History can be cruel. Charles Sumner, the great abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, is remembered only for being beaten ...

Murkowski did not actually push the BBB over the top of the dirty trench—the Senate of the United States. Her vote was the ...

Republicans who cross him could find themselves on the receiving end of a social-media rant or, worse, facing a ...

Two BBBs have been in the news: the Bunker-Buster Bomb, dropped on Iran, and the Big Beautiful Bill making a slow and ...

This fraud who pretended to be one of the last reasonable Republicans. Remember when Murkowski was *so concerned* she might leave her party, become independent!? Now she votes to destroy the lives of ...

While D'Esposito is expected to get back on the federal payroll as a Department of Labor official, he may want his House seat ...

“The more and more women are denied access to care, whether that be abortion [or] other care, the more likely they are to ...

WASHINGTON — Just after midnight, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was pacing in a Senate hallway, alone and looking concerned.

The bill, which was restructured by the Senate, is currently back in the House of Representatives. Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck ...

US President Donald Trump is getting closer to seeing his One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed after it narrowly passed a Senate vote. Here's why the bill isn't enjoying full Republican support.

JD Vance casts tie-breaking vote as Senate passes ‘big, beautiful’ bill - The Independent was on Capitol Hill overnight as ...

NBC's Ryan Nobles asked Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski about her eventual "yes" vote for the "Big, Beautiful" bill.