21+ hour, 35+ min ago   (486+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to extend federal highway infrastructure funding before it expires, but the U.S. House has only a week left in session to help get the job done. The bipartisan BUILD America 250 Act, a five-year surface…...

22+ hour, 15+ min ago   (589+ words) SALEM, OR – Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the nation’s leading worker protection agency, oversaw harassment within her office, consumed alcohol on the job and had an inappropriate relationship…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (394+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eleven months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has added $2 trillion to the national debt, borrowing $168 billion during August alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The federal government has collected $4.8 trillion and spent $6.8 trillion, generating a deficit already higher…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1132+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both congressional…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (510+ words) Dailyfly News White House financial disclosures show Pres. Trump gave $155K in cash gifts to four aides, including Natalie Harp Personal financial disclosure filings published by the administration reveal that President Donald Trump provided cash gifts totaling $155,000 to four White House…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (445+ words) SALEM, OR — Over the next four years, Oregon will need to come up with nearly $1.3 billion to keep its current Medicaid system functioning due to cuts and restrictions from the GOP’s 2025 federal tax and spending law, state health officials told…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (605+ words) OLYMPIA, WA – A quarter million Washingtonians who get their insurance through the state’s exchange under the Affordable Care Act face another year of double-digit rate increases. Health insurance rates will rise an average of 22.2% starting Jan. 1, Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1351+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada is creating headaches for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms as high prices remain a top concern among voters. Responding to Trump’s increased tariffs, Canadian officials have said they’re deliberately targeting goods…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (535+ words) Dailyfly News Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announces resignation after tensions with Pres. Trump WASHINGTON, D.C. – Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the first Black leader in its history, announced Tuesday that he will step down by…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (631+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. – The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of Congress said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court…...