By some estimates, cargo thefts are a $35 billion-a-year problem with the power to disrupt supply chains, and even increase prices at the grocery store.

Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) broke with the Senate Republican caucus and opposed both of the procedural votes, citing concerns about the bill — and, apparently, a lack of clarity from the White House on where exactly the cuts will come from.

Sen. Ron Johnson’s hearing was a dangerous beachhead from which the movement stands to make unprecedented inroads into public health policy.

Senate Republicans say they have the votes to pass a package of $9 billion in spending cuts, which would give President Trump another big legislative victory in less than a month after GOP leaders

A former Justice Department attorney told lawmakers that Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove, up for a key committee vote this week, had expressed intent to violate a federal court order while serving as the agency’s acting second-in-command.