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Child immigrants on Southwest border draw lawmakers’ response

June 22, 2019 at 7:52 p.m.

The flood of immigrant children crossing the Southwest border took center stage Thursday on Capitol Hill as a Senate committee moved to provide $100 million to respond to the crisis....

More details from audit of VA healthcare scandal expected Monday

June 23, 2019 at 10:29 a.m.

As the acting secretary of Veterans Affairs tries to assure congressmen that he is moving to address the VA healthcare scandal, his department is preparing to release more results of...

Pressure grows on VA chief Eric Shinseki to quit after critical report

June 24, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

A scathing report finding a systemic problem at Veterans Affairs medical facilities nationwide, including manipulation of records to mask long waits for appointments, fueled new calls Wednesday for VA chief...

Congress considering ban on in-flight calls on airlines

August 23, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress clearly like to talk. And talk. But when it comes to sitting on a plane next to a passenger jabbering on the phone through a...

Government shutdown: Where it hits and how hard

December 24, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

The Pentagon would furlough 400,000 civilian workers and temporarily stop paying death benefits to military families. The National Park Service would close all 401 national parks and give overnight campers...

President Obama spoke on Sept. 27 about recent developments with Iran and also addressed the possible government shutdown currently being debated on Capitol Hill.

Government shutdown: Where it hits and how hard

November 4, 2021 at 12:18 a.m.

Cesar Chavez’s home is designated national historic site

May 10, 2019 at 1:53 a.m.

Cesar Chavez's California retreat has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the designation of the site in the Tehachapi Mountains where the...

Health care bill poisons Hill air

August 22, 2021 at 11:49 a.m.

In this season of good cheer and glad tidings, Congress has become one mean place. Angering Democrats, Republicans recently invoked a rarely used rule that required reading legislation aloud on...

Dedication, dealing drove Pelosi

August 22, 2021 at 12:28 p.m.

In the critical final hours before the House approved the most sweeping health care legislation in 40 years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., demonstrated that she had the one indispensable quality...

NATION & WORLD

August 22, 2021 at 12:39 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Senate protects Boeing planes Chicago- based company purchases the C-17's parts from 650 suppliers in 44 states The Senate on Wednesday shot down an effort to kill funding...

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