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23-06-2026 Vol 19

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House appropriators’ Capitol concerns include crossing guards, allergy-friendly food and elevator repairs

House appropriators released their committee report Wednesday for the Legislative Branch funding bill, which includes detailed guidance on how they’d like Capitol Hill offices and agencies to spend fiscal...

Bove denies advising anyone to flout court orders

Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who’s up for a circuit court judgeship, denied allegations from a former DOJ official that he suggested the department would flout court...

Senate GOP leaders make opening offer on hospitals fund

Senate GOP leaders have given their opening offer to their “Medicaid moderates” — a $15 billion stabilization fund for rural hospitals impacted by the pending domestic policy bill. The...

Durbin tees off on Bove as Judiciary hearing kicks off

Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, on Wednesday excoriated Emil Bove, a top Trump Justice Department official and nominee for a seat on the Third...

NATO chief calls Trump ‘Daddy’ after president drops F-bomb over Iran-Israel strikes

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte made the remark as President Trump was comparing the fighting between Israel and Iran to children scrapping in a school yard. NATO Secretary General...

Jeffries praises Mamdani’s affordability messaging after shock victory

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries doled out light praise for New York state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani after his stunning victory in Tuesday’s New York City Democratic mayoral primary, embracing...

Migrant kids trafficked to pedophiles under Biden are being rescued by ICE, border czar Tom Homan tells ‘Pod Force One’

“There were 300,000 missing children under the last administration,” Homan said. “We’ve found thousands of them… We rescued victims of sex trafficking two weeks ago, we rescued a...

White House ramps up sales pitch for Trump tax plan

The White House is stepping up its efforts to sell the GOP megabill ahead of an impending Senate vote. The legislation is far from finalized, but the Council of...

Capitol agenda: Johnson warns about a Medicaid backlash

With President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline drawing near, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told POLITICO on Tuesday night he believes the Senate is “on a path” to start...

RFJ Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort

Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit. Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging...