Haley Byrd, congressional reporter at The Weekly Standard, and Katherine Mangu-Ward, Editor-in-Chief at Reason Magazine, discuss the 2nd government shutdown of 2018. The government closed for just over five hours before the House passed a two-year spending bill that was later signed by the president.
Both reporters dig into the details of the budget deal that will add hundreds of billions of dollars to the deficit. They also note the contradiction of Republicans voting to increase spending since the GOP is historically fiscally conservative.
States and Native American tribes will have greater authority to block energy projects such as natural gas pipelines that could pollute rivers and streams under a final rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration.
A federal judge has declared the DACA immigration program illegal but will allow the policy to continue for existing recipients.
A judge in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election case rejected the prosecution's request to try all of the co-defendants together.
Florida Gov. and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he does not support criminal penalties for women who get abortions.
Hunter Biden has sued a former Trump White House aide over his alleged role in publishing emails and personal photos online.
A federal judge has declared the DACA immigration program illegal but will allow the policy to continue for existing recipients.
A federal judge has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday.
A request by Mark Meadows for an emergency stay on a ruling that sent his Georgia election interference case back to state court has been denied.
Top tech leaders are meeting with Senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday about artificial intelligence.
