Category: Congress
October 20, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Troop pay fight tests the GOP
Tensions over troop pay are taking center stage as the shutdown heads into Week 4. A number of Republican lawmakers are uneasy with President Donald Trump once again sidestepping...
October 20, 2025
Congress
Lawmakers bemoan Trump’s latest power grab: Troop pay
Members of Congress appreciate the political cover but don’t love how the White House is circumventing Capitol Hill’s power of the purse yet again.
October 19, 2025
Congress
Speaker Johnson doubles down on ‘No Kings’ criticism following demonstrations nationwide
He alleged the protests indicate “a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”
October 19, 2025
Congress
Rand Paul: ‘All of these people have been blown up without us knowing their name’
The Kentucky Republican again challenges U.S. strikes on possible drug smugglers at sea.
October 18, 2025
Congress
IRS files tax lien against Jim Justice
The former governor, who joined the Senate in 2025, has repeatedly brushed off questions about his finances.
October 17, 2025
Congress
Trump grants clemency to disgraced former lawmaker George Santos
The former member of Congress from New York served less than three months of a seven-years sentence for wire fraud and identity theft.
October 17, 2025
Congress
Alex Acosta cleared Trump of wrongdoing in the Epstein case, GOP says
The former U.S. attorney and Labor Secretary sat for an interview with Congressional investigators in September.
October 17, 2025
Congress
Johnson refuses to swear in Grijalva, brushes aside Democrats’ legal threat
Democrats have threatened legal action if Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva isn't sworn in Friday after winning her special election more than three weeks ago.
October 17, 2025
Congress
Republicans again find themselves in an Obamacare pickle
GOP lawmakers are talking about pursuing a health policy overhaul — but leaders are warning not to revisit a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
October 17, 2025
Congress
GOP representative blames swastika flag in his office on a ‘ruse’
Flags altered in a similar way have surfaced around the Capitol.