Category: Congress
March 02, 2025
Congress
‘Sanctuary city’ mayors hope to avoid an embarrassing spectacle in Congress
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is working with former Biden lawyer Dana Remus as the city prepares to gather — and redact — documents that might expose municipal employees to...
March 01, 2025
Congress
Murkowski says Trump administration ‘appears to be walking away from our allies,’ a rare GOP rebuke on Ukraine
Her admonishment came after a disastrous bilateral meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, which saw Trump publicly berate the Ukrainian leader.
February 28, 2025
Congress
GOP-led committee launches probe to root out ‘political’ hires
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk move to fire broad swaths of the federal workforce, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is launching...
February 28, 2025
Congress
Trump’s spending play raises ‘risk of a shutdown,’ top Democrats say
Top Democratic appropriators said on Friday that President Donald Trump's decision to abandon bipartisan spending talks and endorse a long-term funding patch is "raising the risk of a shutdown."...
February 28, 2025
Congress
AOC wants answers from DOJ after Trump officials threaten investigation
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pressing the Justice Department to reveal whether she — or her office — is under federal investigation. In a letterto newly confirmed attorney general Pam...
February 28, 2025
Congress
Michigan Democrats make another run at Shri Thanedar
Michigan Democrats are once again plotting to oust Rep. Shri Thanedar. The Indian American Democrat has held a plurality Black district in the Detroit metro since 2023, much to...
February 28, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Signs point to a long stopgap
Signs are increasingly pointing to a full-year government funding patch as Congress barrels toward the March 14 shutdown deadline without a deal on overall spending totals. President Donald Trump...
February 28, 2025
Congress
How 7 states could thwart GOP plans to overhaul Medicaid
Republicans have a bigger tent than they did in 2017. So does the health care program.
February 27, 2025
Congress
Trump and GOP leaders discuss using tariffs to pay for agenda
GOP leaders and President Donald Trump are strategizing over how to incorporate revenue from new tariffs in their massive party-line domestic policy bill, with the goal of arguing the...
February 27, 2025
Congress
DOGE cuts eyed for GOP spending bill, raising shutdown fears
The strategy could help satisfy hard-liners but alienate Democrats whose votes will be needed to fund the government.