Some lawmakers worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive president.

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The REINS Act offers a necessary path forward, restoring accountability, reining in regulatory overreach, and putting lawmaking authority back where it belongs.

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Trump’s allies defend his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs by insisting that Congress can end the underlying “national emergency.” They argue that if ...

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The one-page resolution the Senate passed on Thursday ends Trump’s national emergency declaration, which he announced on ...

They don’t consider it safe and they don’t think the companies are going to fix it.” Common Sense Media, a research and advocacy group focused on youth and technology, has not endorsed the bill yet, ...

Democrat Chad McKenna of Duluth announced Wednesday he will be pulling out of the U.S. House Minnesota District 8 race in ...