Rosa DeLauro
House passes temporary government funding bill months early to avoid election season shutdown
WASHINGTON | The House moved Tuesday to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall’s critical midterm elections by passing a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4. The deadline for action is more than two months away, but House GOP leaders are not leaving to chance another possible shutdown souring the mood […]
Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more
WASHINGTON | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles. For this part, the Pentagon chief softened his tone from previous hearings on Capitol Hill in his […]