Congress

Sens. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., and Andy Kim, D-N.J., want to set a national standard for wildfire response time on federal lands.

The consultant, Arthur Schwartz, has close ties to Trump’s orbit and helped shepherd Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary bid through the Senate.

Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., responded by saying the Republican Party has been “invaded by xenophobes."

The vote was 224-198, with 10 Democrats joining all Republicans in approving the resolution.

Three aides to Senate Republicans made clear the party has neither the stomach nor the time to engage in a repeal of the bipartisan legislation at this time.

The House GOP has ordered the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid funding, to cut $880 billion in a bill to advance Trump's agenda.

The spending cuts loom over negotiations to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week, and the White House is stepping up its outreach to GOP lawmakers.

The former Houston mayor, who was just two months into his first term, attended President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night.

After rejecting a Democratic-led motion to table the censure resolution, the House is expected to hold a final vote on it Thursday.

A Johnson spokesman said the speaker is standing by his chief of staff and "has full faith and confidence" in him.

Trump spoke to the Big Three automakers and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.