Friday

17-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

GOP policy chair election April 16

House GOP leaders announced in a closed-door meeting Wednesday that the election to fill the vacant leadership role of policy chair will be the morning of April 16. Republicans...

Graham vows to plow ahead with reconciliation for defense, homeland funding

There are early GOP doubts about passing another party-line bill.

Capitol agenda: Trump to bring headaches or harmony to the Hill

The president will address House Republicans on Wednesday evening as lawmakers wrestle over a DHS deal and an affordable housing stalemate.

Lawmakers introduce bill to prohibit members of congress, president from prediction market trading

The bill comes amid an uptick of bipartisan legislation focused on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.

GOP’s reconciliation hopes are easier dreamt than done

“Scope creep” is among the pitfalls as Republicans look for ways to enact their election-year agenda without Democrats’ help.

House Republicans shoot down possible housing-crypto trade with Senate

House lawmakers say adding their bipartisan banking bills to the crypto legislation is not enough to get them to swallow a Senate-approved housing affordability package.

Epstein’s accountant and lawyer tell Congress they were never interviewed by federal investigators

The revelations came during closed-door depositions with Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke.

DHS funding proposal falls flat as Democrats, conservatives and Trump raise doubts

“Any deal they make, I’m pretty much not happy with it,” the president said.

Introducing Sen. Alan Armstrong

Alan Armstrong was sworn in Tuesday to temporarily fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s move to lead the Department of Homeland Security. The Republican energy executive...

Rick Scott sues contractor over leaked tax returns

The lawsuit comes almost two months after Trump filed a lawsuit against the IRS.