Tuesday

10-03-2026 Vol 19

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Energy and Commerce discusses next steps for Trump’s party-line bill

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have started holding meetings to discuss where to find savings within their panel’s purview to finance legislation to enact President Donald...

Trump admin moves to drop fight over emergency abortions, reversing Biden admin stance

An Idaho hospital is stepping in to argue that the state’s near-total abortion ban violates patients’ rights. An Idaho hospital is stepping in to argue that the state’s near-total...

‘His legacy lives on’: UM student honored on anniversary of fatal scooter crash

Friends and family of Daniel “Danny” Bishop gathered at the University of Miami on Tuesday to honor his memory, unveiling a bench and plaque bearing his name on the...

Top Trump defense policy pick Elbridge Colby calls Iran nuclear threat ‘existential’ in confirmation hearing

Elbridge Colby had said in 2012 that the only thing worse than a nuclear Iran 'would be consequences of using force to try to stop them.' Elbridge Colby had...

Democrats’ Medicaid strategy gets a reboot after GOP cancels town halls

The outside group Indivisible said Democrats should hold their own town halls — and if Dems don't, they'll hold their own. The outside group Indivisible said Democrats should hold...

GOP stopgap holdouts will ‘get on board,’ Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged several GOP lawmakers have "hesitation" over backing the six-month extension of government funding that he and President Donald Trump are pushing ahead of a Friday...

Republicans risk hard-liner revolt in latest gambit to avoid a shutdown

Should Republican leaders have to abandon their current plan to pass a government funding bill at "flat" levels, hard-liners warn that another fiscal framework is at risk: the budget...

House GOP urging members to do more virtual town halls as DOGE backlash heats up: ‘Not a good use of taxpayer dollars’

House GOP leaders are urging their Republican members to hold town halls virtually whenever possible amid backlash from the cost-cutting moves by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. House...

Trump administration suspends student loans income-driven repayment application

President Donald Trump’s administration is no longer accepting applications online for some financial aid programs to help debtors pay for student loans. The U.S. Department of Education’s site no...

Ben Shapiro calls on Trump to pardon ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin of federal crimes in George Floyd case

Chauvin, now 48, is serving out a 21-year prison term for federal civil rights violations. Chauvin, now 48, is serving out a 21-year prison term for federal civil rights...