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly ended its annual session early Friday without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline, plunging into doubt the future of elections in the political battleground. The lawmakers’ failure to offer a solution after months of debate raises uncertainty about how Georgians … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While tens of thousands of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are struggling to make ends meet, some members of Congress appear to be going about their business as usual during the record-breaking government shutdown. Instead of staying in Washington to resolve the funding stalemate, both chambers … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The United States supports efforts by Taiwan’s government to pass a $40 billion special defense budget that is being stalled in the opposition-controlled parliament, a group of visiting U.S. lawmakers said Monday in Taipei. A bipartisan group of four senators arrived in Taiwan as part of an Asia trip meant to bolster … Read more
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Congress ‘really in a jam’ as lawmakers return home amid DHS shutdown 06:53 UP NEXT Trump mulls seizing Iran’s Kharg Island despite it being a ‘very dangerous endeavor’ 20:39 Speaker Johnson holding TSA ‘hostage’ to block immigration reforms: … Read more
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of four senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea in the coming days on a trip meant to bolster U.S. alliances seen as important to countering China’s dominance in Asia. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced the … Read more
WASHINGTON — As the war in Iran pushes U.S. gas prices toward $4 a gallon nationally, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax in the latest attempt to try to control surging energy costs. Lawmakers say the action would provide much-needed relief for families and businesses that rely on their cars and … Read more
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is reacting to the prolonged government shutdown, which is affecting TSA lines at U.S. airports, and rising fuel prices. CBS News’ Nicole Sgaga and Kris Van Cleave report. Source link
Senate Republicans on Tuesday sent a proposal to Democrats that would fund most of the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE’s deportation division. So far, Democrats have refused to strike a deal without reforms to the agency’s immigration enfor Source link
Delta Air Lines is suspending special services it usually offers to members of Congress as passengers at some airports wait for hours in security screening lines during the partial U.S. government shutdown. Absences have soared among TSA officers working without pay amid the funding impasse, leading to staffing shortages and chaos at U.S. airports. Delta said … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate quietly passed legislation that would require lawmakers to join the general public in airport security lines, ending a long-held privilege, as the Homeland Security shutdown continues. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, pushed the End Special Treatment for Congress at Airports Act, which unanimously passed the upper … Read more