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22-04-2026 Vol 19

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GOP policy chair election April 16

House GOP leaders announced in a closed-door meeting Wednesday that the election to fill the vacant leadership role of policy chair will be the morning of April 16. Republicans...

Graham vows to plow ahead with reconciliation for defense, homeland funding

There are early GOP doubts about passing another party-line bill.

Inside LA’s $2.6B homeless housing splurge in luxe neighborhoods — costing taxpayers $1M a room

Los Angeles has dumped roughly $2.6 billion in taxpayer cash into buying and renovating hotels, motels and apartment buildings for homeless housing including properties planted in some of the...

Capitol agenda: Trump to bring headaches or harmony to the Hill

The president will address House Republicans on Wednesday evening as lawmakers wrestle over a DHS deal and an affordable housing stalemate.

Lawmakers introduce bill to prohibit members of congress, president from prediction market trading

The bill comes amid an uptick of bipartisan legislation focused on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.

Mike Waltz recalls chilling war story where he had to decide whether to shoot a 10-year-old Afghan

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz reflected on his chilling experience on the battlefield in Afghanistan, in which he had to make a split-second decision on whether...

Trump has given Israel’s Netanyahu ‘the business,’ Mike Waltz tells Pod Force One amid Iran war

"President Trump's calling the shots. He is commander-in-chief, period," US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told Miranda Devine on "Pod Force One." "President Trump's calling the shots. He...

GOP’s reconciliation hopes are easier dreamt than done

“Scope creep” is among the pitfalls as Republicans look for ways to enact their election-year agenda without Democrats’ help.

Democrat Emily Gregory flips long-held Florida GOP House seat that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Republican Maples faced Democrat Emily Gregory in Florida House District 87, a Palm Beach seat Trump carried by roughly 10 points in 2024. Republican Maples faced Democrat Emily Gregory...

Trump reveals key quality he admired in Queen Elizabeth in new book: ‘Opposite of me’

"I couldn’t get her to say a bad thing about anybody," Trump marveled. "I couldn’t get her to say a bad thing about anybody," Trump marveled.