Tag: Patty Murray

The vote fell along party lines after a hearing in which Democrats questioned him over a rolled-back overtime rule; the seat had been empty since April.

WHO warns the outbreak in Congo and Uganda is “deeply concerning” as former health officials and aid experts say Trump administration cuts weakened the systems designed to detect and contain Ebola before it spread.

Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.

A federal judge ordered the administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits for 42 million people as the Justice Department appealed, while analysis shows the partial-payment plan would cut average aid by 61 percent and leave millions with nothing.

After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.

Though blocked, Bernie Sanders’s efforts to halt weapons transfers to Israel gained unprecedented Democratic support amid Gaza’s worsening famine and civilian death toll.

An internal document reveals that the Trump administration’s crackdown on supposed fraud in Social Security phone claims has identified just two questionable cases out of more than 110,000—prompting bipartisan outrage and warnings of a politically motivated attack on the program.

If only one more Senate Republican can be turned against DeVos, she will not be confirmed.