House Republicans are using three key government funding bills to pass conservative priorities on abortion, diversity and drag performances.  The House is expected to consider appropriations bills this week funding the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the State Department and foreign operations for fiscal year 2025. It’s part of an ambitious schedule House GOP leaders have laid out to have their 12 individual...

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — An increasingly contentious Democratic Party battle between a member of the far-left “Squad” in Congress and his more moderate challenger that spotlights the party’s deep divisions over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is taking center stage on Tuesday as New York, Colorado and Utah hold primaries. And the race between two-term Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Westchester County executive George Latimer in...