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Democratic Lawmakers Demand Termination of an Unfinalized Deal Routing NIH Infectious Disease Funds to Pentagon Biodefense

An unfinalized interagency deal would move NIAID infectious disease research money to the Pentagon's biodefense for 10 years. Lawmakers want it terminated.

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House passes short-term funding bill to avoid another shutdown before the election

The short-term measure funds federal agencies generally at current levels through Dec. 11

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House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

The House has passed a short-term measure to fund the federal government into early December

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Senators Propose the Broadest Food Label Overhaul Since the Framework Was Set in 1990

A Senate bill would create one standard front-of-package nutrition label and define ultraprocessed foods. It has only been introduced.

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Kay Granger, trailblazing Texas congresswoman, dead at 83

Former House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, the first Republican woman to lead the powerful spending committee, has died at the age of 83. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced her death in a Sunday night post on X, calling her a “dear friend who will be greatly missed.” “Throughout her career,…

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House passes spending bill to head off government shutdown before midterms

Measure authorizes spending until 4 December as Republicans seek to avoid volatile issue in election season

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Supreme court justices request $14.6m increase in security amid rise in threats

Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett appear before House lawmakers in rare testimony to ask for more protection

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Defense funding to research troops’ brain injuries shrank since 2025

Funding for Defense Department medical research into traumatic brain injuries has dropped by more than three-quarters in the last three fiscal years, even as the problem continues to plague U.S. servicemembers. At issue is the Pentagon-funded program to research detection and treatment of TBIs and to understand psychological health issues,…

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Congress Introduces a Bill to Fix Infant Formula Safety After Two Botulism Outbreaks in One Year

The Infant Formula Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 7867) would close the testing gap that allowed two infant botulism outbreaks in one year. Here's what it would do.

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Trump aide and Democrat involved in heated exchange on social media

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Body-shame brawl sees Trump aide and 83-year-old lawmaker get vicious online: ‘Crazy coming from you’

The online exchange follows a previous incident in April where the official White House account mocked the veteran Democratic lawmaker’s hair

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Trump administration drops $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund after Republican backlash

The Trump administration has dropped its $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate victims of government abuse. This decision followed strong opposition from Republican senators. However, an agreement preventing future audits of Donald Trump's past tax records will continue. The fund originated from a legal settlement concerning Trump's lawsuit against the…

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Appropriators approve Legislative Branch spending bill with GAO cuts

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2027 Legislative Branch spending bill on Wednesday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly one-quarter and give a boost to Capitol Police. The party-line vote of 34-28 came after a contentious markup stretching late into the evening,…

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Environmental Protection Agency boss backs big budget cuts but Congress will get the final say

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget

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Senate Republicans Push $70bn Funding for ICE and Border Patrol Only — House Says No and Wants Full DHS Deal

The US is currently grappling with the longest DHS shutdown in US history as Congress remains deadlocked over a $70 billion ICE funding plan.

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Trump impeachment not a top priority if Dems win back House, Jeffries says

The House Minority Leader’s remarks come despite reports that some Democratic lawmakers are already putting together plans to start the impeachment process in November, should they win

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Appropriators decry firing of Army chief

At a hearing Thursday, leading House appropriators from both parties condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George. Members of the House Armed Services Committee, including GOP Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, had delivered a similar message about George at a hearing the…

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Trump intervenes to pay airport security workers amid standoff

President Donald Trump announced Thursday night he would immediately begin paying Transportation Security Administration workers through an emergency executive order. The order promised to end long delays at the nation’s airports and allow TSA workers to get paychecks they have been denied during a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland…

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"We're making people hurt": Democrats adopt new tactic to win DHS shutdown fight

"We're on the right side on ICE, but not on the rest," said one House Democrat.

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Time for 'Plan B' as DHS talks drag ahead of funding deadline

Lawmakers made no apparent progress toward a deal Wednesday on an extension of Department of Homeland Security funding.

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House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown

Republicans and Democrats sparred about the potential real-world harms of a partial shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security.

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As colleagues wind down their careers, Rosa DeLauro is staying put

Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s pragmatic streak has at times put her at odds with the demands of a restive base in her deep-blue district.

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Boar’s Head plant reopens after listeria outbreak that killed 10 people

The reopening comes as recent inspections of another Boar’s Head plant documented problems similar to those that may have contributed to the fatal outbreak

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Democrats shrug off grassroots demands to continue shutdown, block ICE funds

"Yeah, it's a leverage tool that people are giving up," one top Democrat told Axios.

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Confusion erupts in mental health and substance abuse programs as HHS cuts, then reinstates grants

Providers, state health agencies and others are feeling whiplash and confusion after the Trump administration eliminated and then abruptly reinstated grants that support substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide

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