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(L) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) listens to testimony from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine during a Defense Subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tuesday was the first time Hegseth testified before Congress since his confirmation hearings in January and "Signalgate," in which he and other national security officials discussed detailed military plans in an unsecured text chain that inadvertently included a prominent journalist. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he testify before the Defense Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Tuesday was the first time Hegseth testified before Congress since his confirmation hearings in January and "Signalgate," in which he and other national security officials discussed detailed military plans in an unsecured text chain that inadvertently included a prominent journalist. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House approves over $450B in VA funding, military construction and more as Democrats highlight ‘potential issues’

House Republicans advanced their first appropriations bill for fiscal year 2026 on Wednesday, authorizing over $450 billion in funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction, and related programs.

A voter uses a ballot drop box at the Bucks County Administration building voting on demand and ballot drop center in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 2024. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

House Republicans Approve Bill Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote

For a second time, House Republicans have passed a bill that will require voters to have proof of citizenship in order to vote in federal elections. The previous attempt was blocked by the then-Democrat-led Senate.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: Congressman, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Moral Courage Award recipient Jared Golden speaks on stage during Headstrong Washington DC Gala at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on November 03, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Headstrong )

Trump Gains Unlikely Democrat Support For Tariffs: ‘This Is A Good Start’

A moderate Democrat has expressed cautious optimism for President Donald Trump’s tariffs, after most of his party reacted furiously to the new tariffs.

US Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, arrives to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

6 Democrats On Board With House GOP Resolution To Condemn ‘Harris Border Policies’

Six Democrats, along with every House Republican, voted to condemn Vice President Kamala Harris’s failure to adequately deter foreign nationals from illegally entering the U.S. southern border and for failing to secure it. The measure, House Resolution 1371, passed in the House with a count of 220-196.

Headstrong Washington DC Gala WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: Congressman, U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Moral Courage Award recipient Jared Golden speaks on stage during Headstrong Washington DC Gala at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on November 03, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Headstrong )

House Democrat Jared Golden: ‘Trump Is Going To Win. And I’m OK With That’

Maine’s Democrat representative, Jared Golden, says that he believes former President Donald Trump will win the 2024 presidential election and that Democrats need to stop fear mongering and playing into paranoid theories regarding the destruction of democracy.

14 Democrats Join Republicans In Pushing Back Against Biden Border Policies

Along with Republicans, over a dozen House Democrats dissented from President Joe Biden’s failing open-border strategy on Wednesday, sending a message to the president that both parties must confront illegal immigration in a more effective way.