Braun says Biden-Capito meeting unlikely to lead to infrastructure compromise: 'I don't see it happening'
Sen. Mike Braun said he seriously doubts the Wednesday meeting between Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and President Biden will lead to a compromise on infrastructure, throwing cold water on negotiations both sides say are productive.
Kudlow: Biden should have just left the economy alone
Larry Kudlow hit President Biden's economic spending on “Kudlow” Tuesday, comparing it to the old Bulgarian economy.
Biden proposes budget, still waiting on last Cabinet member OMB director nominee
The last member of President Biden’s Cabinet has yet to be named.
Biden focuses on China in $715B defense budget request
President Biden on Friday submitted his 2022 defense budget to Congress, which included additional investments in systems intended to help the U.S. out-compete China.
Rand Paul, wife Kelley on death threat package sent to their home: 'Pure terrorism'
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and his wife Kelley discussed on Thursday a suspicious package, filled with white powder and bearing an image threatening violence, which arrived to their Kentucky home three days before, calling the act "pure terrorism."
White House likely to dispute GOP plan to pay for its $1T infrastructure counter-offer
On Thursday morning a group of Republican senators led by Shelley Capito, W.Va., will introduce their new counter offer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan.
Bank of America CEO says capitalism is 'the best way to solve the challenges that are facing society'
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said Wednesday that capitalism is “the best way to solve the challenges that are facing society.”
Hawley, Sanders decry $10B 'bailout' to Jeff Bezos tucked into bill to rebuff China
Sens. Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders are speaking out against a $10 billion corporate “bailout” to Blue Origin, a space flight company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
Republican senators blast federal unemployment perks amid ongoing labor shortage
Ernst will be torching federal unemployment perks on the Senate floor Wednesday with a handful of her prominent GOP colleagues. She will say the Democrats are using unemployment benefits to "dis-incentivize work," according to remarks exclusively obtained by Fox News.
Senate Republicans warn business groups against Iran engagement
Fifteen Republican senators have written a letter to three major business and financial groups warning them against engaging with Iranian businesses if the Biden administration lifts sanctions to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Colonial Pipeline attack tip of the infrastructure risk iceberg: DHS cyber chief
The Colonial Pipeline may be the first of other major U.S. infrastructure attacks, says the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Sen. Paul: Doubling capital gains tax 'more worrisome' than raising corporate tax
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., warns that increasing the capital gains tax will lead to a 'significant market reaction.'
Sen. Paul assesses president's first 100 days in office: 'It's Biden's way or the highway'
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., argues Biden has not held up to his word to unify the country, calling the president out for refusing to work in a bipartisan manner.
Mark McCloskey, St. Louis gun-wielding lawyer, mulls US Senate run to fight Biden’s ‘anti-American’ agenda
Mark McCloskey, of McCloskey Law Center, explains his motivation for a potential U.S. Senate bid in 2022.
Schumer intensifies push for federal pot legalization as Dems control Congress, White House
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has in recent years become an increasingly loud proponent of marijuana legalization, said on the Senate floor Tuesday that "the time has come" to end federal prohibition of the drug.
Romney, Sinema join forces to raise federal minimum wage
Sens. Mitt Romney and Kyrsten Sinema are working together on a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage after congressional Democrats failed to include a $15-an-hour hike in their coronavirus relief bill last month.
Hawaiian rail project that got $70 million in COVID stimulus lobbying for more to cover shortfall
A behind-schedule and over-budget rail project in Hawaii that got $70 million in the coronavirus stimulus package is now angling for more federal money to close a $3.68 billion funding gap.
Senate GOP assails Biden infrastructure plan as job killer that will give China, Russia a say in US tax laws
Senate Republicans are warning that President Biden’s proposed $2.7 trillion infrastructure plan will undermine jobs and ultimately crush taxpayers – the very opposite of what the bill proposes to accomplish.
In first budgets, Trump put breaks on non-military spending while Biden jams the pedal down
President Biden has released his first budget proposal for fiscal year 2022, which includes across-the-board spending increases, with the most substantial boost allocated to the Education Department.



















