1 of 3 | Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) congratulates former Sen. David Perdue after swearing him in as the U.S. ambassador to China during a ceremony in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

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May 6, 2025 9:13 amHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) vowed the lower chamber would vote on a bill “soon” to address a roughly $1 billion funding gap in the District of Columbia’s local budget. The issue has been stalled in the House for nearly two months since the Senate passed legislatio...

President Donald Trump's administration has been exploring ways to increase the country’s birth rate, with the president himself saying he wouldn't mind being known as the "fertilization president."But congressional Democrats and activists say Republicans have long overlooked the growing cost o...