Politics

Washington — The bipartisan agreement to raise the debt ceiling and limit government spending passed a critical test in Congress on Tuesday, advancing out of the House Rules Committee despite opposition from some conservatives. With the clock ticking to prevent the nation from defaulting on its debts the committee, which sets …

Washington — GOP Rep. George Santos’ communications director Naysa Woomer has resigned, writing in a resignation email obtained by Scripps News that she’s “honored” to quit and that the congressman “never took one point of professional advice.”  Her resignation comes not long after Santos was arrested and charged with fraud, money …

Washington — A former aide to President Biden told House investigators how boxes that were later found to contain classified documents ended up in Mr. Biden’s former private office, according to snippets of testimony released by Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Kathy Chung, Mr. Biden’s former assistant, …

Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled the details of his proposal to increase the debt limit and cut government spending, making his opening offer to Democrats while calling on President Biden to begin talks ahead of a summer deadline to avoid a default. The GOP plan would increase the …

As Denver faces a rising crime rate, growing homeless encampments and dizzying housing costs, voters on Tuesday are expected to whittle down an unusually large and divergent field of 16 candidates for mayor — including a former boxer, an investment banker, a state lawmaker and a former Crenshaw Mafia Gang …

The high-roller gambler who opened fire on concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip had lost tens of thousands of dollars while gambling weeks before the mass shooting and was upset about how the casinos had treated him, according to FBI documents made public this week. The documents do not reveal …

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returned home Saturday after being released from an rehabilitation facility where he was receiving treatment for a concussion he suffered during a fall earlier this month. “I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes. I’m glad to be home and working for …

Former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks,” the social media platforms’ parent company Meta said on Wednesday.  Trump’s accounts have been suspended since January 2021 when Meta initially banned the him indefinitely, after finding his posts on Jan. 6 amid the attack on …

Washington — The Justice Department told House Republicans there would be strict parameters limiting its ability to fully cooperate with congressional probes into the department’s work.  In a letter Friday to the new House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, the department cited the need to safeguard ongoing investigations. “Consistent with …

Several Democratic senators are urging Southwest Airlines to compensate thousands of flyers whose flights were canceled during peak holiday travel, as the airline nixes the majority of flights on its schedule.  Passengers across the country are stranded, and in some cases, told it will be days or more than a …