Senators blocked a House-approved bill to fund the U.S. military during the shutdown, voting 50-44—short of the 60 needed under filibuster rules. Three Democrats joined most Republicans in support, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune voted no tactically to keep the effort alive, hours after a broader funding bill also...
Democratic-led states won a reprieve as U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney temporarily barred the Trump administration from withholding billions in SNAP administrative funds from states refusing to turn over recipients’ personal data. USDA says the unprecedented demand—names, addresses, Social Security numbers and more—aims to fight fraud; most Republican-led states...
A looming government shutdown is putting SNAP—food assistance for roughly 41.7 million people—at risk for November, with the USDA warning states not to submit files needed to load EBT cards. Benefits are assured through October, but officials and advocates say the outlook is worsening. Minnesota has halted new applications and...
At a White House dinner for donors backing his ballroom project, President Trump unveiled a model for an 'Independence Arch,' a monument resembling Paris's Arc de Triomphe and informally called the 'Arc de Trump.' He praised its design, noted three possible sizes, and favored the largest, telling CBS News the...
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, fell in a Capitol hallway Thursday as he headed to Senate votes, as two Sunrise Movement volunteers approached and asked about Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. He did not answer, appeared unsteady, then rose with help from his detail and waved to them. The Senate...
President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a monumental arch in Washington—quickly nicknamed the “Arc de Trump”—telling wealthy guests at a White House dinner it was planned as a gateway to Washington from northern Virginia, near Arlington Memorial Bridge. He flashed 3D models topped with a gold Lady Liberty and said...
President Donald Trump said he plans another meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Budapest to try to end the war in Ukraine, after a phone call he described as making "great progress." U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Russian counterparts next week before the leaders'...
As candidates head into Thursday’s first general-election debate, New York City’s mayoral race is static but charged. Independent Andrew Cuomo is running an attrition play, pitching law-and-order to peel off Curtis Sliwa’s voters and stall Democrat Zohran Mamdani, who sits in the mid-40s in polls yet pushes for a 50%...
Kenyan police fired tear gas as thousands packed a 60,000-seat Nairobi stadium to view the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died Wednesday in India at 80 after collapsing during a morning walk. Mourners had escorted the body on foot from the airport; when some breached the presidential...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he offered Democrats a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies in a bid to end the 16-day government shutdown, but he wouldn’t promise an outcome. The Senate again failed to advance the GOP funding bill, and Thune plans a procedural vote to...
