Memorial Day is an opportunity for Americans to reflect on the freedoms they enjoy because of the sacrifices others have given them, congressional lawmakers told Fox News.  “The only reason we enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy in America is because of the sacrifice that so many brave Americans have made,” Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, who served in the Marine Corps, told Fox News.

Rep. Matt Rosendale, a Republican from Montana, released a statement Sunday evening signaling he would vote against the “Fiscal Responsibility Act,” the debt ceiling deal released to the public earlier in the day by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.  Rosendale said the proposal, which he called the “Fiscal Irresponsibility Act,” failed to rein in federal spending. He also said lawmakers who support the bill are insulting the American people. “The D.C.

The highly-anticipated debt ceiling package House Republicans and President Biden announced on Sunday includes a provision fast-tracking a massive 303-mile West Virginia-to-Virginia natural gas pipeline project for approval.

Washington leaders responded on Sunday to the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act, a deal reached between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Biden to evade defaulting on the country’s financial obligations. Both McCarthy and Biden held their posture as long as they could with a looming deadline of June 5, and on Sunday, reached a final agreement with just days to spare.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached a much-awaited budget detail, averting a potentially catastrophic U.S. default just days ahead of a June 5 deadline. Both sides are expected to point to some victories in the bill. Biden said Sunday the bill “represents a compromise, which means no one got everything they wanted.” The House released the 99-page text of the deal Sunday evening.

The Department of Education is worried that artificial intelligence systems could be used to surveil teachers once the systems are introduced into the classroom and warned in a new report that allowing that to happen would make teachers’ jobs “nearly impossible.” The department released a report this week on “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning,” which also argued that AI should never be used to replace human teachers.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is escalating his attacks on President Donald Trump accusing the former president of “running to the left,” claiming that he is a “different guy today” than his previous campaign in 2016 and 2020.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was shouted down and faced a partially hostile crowd during a Friday town hall where some participants were upset about the Democratic socialist legislator’s positions on immigration Ukraine funding and the debt limit. Speaking to constituents in Corona, Queens, The “Squad” member was disrupted several times as some heckled and booed her, and in turn, her supporters shouted down those protesters.

President Biden on Friday told a crowd gathered at the White House that he has “four granddaughters,” but failed to mention his fifth granddaughter born out of wedlock to Hunter Biden and Lunden Roberts. “Look, there’s an awful lot — an awful lot to be proud of, and the way in which women’s sports has come along is just incredible. And you’re changing the — it’s not just in sports.