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August 25, 2020

Reporter's Notebook: USPS, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's testimony and the optics game

Why DeJoy's Capitol Hill hearings are about much more than just the Postal Service.

August 6, 2020

Pelosi lashes out at PBS' Judy Woodruff during interview, suggests anchor is a GOP 'advocate'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had a bitter exchange with "PBS NewsHour" anchor Judy Woodruff Tuesday over the ongoing stalemate on Capitol Hill between lawmakers negotiating a so-called "Phase 4" coronavirus aid bill.

August 4, 2020

Interior Secretary Bernhardt: Why Trump's Great American Outdoors Act is a generational win for conservation

President Trump’s success in securing guaranteed funding ensures that we are investing in our public lands – the wonders of God’s creation – for millions of more travelers and future generations to come.

August 4, 2020

Trump signs landmark Great American Outdoors Act

President Trump signed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday that will pay for repairs at national parks, permanently finance the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and create thousands of jobs.

July 31, 2020

House adds amendment shielding state-legal marijuana businesses from DOJ

The House of Representatives on Thursday added an amendment to a spending package that would protect state-legal marijuana businesses from the Department of Justice.

July 31, 2020

AOC’s ‘Twitch’ amendment, to limit US military ads, fails: reports

In a 292-126 vote Thursday night, the U.S. House rejected an amendment by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., that would have placed limits on U.S. military recruitment ads, according to a report.

July 30, 2020

Mulvaney pans House Democrats' coronavirus stimulus bill as '$3 trillion absurdity'

Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told "Your World" Thursday Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin "is right to be fighting" back against a coronavirus stimulus bill passed by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, which Mulvaney called a "$3 trillion absurdity."

July 30, 2020

Trump, family of slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen to meet over sex-misconduct bill

The family of slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen were scheduled to meet with President Trump at the White House on Thursday to discuss the new “#IAmVanessaGuillen” bill, a proposal aimed to help victims of sexual harassment.

July 29, 2020

Rubio says short-term unemployment extension 'may need to happen' amid coronavirus bill negotiations

Rubio, R-Fla., while exiting a closed-door meeting with many of the top Republicans in the Senate and members of the Trump administration, cast doubt on whether there would be a deal on the $1 trillion-plus coronavirus package by Friday. 

July 29, 2020

Trump calls GOP coronavirus proposal 'semi-irrelevant' as deal appears far off

President Trump on Tuesday called the Senate Republicans' coronavirus relief package "semi-irrelevant" when asked whether he supported the legislation at a news conference, underscoring the deep divides between the White House, congressional Republicans and congressional Democrats as lawmakers scramble to pass something in the coming days.