Congress
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The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.
December 25, 2024 -
Stephen Feinberg, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Cerberus Capital Management, would be the next deputy secretary of defense.
December 23, 2024 -
"There was planning underway that they canceled very late on Friday night when it looked like the Senate was ready to pass this as it did," said Loren Duggan.
December 23, 2024 -
President Joe Biden signed the continuing resolution into law early Saturday morning averting a partial government shutdown.
December 21, 2024 -
The repeal, a decades-long priority for public employee advocates, heads to the president for his signature after a late night Senate vote.
December 21, 2024 -
"Congress as an institution has seen tremendous turnover. It has struggled to recruit and retain and develop staff," said Derek Kilmer.
December 20, 2024 -
Sen. Roger Wicker, who's poised to lead the Senate Armed Services Committee, lays out his plan for reforming the acquisition bureaucracy and boosting innovation
December 20, 2024 -
Federal employees may have questions about what happens to their pay and benefits during a government shutdown. Federal News Network has compiled some answers.
December 20, 2024 -
Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter. It's up to each federal agency to determine how it handles a shutdown, but there would be disruptions in many services. Benefits checks for Social Security and Medicare recipients would go out, though. Troops and law enforcement officers would also stay on the job. This is happening because Congress hasn't approved a new measure to fund the government, and the current provision expires Friday. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to renegotiate. A new bill failed on Thursday, leaving next steps uncertain.
December 20, 2024 -
The House has resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown. Democrats and some Republicans are refusing to accommodate his sudden demands and the quick fix cobbled together by Republican leaders. In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the House voted 174-235 against the plan that would have kept government running for three months and suspended the debt limit for two years. House Speaker Mike Johnson appears determined to regroup before Friday’s midnight deadline. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the new plan “laughable.”
December 20, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate has cleared the path to a final vote on the Social Security Fairness Act.
December 19, 2024 -
The annual defense authorization bill usually gains strong bipartisan support and hasn't failed to pass Congress in nearly six decades.
December 19, 2024 -
Trump’s sudden decision Wednesday to make new demands sent Congress spiraling as lawmakers are trying to wrap up work and head home for the holidays.
December 18, 2024 -
The stopgap measure will prevent a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight Friday.
December 17, 2024 -
President-elect Donald Trump has filled key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty after feeling like he was hampered by internal squabbles during his first term. Among his choices are Kash Patel for FBI, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state, former “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary and TV talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz to oversee the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew as Trump's first choice for attorney general, and Trump subsequently nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
December 17, 2024