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Congressional Perks: Senate spending skyrockets by more than 40% in last few years

(The Center Square) – Spending in U.S. senators' office accounts spiked by 43% since 2020, with big jumps in 2022 and the last fiscal year for senators to pay their staff, travel and other expenses, an investigation by The Center Square found. In 2020, the U.S. Senate office

US House passes DHS funding bill after Republicans reject Senate deal

US House passes DHS funding bill after Republicans reject Senate deal

US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead passed their own funding measure late Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travel. The stopgap bill, which proposes funding the DHS in full for eight weeks, passed

Trump's federal judge pick for Montana takes tough questions on experience, 2020 election

President Donald Trump's pick for the federal bench in Montana fielded some tough questions from Senate Democrats on Wednesday about her relatively short career and how she would publicly characterize the events following the 2020 election. Katie Lane, a former state justice department attorney now working as senior

Pain levels: Airports lead community efforts to help TSA workers going without pay during shutdown; Trump signs order to pay agents

Pain levels: Airports lead community efforts to help TSA workers going without pay during shutdown; Trump signs order to pay agents

Airports and air travelers have been feeling the pains of the federal shutdown impacting the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). But TSA workers — who make on average $35,000 annually with many working paycheck-to-paycheck — are at the top of the pain scale. Airport checkpoint employees haven’t

Expert: Federal bill could stall Arizona's build-to-rent industry

(The Center Square) - A land-use attorney is sounding the alarm about a congressional bill that could have a major impact on Arizona’s housing market. Congress has passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which would prevent institutional investors from buying single-family homes. The bill was approved

The ever-evolving Latino vote is rapidly shifting away from Trump and Republicans

The ever-evolving Latino vote is rapidly shifting away from Trump and Republicans

In 2024, Donald Trump dramatically improved his performance among nearly all groups of voters from four years earlier. Trump’s growth among Hispanic voters was especially notable, increasing by more than 10 points from 2020 to 2024, at least according to exit polls. This led to a considerable amount of

Trump's Iran war rattles US swing voters ahead of midterms

Trump's Iran war rattles US swing voters ahead of midterms

Donald Trump's war with Iran is weighing on independent US voters, a crucial bloc likely to determine if the president's Republican Party maintains control of Congress in the November midterm elections. At a breakfast diner in Pennsylvania, a swing state where voters often shift between parties,