WASHINGTON — Part of the House budget reconciliation proposal includes a steep increase in fees throughout the immigration system, such as a new $1,000 application fee for asylum claims and a new $8,500 fee to sponsor an unaccompanied minor migrant.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said during a markup of the reconciliation text ...Read more

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp Wednesday signed a bill that could allow President Donald Trump to recoup millions of dollars of legal costs in the Georgia election interference case.

Kemp’s signature is a potential boost to Trump, who records show has spent at least $2.7 million to defend himself against racketeering and other charges related to...Read more

President Donald Trump Wednesday trashed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over criticism of the push to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar that could be used as Air Force One.

Without elaborating on the plane deal, Trump issued his oft-repeated taunt that Schumer, who is the most-senior Jewish elected official in American history, is ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, the Maryland Republican who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, is not fully on board with President Donald Trump’s tax bill.

In an X post Tuesday night, Harris said the multitrillion-dollar effort — which House Republicans have sought to pay for by cutting Medicaid, food stamps and green energy programs — does little ...Read more

Many Americans have concerns about President Donald Trump accepting a luxury jet from Qatar — and believe the gift could sway his decisions when it comes to the Gulf country, according to new polling.

In early May, it was reported that the Trump administration was planning to accept a $400 million Boeing 747 from Qatar to temporarily use as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson publicly voiced his support on Wednesday for a ban on members trading individual stocks, fueling a push that has picked up support from key players in recent months.

“I’m in favor of that because I don’t think we should have any appearance of impropriety here,” the Louisiana Republican said Wednesday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices will give a first glimpse Thursday of how they intend to handle the Trump administration’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, in oral arguments on cases that could focus more on how the tangled legal challenges play out in federal courts.

The executive order from Donald Trump, signed on the first ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders told rank-and-file members privately Wednesday that they will vote to table U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar's resolution aiming to impeach President Donald Trump ― an announcement that was met by applause by other members of the Democratic caucus, according to a lawmaker in the room.

A vote to table the measure...Read more

JERUSALEM – As President Donald Trump focuses on cutting new deals during his first major foreign trip to Arab Gulf states this week, questions still linger over the long-term impact of the termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid supporting the Palestinians.

“What we are seeing now is a slow, brutal process of mass ...Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit back at “disrespectful men” early Wednesday after Republican lawmakers tried to shut down her criticism of deep health cuts in President Donald Trump’s sprawling budget bill.

The progressive congresswoman told GOP colleagues around 3 a.m. that she wouldn’t keep quiet in the face of a late-night cuts to ...Read more

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said he hopes the U.S. will show a “more realistic approach” at the next round of talks between the two countries.

“There’s now a better understanding on the other side of Iran’s fundamental principles and positions,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state TV after a Cabinet meeting in Tehran on ...Read more

The war on Christmas came early this year — and from an unexpected source: Donald Trump. It’s only May, but he’s already laying the groundwork for empty shelves, wallets and stockings, all thanks to a tariff policy that could hit American consumers hard.

“Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” Trump shrugged ...Read more

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In a ballroom packed with more than 1,000 people raising money for LGBTQ+ youths, veteran California legislative leader Toni Atkins didn't mince words: To be a gay or transgender teenager right now, she said, must feel like "a rug has been pulled from beneath your feet."

In her fiery speech at the annual Harvey Milk ...Read more

The Trump administration is clearing a path for two key Persian Gulf allies to pursue their artificial intelligence ambitions — and some of the biggest US tech companies are seizing on that opening with plans to spend billions of dollars in the region.

Under agreements with the US expected to be unveiled in coming days, Saudi Arabia and the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A stalemate at the Library of Congress continued Tuesday with no easy resolution in sight, as lawmakers considered how far to wade in.

Citing “executive overreach,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said as far as he was concerned, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was not currently in charge of the nation’s largest ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans could land on a compromise on the state and local tax deduction on Wednesday, a deal that would represent a breakthrough in one of the thorniest policy debates in President Donald Trump’s economic package.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday evening that a deal on SALT will “likely be tomorrow....Read more

President Donald Trump has spent the first major overseas trip of his second administration — next stop Wednesday in Qatar — beating back allegations that he was personally profiting from foreign leaders by accepting a $400-million luxury airliner from the Gulf state’s royal family.

Trump has bristled at the notion that he should turn ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Qatar’s offer of a luxury Boeing 747 to President Donald Trump has set off alarm bells within the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic community, where gifts from foreign powers have long been viewed with suspicion.

Aside from any legal and ethical qualms about Trump accepting the plane — an 89-seater with a sumptuous French-...Read more

U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Maryland Democrat, is urging President Donald Trump to reinstate former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden — five days after Trump abruptly fired the longtime Baltimore resident.

In a letter addressed to the president, obtained by The Baltimore Sun, Alsobrooks requests that Hayden be returned to her position ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Tuesday ruled that state laws that mandate a 24-hour waiting period and informed consent before a pregnancy can be terminated violate the state's constitutional right to abortion.

Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel also found unconstitutional the state's prohibition on advanced practice ...Read more