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Senate advances funding measure with backing of 8 Democrats, moving a step closer to ending shutdown
On Day 40 of the shutdown, eight Democrats joined Republicans in advancing a government funding measure, after 14 previous votes fell short.
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Senate reaches deal to end shutdown ▪ Trump pardons Giuliani, others over 2020 election ▪
Kentucky Congressman Andy Barr has officially filed to run for U.S. Senate. The Republican submitted his candidacy paperwork Friday morning at the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office, making his Senate campaign for 2026 formally underway.
(The Center Square) – With the ongoing government shutdown now entering its second month, President Donald Trump has had enough: he wants Senate Republicans to end the filibuster. “Majority Leader John Thune, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, are ...
Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake was one of seven Republicans who joined Democrats to pass a resolution to end U.S. military assistance for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. President Trump vetoed that measure. On CBSN, Flake weighs in on the president's decision.
The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger
President Donald Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House on Tuesday (November 18), with the Saudi de facto ruler seeking to further rehabilitate his global image after the 2018 killing of U.