We will continue to do everything possible to ensure that those seeking freedom from persecution and oppression are protected,” three GOP members wrote in a statement on Wednesday.
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
A House GOP leadership memo obtained by Fox News Digital appears to encourage Republican lawmakers to back President Donald Trump's push to purchase the Panama Canal.
The American Music Fairness Act would compel AM and FM broadcasters to compensate artists, in line with requirements already imposed on digital broadcasters and streaming services.
Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, signaling that President Donald Trump’s pick will have to win over uncertain Republicans in order to secure the job.
Micron Technology has launched a new lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill, hoping to shore up support for federal incentives that lured computer chip manufacturers back to the United States. Micron’s effort comes in the initial days of a new Republican-controlled Congress and at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.
Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”
In dueling confirmation hearings, Trump’s DNI pick appeared on shaky ground after refusing to condemn Edward Snowden as a “traitor,” while FBI director nominee Kash Patel won plaudits from Republicans.
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Thursday questioned Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's appointee to the Director of National Intelligence, about her opinions on Russia. She told him she was "offended" by his questions.
European officials had warned that the bill, prompted by an arrest warrant for Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, would irreparably harm the institution.
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined with a foreign lawmaker on Monday to dismiss President Donald Trump’s quest to acquire