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(Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday that he believes he has the votes to pass a stopgap funding bill on Friday that would avert a government shutdown. House Republicans hope to...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees for diplomatic, military and other administration positions in one bloc on Thursday aft...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin, a leading liberal voice in Congress, urged his fellow Democrats on Thursday to avoid an "obvious political trap" and vote for a...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm the top U.S. auto safety official along with dozens of other nominees including officials overseeing highways and pipelines. The Senate voted 5...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of U.S. senators introduced on Thursday the first Senate resolution to urge recognition of a Palestinian state, further signaling a shift in Washingt...

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The widow of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist assassinated on a college campus last week, was unanimously elected on Thursday as the new CEO of Turning Point U...

By Jan Wolfe and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to let him move ahead with firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Co...

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday set the date for the oral arguments it will hear concerning the legality of Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs for November 5 in a maj...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House on Thursday called on the chair of the Federal Communications Commission to resign after he pressured Walt Disney and AB...

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Democratic Senator Adam Schiff sent letters to insurers on Thursday ahead of a key CDC vaccine panel meeting asking the companies to publicly commit to coverin...