Senators work to revive border talks after foreign aid face plant The United States’ commitment to Ukraine took a devastating blow on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Senators insist the saga isn’t over quite yet. Both parties quickly moved to resuscitate border negotiations that could clear the way for delivering tens of billions of dollars…

Warrantless surveillance hitches a ride on defense policy bill — causing fresh GOP agita Congress is preparing to extend its deadline for untangling a complicated fight over warrantless government surveillance – which will mean yet another headache for House GOP leaders. Top lawmakers are attaching a short-term extension of the government wiretapping power known as…

Dems failed to block a GOP censure against Bowman The House is lining up a final vote to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm after Republicans defeated a Democratic-led effort to block the measure. The full vote on the formal reprimand is expected on Thursday. Bowman has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor…

Murray: Johnson’s funding fallback would be ‘absolutely devastating’ The Senate’s top Democratic appropriator is warning that accepting Speaker Mike Johnson’s fallback idea for government funding would be “absolutely devastating” for federal agencies and families across the country if bipartisan spending negotiations falter. “It’s dangerous and a non-starter,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray said in…

‘We’re all fed up’: Bowman gets a primary challenger Westchester County Executive George Latimer on Wednesday officially launched his Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Jamaal Bowman with a video contending that the second term congressman hasn’t done enough for the suburban New York City district. Latimer, as expected, attacked Bowman for his pro-Palestinian positions and…