Friday

24-07-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

How Senate Republicans won the last vote to end the shutdown

Sen. Tim Kaine wanted a “moratorium on mischief” from the Trump administration. He didn't get it until Sunday night.

Senate passes shutdown-ending deal

The House could clear the package for President Donald Trump’s signature by Wednesday.

John Thune secures provision in government funding bill letting senators sue for phone records seizure

The new legislative language is an escalation of the GOP’s efforts to discredit former special counsel Jack Smith.

House to return to laundry list of controversies after 7-week hiatus

Speaker Mike Johnson is faced with jump-starting dormant committees, tackling a looming health care deadline and resolving the long-brewing Jeffrey Epstein fight — if he can reopen the government...

Trump says MTG has ‘some sort of act going on’

President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a sharp rebuke of Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a onetime ally who has become increasingly critical of the president in recent...

Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat

A cybersecurity breach discovered last week affecting the Congressional Budget Office is now considered “ongoing,” threatening both incoming and outgoing correspondence around Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper. Employees at the Library...

Rand Paul wants hemp vote to speed up shutdown endgame

Sen. Rand Paul wants a vote on his amendment to strike language from a shutdown-ending spending deal that would "unfairly target Kentucky’s hemp industry" before allowing the bill to...

Watson Coleman to retire from Congress

Longtime Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday that she is not running for reelection next year and will retire at the end of her term, saying that it...

Jeffries backs Schumer amid fierce Democratic backlash to shutdown deal

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries backed Chuck Schumer, his Senate counterpart, amid a progressive backlash to Schumer's handling of a compromise to end the government shutdown. “Yes and yes,”...

House members should start returning to Washington ‘right now,’ Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson urged House members Monday to start returning to Capitol Hill "right now" as the chamber prepares to vote on a funding package that would end the...