Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee sent a letter to acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Matthew J. Vaeth demanding to know if Vought is currently on the White House payroll. Is Vought currently serving as ...
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the Republican chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, who is among those championing the effort. “He didn’t know.” Later, Musk met with House Republicans at dinnertime in the Capitol basement. “You know, there’s...
Republican Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that "Mr Hegseth has admitted to falling short as we all do from time to time", but had no doubt he "will excel in a skill in which many of his predecessors have fallen short". In contrast, Jack Reed...
John Barrasso, the top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, urged Interior Secretary Debra Haaland to use certain funds from the collection of fees to keep national parks and other public lands accessible. "In previous years, it has been demonstrated that these funds ...
Senate. His nomination was formally sent to the Senate on Jan. 20, but there is currently no indication of how long it will take before he is confirmed. Petro will continue as NASA's acting administrator and be responsible for directing the agency, including budget and programs, until Isaac...
Trump's 40-year-old running mate is going up against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in Tuesday night'svice presidential debate, hosted by CBS News in New York. Vancewon election to the U.S. Senatein 2022, and has been a senator for less than two years. ...
That math is cruel when you consider who helped send Trump to the White House. House Republicans seem to be taking a cue from Musk, proposing some truly baffling budget cuts of their own. On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled Houseadopted a frameworkto fundDonald Trump’s legislative agenda, putting...
That all changed last December when the Senate Finance Committee released a report on their investigation into the pricing of Sovaldi and Harvoni. You can download the entire, 144-page reporthere. When I started to go through it, my jaw dropped. This report provides an incredible in-depth loo...
for the Republican presidential nomination. During a recent visit to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida club, she met with the president-elect and billionaire Elon Musk to share ideas for their budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency. She leads a newly formed DOGE...
The leading Democrat on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee vowed to fix the system for approving benefits to the families of veterans who die by suicide after a CNN investigation revealed how the VA had rejected hundreds of applications from widows and other relatives. “Denying benefits to ...