Friday

24-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

How Matt Gaetz poisoned the House Ethics Committee

The panel is still reeling from accusations of leaks and breaches of confidentiality in the previous Congress.

‘Full of despair’: Senate Dems look to regroup after losing shutdown fight

Democrats are openly questioning whether they lost their last point of leverage by ceding to Republicans in the latest skirmish over funding the government.

The Congress Issue

Senate Majority Leader John Thune arrived at the apex of power just as President Donald Trump is exerting his own executive authority. Will Thune draw a line?

Senate passes DC budget fix after House GOP omission

The Senate passed a bill Friday night to free up more than $1 billion in Washington's city budget, fixing an omission in the government funding bill now on its...

Inside the Jeffries-Schumer Rupture

“To beat Trump, we need clarity of purpose, discipline and coordination," one top Democratic strategist said. "It’s clear none of that exists right now.”

Senate Democratic leadership split on funding bill

The Democrats' fight over their shutdown strategy is extending all the way to the upper echelons of the Senate. The Friday vote to get the House GOP funding patch...

Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of abuse in floor speech

The legal action seeks to carve out an exception from the speech or debate clause of the Constitution.

Jeffries stays silent on Schumer’s future as Senate leader

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sidestepped a question about the leadership of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer — a stunning demonstration of the breach that has emerged between the...

Mark Kelly ditches his Tesla

Amid the Friday chaos on Capitol Hill, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) took to X to announce … he’s getting rid of his Tesla. “This is going to be my...

Pelosi slams ‘false choice’ on shutdown, indirectly criticizing Schumer

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered some sidelong criticism of her colleagues in the other chamber Friday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would vote to allow passage...