By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) -Investors are fearing that projections for the U.S. debt mountain could increase further when a sweeping tax and spending bill goes through the Senate, with the risk that bond yields stay higher for longer.

Calling a move to block a ban on the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 "illegal" and "an unconstitutional attack," Newsom vowed to take the fight to court.

The current House-passed bill blocks support to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers that received more than $1 million in Medicaid funding in 2024. There are exceptions for clinics that help women who are pregnant as a result of rape or incest or are suffering from a life-threatening medical emergency.

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on senators pushing to revise the House-passed Trump spending bill as it heads to the Senate for debate.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), a candidate for Illinois’s open Senate seat next year, declined to say whether he would back Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for another term at

The 2026 midterms will prove crucial to Democrats and Republicans as both chambers of Congress hang in the balance.

The Texas Senate on Friday advanced a $8.5 billion public school funding bill, moving it one step closer to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.

SB 37, the sweeping higher education bill of the 89th session, will face a final vote in the House before the Senate considers changes.

The governor has not addressed whether he supports the ban, as hemp industry leaders have urged him to veto Senate Bill 3.