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Senate majority leader says he doesn’t have the votes to eliminate filibuster despite Trump’s wishes
Under former President Joe Biden, Senate Democrats tried but failed to abolish the filibuster. The party encountered opposition from centrist Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — both of whom later switched their affiliations to independent — when they attempted the gambit.
Ky., and three other Republicans voted with Democrats to strike down President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on countries worldwide.
Few states are more important in winning the presidency than Pennsylvania. After voting for Obama twice, Keystone State voters shifted to Trump in 2016, embraced Joe Biden in 2020, and veered back to Trump last year, awarding him their 19 electoral votes.
The government shutdown has reached Day 31, and by Monday it'll tie the longest funding lapse in history. Will Senate vote today? Here's the latest.
A busy "To The Point" for you this weekend as we discuss the state budget, ranked choice voting and the U.S. Senate race.
The Senate voted on Thursday to walk back environmental protections in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve that were imposed by the Biden administration, in Republicans’ latest effort to expand oil and gas drilling in the state.