Voters under 50 are the least open to electing a female president, and four in 10 Americans personally know someone who would not elect a woman to the White House, a new poll finds. The American University poll, shared first with POLITICO, reveals a complicated portrait of how voters view women in politics. A majority … Read more
The House won’t return to session next week as Speaker Mike Johnson had previously indicated, according to a notice made during Friday’s pro forma session. The move came after the Senate voted a fourth time Friday to reject a House-passed continuing resolution that would break the ongoing government shutdown. Johnson and House GOP leaders have … Read more
The government shutdown will go into a second week. Senators rejected another opportunity Friday to reopen agencies and are now out of session until Monday, when leadership is expected to force a fifth vote on a House-passed proposal to fund the government through Nov. 21. The stalemate comes as the fallout from the shutdown is … Read more
The Trump administration intends to make hiring skilled workers from other countries more expensive. Source link
Former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is making a play for her old St. Louis seat in Congress, she announced Friday on X, a year after losing a primary in part due to her opposition to Israel. “I ran for Congress to change things for regular people,” she said in a video announcement. “I’m running again … Read more
It’s the Senate’s last chance of the week to avoid a shutdown. There’s no sign it’s happening — but Republicans believe another failed vote Friday could help push Democrats closer to desperation and a potential off-ramp. If the vote on the GOP-led CR goes the same way as the previous tries, “we’ll give them the … Read more
If Republicans want to quickly bring the government shutdown to an end, they will need to get one particularly formidable Senate Democrat on board. New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen has emerged as a central player in the bipartisan back-channeling that has ramped up this week as congressional leaders and President Donald Trump remain locked in … Read more
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best … Read more
At the center of the government shutdown is a fight between Republicans and Democrats over the Affordable Care Act. Source link
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is urging acting Special Counsel Jamieson Greer to investigate the White House for its messaging on the government shutdown, which he argues is in violation of federal law. In a letter to Greer on Thursday, Garcia wrote that the messaging appears to contravene … Read more