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16-03-2026 Vol 19

Year: 2025

House GOP launches new select subcommittee on the Jan. 6 attack

House Republicans are launching their own select subcommittee around the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, part of the broader effort among the GOP to rewrite what happened...

Thune’s plans for the fall shutdown fight

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Congress will need a short-term spending bill to prevent a shutdown Oct. 1, with leadership allies likely to push for a patch running...

Supreme Court lets Trump remove 3 Dems from Consumer Product Safety Commission

Other removals are making their way to the high court, including the firing of a member of the Federal Trade Commission Other removals are making their way to the...

Sen. John Kennedy, 73, clarifies why he froze up on live TV

"They've got all kind of stories that I had a brain freeze live on TV or a stroke or caught an STD live on television or something?" the soundbite...

Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be detained by ICE after he’s released from custody, federal judge rules

Maryland judge issues 72-hour restraining order against ICE in ongoing Abrego Garcia case that has spanned multiple courts. Maryland judge issues 72-hour restraining order against ICE in ongoing Abrego...

Third round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks end in less than a hour with no cease-fire after Trump threatens Putin with sanctions

The two sides agreed to have a prisoner exchange of 1,200 people, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said. The two sides agreed to have a prisoner exchange...

GOP lawmakers shrug off a new report that Trump’s name was in the Epstein files

House Republicans largely shrugged off a new report that President Donald Trump’s name was in the Epstein files. “We were with him last night. He's fine. He's gonna release...

House food service workers, Democrats stage boycott in fight to keep union jobs

House food service workers, with support from Democratic lawmakers, called for a boycott of some Capitol complex restaurants Thursday — demanding that incoming dining subcontractors maintain the previous union-negotiated...

Dem Senator Elissa Slotkin complains party is too worried about ‘p—ing off’ the Internet

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., says that Democrats are too worried about making people angry and that they "constrain" themselves too much. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., says that Democrats are...

Scalise: House GOP will pursue permitting reform this fall

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Wednesday that GOP leadership will work on advancing long-awaited permitting reform legislation this fall. The current "approach" is a standalone bill that, ideally,...