WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted on Thursday to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, acting to kill the nation’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles as President Donald Trump’s administration has doubled down on fossil fuels.

Republicans are touting House passage of a megabill to fund Trump’s agenda as a win for Americans. Democrats slam it as benefiting the rich and hurting low-income people.

A battle has erupted within the Senate Democratic Conference over a bipartisan bill that would pave the way for broader commercial acceptance of cryptocurrency assets known as stablecoins, which

In a letter to the Justice Department, the senators raised concern that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s approval allowed the president to skirt constitutional, ethical and legal limits to such a large foreign gift.

The Senate voted 66-32 Monday evening to advance first-of-its-kind legislation to regulate “stablecoins,” a kind of cryptocurrency. Democrats had initially voted to block the bill earlier this month amid concerns over President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency deals.

The vote, a procedural step needed to begin debate on the GENIUS Act, represents a major victory for the cryptocurrency industry.

There was shouting and gavel banging as Marco Rubio and his former Senate Democratic colleagues clashed over U.S. foreign aid.

Ohio Democrats, with limited power in the Statehouse, are pushing hundreds of amendments in a long-shot effort to reshape the state’s $61 billion budget before it becomes law.

Senate Democrats are trying to force a vote in response to reports that President Trump will accept a luxury jet from Qatar that will be retrofitted as the next Air Force One. Sens. Brian

Democrats say they want to repeal the map, but want to first evaluate it in the context of other wildfire bills.