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  • 1.3 million active-duty service members risk missing their paychecks Friday if the government shutdown continues.Law

    1.3 million active-duty service members face missed paychecks as government shutdown stubbornly lags on

    By Kevin Freking, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Paul IngrassiaPolitics

    Trump nominee embroiled in Nazi text message controversy withdraws from federal watchdog consideration

    By Seung Min Kim, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Brian FitzpatrickPolitics

    ‘You’re all smirking out there’: Bipartisan congressional group joins forces to ban trading stocks by their colleagues

    By Leah Askarinam, Kevin Freking, and others
  • A U.S. Capitol Police officer walks in front of the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Politics

    Government shutdown, CDC fight, Epstein probe, stock trading ban dominate agenda as Congress returns from recess

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Big BirdPolitics

    Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with deep ties to Big Bird and Mister Rogers, is going extinct

    By Ted Anthony, Kevin Freking, and others
  • President Donald Trump holds his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington, as House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., left, watches and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., takes a photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Budget office confirms that Trump’s tax law will add $3.4 trillion to deficits

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    GOP bill cutting $9 billion in approved funding includes full amount public broadcasting was to receive for next 2 years

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Committee Chairwoman Sen. Susan CollinsPolitics

    Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts—but Republican senator says ‘nobody really knows what program reductions are in it’

    By Kevin Freking, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks after a policy luncheon on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Politics

    Trump rattles Senate Republicans with ‘blank check’ request to cut $9 billion from budget—and no time to review details

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • John ThunePolitics

    DOGE is on the Senate’s agenda, with the future of public broadcasting at stake

    By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far-right push back in late-night session

    By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • File – (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Politics

    Overnight Senate voting on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ pushed off after early vote barely passes

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., departs following a classified briefing on President Donald Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Politics

    After a dramatic vote, the Senate pushes ahead on Trump’s tax break and spending cut plan

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Senate eyes key vote on Trump’s tax bill, while Musk calls it ‘utterly insane and destructive’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • U.S. President Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump says ‘NO ONE GOES ON VACATION’ until the big, beautiful bill is done, but not all GOP lawmakers are on board

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others