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The chairman of the House Budget Committee, Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Tex., said in a video that he believes his public service should be temporary. “As much good as we've done together, there’s a time and season for everything, and this season is coming to a close," Arrington said. "That’s why today I am announcing I will not be seeking reelection." (J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP FILE)

Republican House budget committee chairman says he will not seek reelection

November 11, 2025 at 11:53 a.m.

The chairman of the House Budget Committee, Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Tex., said in a video that he believes his public service should be temporary. “As much good as we've done...

FILE – The Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court hears arguments on suing for religious-freedom law violations

November 10, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

Supreme Court justices on Monday listened to representatives of Damon Landor, a prisoner who gave religious reasons for refusing to cut his hair, and the Louisiana corrections department discuss rights...

Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett says she’s ‘seriously’ considering Senate run

November 7, 2025 at 8:57 a.m.

No Democrat has won a Senate election in Texas since 1988. Republican Sen. John Cornyn is running for reelection next year to serve a fifth term. Rep. Jasmine Crockett said...

Former FBI Director James Comey said in an October 2016 message to Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman, who was at one point an adviser to the director, that "president elect [Hillary] Clinton" would be thankful for something Comey did, according to the exchange. (ALEX BRANDON/AP FILE)

Former FBI Director Comey expected Clinton to win in 2016, email allegedly shows

November 4, 2025 at 2:06 p.m.

Former FBI Director James Comey said in an October 2016 message to Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman, who was at one point an adviser to the director, that "president...

Attorneys for Learning Resources, an educational toy company, is challenging President Donald Trump for using a 1977 law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, to impose import taxes on items from nearly every nation. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in the case. (SUSAN WALSH/AP FILE)

Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about Trump’s worldwide tariffs

November 4, 2025 at 10:48 a.m.

Attorneys for Learning Resources, an educational toy company, is challenging President Donald Trump for using a 1977 law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, to impose import taxes on items...

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., one of the senators holding a discussion to end the shutdown, says “I continue to believe that we ought to be able to do both, to get government open, keep it open, and we also ought to be able to make sure that people can afford their health insurance." (MATTHIAS SCHRADER/AP

Report: Eight Democratic senators met privately to discuss ending shutdown

November 3, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Sources familiar with the Democrats’ meeting said the lawmakers' talks were very “sensitive” and that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., would need to assure them that President Donald Trump...

A sign turns away tourists at the entrance to the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington this month. (J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP)

Economy could lose $14 billion in two-month government shutdown, agency estimates

October 30, 2025 at 9:11 a.m.

The Congressional Budget Office outlined the shutdown’s potential effects on real GDP if it ended Wednesday, in two weeks and at the end of November. If the government reopened immediately,...

In a blog post, Bill Gates wrote that "our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.” He said that "although climate change will have serious consequences — particularly for people in the poorest countries — it will not lead to humanity’s demise,” (JAE C. CHONG/AP)

Bill Gates says climate change will not lead to humanity’s demise

October 29, 2025 at 9:34 a.m.

In a blog post, Bill Gates wrote that "our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.”...

Senior White House officials used an autopen to create President Joe Biden's signature and abused a chain-of-command policy for executive actions, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee wrote in a report. Aides also tried to “prop up” Biden and mislead the country about his state, the report said. (EVAN VUCCI/AP FILE)

GOP committee: Biden’s staff abused autopen authority, hid ‘rapidly worsening’ state

October 28, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

Senior White House officials used an autopen to create President Joe Biden's signature and abused a chain-of-command policy for executive actions, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee wrote in its report....

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says "Texas started it [redistricting], they did something terribly wrong, and then all of a sudden California says, ‘well then we have to do something terribly wrong.' " (MARKUS SCHREIBER/AP FILE)

Schwarzenegger saddened by California redistricting, says it’s a ‘war’ to ‘out-cheat’

October 28, 2025 at 8:51 a.m.

Californians will vote next week on whether to redraw their congressional maps, an action usually done by an independent commission. California's effort follows similar moves by Texas and other Republican-controlled...

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