Friday

24-07-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

House Republicans plan legislative response to provision letting senators to sue over phone records

Speaker Mike Johnson said he told Senate Majority Leader John Thune he strongly disagreed with the Senate GOP’s inclusion of a provision in the government funding package allowing senators...

The shutdown is ending, and House Democrats are furious

The sour atmosphere stands to linger as another shutdown deadline approaches and the health care fight continues.

House votes to reopen government after 43-day shutdown

The measure now heads to the White House, where President Donald Trump’s signature will end the historic funding lapse.

Fellow Democrat takes aim at Chuy García’s ‘undemocratic’ retirement gambit

A fellow Democrat moved to sanction Illinois Rep. Chuy García Wednesday for a gambit in which he retired and functionally guaranteed that his chief of staff would be the...

Epstein files vote happening next week, Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he plans to hold a House vote next week on a measure mandating the full disclosure of Justice Department files related to the late...

Adelita Grijalva is sworn in to House, pledges to force Epstein disclosure

Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in to the House Wednesday after a record 50-day wait, vowing to immediately join an effort to disclose files related to the late...

House Dems predict major GOP support on bill to release Epstein files

House Democrats believe there will be overwhelming support from Republicans on an inevitable floor vote on a bill that would compel the Justice Department to quickly release materials related...

White House vows Trump will sign ‘good-faith’ shutdown-ending bill

The White House committed in writing Wednesday that President Donald Trump will sign the bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history once the House passes it....

Key GOP senator backs Trump’s FDIC pick, citing progress on workplace reforms

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has won the backing of a key Republican senator who had earlier threatened to vote against him over...

AOC blasts Senate Democrats — not just Chuck Schumer — over shutdown deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid the blame Wednesday for a disappointing deal ending the 43-day government shutdown at the feet of Senate Democrats as a whole — not just Minority...