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Airport taking threat of outbreak seriously, even if top federal health official is not

We have the power to give our children the best chance at success, and that starts with choosing a school that utilizes a research-based reading curriculum, says educator Emma Avery.

Unfortunately, the program’s success has earned it vocal critics on the left, who hate the very idea of private industry and government working together, says former lawmaker Brian Crain.

President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are fighting old battles with old grievances and old whipping boys, says Georgetown University professor emeritus Bill Gormley

The 340B federal drug pricing program has transformed into a system benefiting large hospital systems and corporate middlemen, leaving many patients with higher costs and fewer choices, says Kathy Oubre.

🎧 The hosts discuss why the desire for meaning and purpose remains strong even as the number of people attending church declines.

Boy, do I miss Joe Biden. I especially miss the former president when President Donald Trump and his bobbleheads unfairly blame him for everything that's gone wrong since Inauguration Day.

American workers have the freedom to form or join a union if they choose. Do they have the right to reject union membership? Not if Sen. Jacky Rosen and congressional Democrats get their way.

Columbia University’s attempts to appease the Trump administration to silence those with whom they disagree have failed. Spectacularly. The Ivy League university lost at least $400 million — and its soul.

This is supposed to be the age of technology. You know — the days of artificial intelligence, the eve of the robot takeover. You've seen all the sci-fi movies.

Support employees at Carnegie, Edison, Eugene Field, Lanier and Unity Learning Academy are finalists for Tulsa Public Schools' Support Employee of the Year. #oklaed

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s wife, Sandra Whitehouse, has long worked with, and been compensated by, a nonprofit that got millions in federal funds from legislation that he backed.

After Gabbard faced a public questioning, she passed votes in the Senate Intelligence Committee and Senate.

The Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the director of national intelligence, the nation’s top intelligence official, despite strong objections from Democrats and initial misgivings from Republicans who questioned her experience and judgment. The 52-48 vote caps two months of deliberations in the Senate over whether Gabbard, a [...]

After Gabbard faced a public questioning, she passed votes in the Senate Intelligence Committee and Senate.

Amid Democrats’ pushback, lawsuits, and threats to DOGE employees, the cuts keep coming—including almost $1 billion announced on Feb. 10.

For Central Texans who for more than a decade now have blamed SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk's thundering rocket-testing facility just west of Waco for cracking the foundations of their homes and rattling their walls and shaking loose framed pictures of...

Tulsi Gabbard Scores Key Victory In Confirmation Process

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday advanced Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become the next director of national intelligence (DNI), putting her in position to get confirmed by the full chamber after key senators threw their support behind her. The 9-8 vote was along party lines. It puts Gabbard only days away from being considered on [...]

The key committee vote on Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) determined whether her nomination would move to the floor.

After Gabbard faced a public questioning, two of three senators still on the fence now say they are a 'yes' vote.

Tulsi Gabbard is seeking to assuage senators’ concerns about her in a new opinion piece explaining why she thought "traitor" was too harsh a word for Edward Snowden.

President Trump already has twice the number of Cabinet secretaries confirmed than he did at this point in his first term, but Senate Republicans are poised to fall short of their goal of meeting the confirmation pace set under President Obama.

Since taking office just two weeks ago, the Trump administration has become the target of multiple lawsuits over the President’s executive orders and agenda, including his immigration policy, federal aid freeze and DEI shutdowns.

Tulsi Gabbard appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as part of her confirmation process to serve as director of national intelligence.

Chart: Axios VisualsRFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard will have to sweat their confirmations over the weekend, based on what GOP senators said at hearings the past two days.Why it matters: Republicans with choice committee seats can blow up confirmations before they reach the Senate floor.Any GOP "no" vote means the nominee won't get the committee's recommendation.No recommendation = no floor vote, or at least a very unlikely one, as Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday.Senate Finance, which votes on Kennedy for secretary of Health and Human Services:Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told RFK Jr.: "I've been struggling with your nomination" and "you may be hearing from me over the weekend." Cassidy questioned Kennedy about vaccines at Thursday's HELP Committee hearing and has a vote on the Finance Committee.Senate Intel, which votes on Gabbard for director of national intelligence:Susan Collins (R-Maine) asked Gabbard if she'd seek a pardon or commutation for Edward Snowden. Gabbard said no to both. "I was happy with her responses to my questions," Collins told reporters Thursday night, per CNN.Todd Young (R-Ind.) told Gabbard, "It would befit you and be helpful for the way you're perceived by members of the Intelligence Committee" to say Snowden harmed national security. Gabbard repeatedly refused to call Snowden a traitor at the hearing.Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) offended Gabbard by saying he wanted to be sure Russia doesn't "get a pass in either your mind or your heart."John Cornyn (R-Texas) could not get a direct answer from Gabbard on whether warrants should be required for wiretaps under Section 702 of FISA. (He posted Thursday he's a yes on Gabbard).The bottom line: Even senators who support Gabbard were taken aback by her Snowden answers."I think there are a lot of questions after," Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told reporters. "I thought that was going to be an easy softball question."

Gabbard's hearing was a bumpy affair, with the former congresswoman defending past statements on FISA, Snowden, Russia, and surveillance abuses.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence, endured a difficult hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as lawmakers pressed her on her views on Edward Snowden, spying, Syria and Russia. The former congresswoman and Army lieutenant colonel has been considered among the toughest lifts Trump’s slate of [...]

Two of Trump's most controversial picks for his administration are set to face Senate committees during the same week.

The Senate is set to publicly question Gabbard in a hearing on Jan. 30.

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and other Republican senators hold a press conference on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act at 4 p.m. ET on Jan. 23.

The 50th annual March for Life makes its way down Constitution Avenue in Washington on Jan. 20, 2023.

'This is not just an academic issue'

House Republicans are making sure a future Democratic administration cannot role back President Trump's signature executive orders.

Pamela Hemphill, 71, who served 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to her role in the 2021 attack, believes there should be no pardons.

The Combating Cartels on Social Media Act was introduced to stop drug cartels from recruiting American teens online.

John Ratcliffe emerged largely unscathed from a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee that appeared to pave the way for him to serve as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Ratcliffe experienced a rough-and-tumble confirmation process to become the director of national intelligence (DNI) in 2020. But this go-around was much more [...]

WASHINGTON — Kristi Noem was selected by President-elect Donald Trump to head up the Department of Homeland Security as part of a group of nominees intended to shake up the Washington establishment, but she may face questions during her confirmation hearing Wednesday about her inexperience on national security issues. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and ...

As officials race to get the California wild fires under control, the politics of disaster relief already looms large for both political parties.

Trump and his team are planning an executive punch unseen in modern times.

Robert Kennedy, Jr., nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for his meeting with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face questions about his views on vaccines and abortion rights as he meets with senators on Capitol Hill.

Senate Republicans under incoming leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol last month, are planning as much as $85 billion for border security as part of an initial bill for budget reconciliation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The two offered little insight into their project, though Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said the two would be keeping a "naughty list" of certain lawmakers.

Lawmakers are rebranding their deficit reduction efforts as a “Department of Government Efficiency,” but many are clueless about the new brand.

'They have been a terrible neighbor'

The Phoenix congressman had to push aside independent Kyrsten Sinema without hurting his chances against Republican Kari Lake.