The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee accused her Republican colleagues on Thursday of increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown by approving spending numbers below the levels set under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement, which hasn't even been law for two weeks. In an appearance on CNN, Rep. Rosa DeLauro said House Republicans have already "walked away from …
CNN — The levees held. Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate/AP A rain shower soaks evacuees in LaPlace, Louisiana, on August 30. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg/Getty Images People walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on August 29. Brandon Bell/Getty Images A man walks along the Mississippi River near the French Quarter in New Orleans early on August 29. Max Becherer/The …
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas was on the brink Monday of surpassing a record 13,000 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as the number of new cases after the Christmas holiday continued surging, including Rep. Kay Granger, who said she tested positive upon returning to Washington for the new Congress. In a statement, Granger’s office said the 77-year-old Republican is asymptomatic and “feeling …
