Tuesday

08-04-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump assures GOP budget holdouts on spending cuts

Speaker Mike Johnson is projecting confidence about finalizing a GOP budget plan after he and President Donald Trump went to work on a group of Republican holdouts at a...

‘Political pettiness’: JD Vance slaps Mitch McConnell over DOD vote

Vice President JD Vance castigated Sen. Mitch McConnell on Tuesday over the former GOP leader’s opposition to a key Pentagon nominee — an unusual swipe at a prominent member...

Johnson says fluoride should get a second look

House Speaker Mike Johnson said fluoride levels in water deserve “real evaluation” on Tuesday, a day after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would direct the CDC...

House GOP leaders won’t bring up District of Columbia funding fix bill this week

Speaker Mike Johnson and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke Monday on a call to discuss a path forward on legislation to restore the capital city’s spending powers,...

Senate confirms Trump’s controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump's controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief, a win for the increasingly vocal wing of the GOP that wants the...

House Democrats take aim at Trump’s global tariffs

Democrats moved Tuesday to force a House vote on President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs — putting Speaker Mike Johnson in a tough spot as the economic ramifications of...

Former New Hampshire Gov. Sununu won’t run for Senate in 2026

President Donald Trump said he hoped the former New Hampshire governor would run Sunday.

Senate Republicans nudge Trump’s trade chief for a tariff end game

Sen. James Lankford expressed doubt about one of Trump’s main goals for the steep new global tariffs.

GOP holdouts headed to White House to talk budget

A group of House Republicans is scheduled to visit the White House this afternoon to meet President Donald Trump about the pending GOP budget framework, according to two Republicans...

Capitol agenda: Trump’s trade rep takes the hot seat

Republican senators desperate for an off-ramp to Trump’s escalating trade war want to know Donald Trump’s endgame now — even as GOP leaders pledge to give the president “space”...