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Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, told Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in their meeting that he would not target President-elect Trump’s enemies if confirmed to the post by the Senate, according to the Pennsylvania senator. In an interview on ABC News's "This Week," Fetterman told Jonathan Karl that, in his meeting with...

Albania’s prime minister said the country will be banning TikTok for one year, citing violence and bullying among children after a teenager died. Prime Minister Edi Rama said the app would be “fully closed for all,” and there will “be no TikTok in the Republic of Albania,” The Associated Press reported. The shutdown will begin...

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said it feels as if tech billionaire Elon Musk has become the United States’s prime minister. Gonzales joined CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where host Margaret Brennan asked him about the “confusing” dynamic between President-elect Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance (R-Ohio), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Musk. “It’s kind of...

House Republicans are scrambling to find a way to avoid a government shutdown after their second funding proposal was rejected, and are now planning to vote on a third proposal soon.

The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a stopgap funding package, avoiding a government shutdown that would have furloughed hundreds of thousands of federal workers and bringing a tumultuous week in Congress to a close. Senators voted 85-11 to approve a continuing resolution (CR) that extends funding at current levels until March 14,...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly in the early hours of Saturday to pass legislation to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans. The legislation will repeal two statutes that have reduced payouts to state and local police, firefighters, teachers and other public sector workers and their spouses for years. The legislation passed by...

The Senate is slated to vote on the interim funding package to avoid government shutdown on Friday night ahead of the midnight deadline. The lower chamber, earlier in the evening Friday, voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage, since GOP leadership brought the bill to the floor under...

More than 30 House Republicans voted against the government funding bill to avert a shutdown on Friday night.  The legislation cleared the lower chamber with a 366-34-1 vote, surpassing the two-thirds requirement needed as the Republican House leadership brought it up under the suspension of the rules process. Every member of the Democratic caucus, outside...

The Senate on Friday confirmed President Biden’s 235th judicial nominee, surpassing the record of 234 judges confirmed during President-elect Trump’s first term in office. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) marked the achievement after the Senate confirmed Serena Raquel Murillo to serve as district judge for the Central District of California. “This Majority has now...

The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a pending regulation governing transgender athletes, abandoning an effort to provide some protections for transgender students that the incoming Trump administration has said it opposes. The administration also withdrew a proposal to cancel student debt for roughly 38 million Americans, which the Education Department said was due to “operational...

Presented by PBM Accountability Project — 16.6 million people signed up for health coverage {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story ObamaCare signups hit record again The Biden administration is touting a record 16.6 million people who signed up for health coverage that starts Jan. 1. © Getty The Centers for Medicare and...

The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused Elon Musk of tanking a bipartisan spending bill because it included a provision that could limit his businesses' ability to operate in China. In a Friday letter to congressional leaders, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) claimed Musk derailed the deal that would have avoided a government shutdown...

The House approved legislation to avert a government shutdown hours before the deadline Friday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration after a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill. The chamber voted 366-34-1 in support of the legislation, clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for passage since GOP leadership brought the bill to the floor under...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Congress fails to advance Camp Lejeune bill Proposed legislation would have tweaked a previous law to fix technical issues that are preventing veterans from receiving claims in court related to toxic water exposure. © AP Many...

Presented by CCA, TIA, WIA, and Ericsson — {beacon} \ Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story Republicans shrug as Elon Musk takes aim in primaries House Republicans are largely brushing aside Elon Musk’s threats to unseat members who supported the initial government funding measure he helped torpedo this week. © Brandon Bell,...

President-elect Trump’s onetime White House adviser Steve Bannon said in an interview he supports increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations.  "I’m for a dramatic increase in corporate taxes. We have to increase taxes on the wealthy. For getting our guys’s taxes cut, we’ve got to cut spending, which they’re gonna resist. Where does the...

President-elect Trump is asking a court to intervene in alleged sales of border wall materials, accusing the Biden administration of selling off the materials after it was required to do so by Congress. The new filing from the Trump team relies on reporting from the conservative Daily Wire, which said the Biden administration has been...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story House moves on plan C The House on Friday will try again to avert a government shutdown, holding a vote on a revamped spending package that excludes the debt limit hike initially demanded by President-elect Trump....

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily banned drones over some of New York's "critical infrastructure sites." "This action is purely precautionary; there are no threats to these sites," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said in a statement on Thursday. The ban will last through Jan. 18. "While we have not detected any public...

The House rejected a Republican plan to stave off a government shutdown on Thursday, hours after GOP members crafted a new spending proposal and President-elect Trump endorsed it. The first plan, a bipartisan effort, went down in flames when it was opposed by many members and Trump. Ahead of the vote, Democrats called the GOP...

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) on Thursday took aim at billionaire Elon Musk for derailing the end-of-year spending deal. "Let's put this into context. This was a bipartisan, agreed upon deal to move forward and keep the government open until March," Lee said on CNN. "It is really very clear to me that a non-elected billionaire,...

Congress is racing toward a shutdown at the end of the day Friday, and Republicans appear no closer to finding a path forward that will keep the lights on and appease President-elect Trump. The latest setback roiled the House on Thursday evening, when Democrats and a band of Republicans rejected a bill that paired a...

Thirty-eight House Republican lawmakers voted against the President-elect Trump-backed government spending bill that failed to clear the lower chamber with just more than a day before the shutdown. These GOP representatives voted Thursday against the measure that would have prevented a government shutdown and suspended the debt limit: The bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) indicated that the ball is still in the court of House Republicans after a second proposal to extend government funding floundered in a vote on the floor, and he said they must figure out how to move forward ahead of Friday night's deadline. "I guess it's back to...