Sunday

07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

We’re getting another look at congressional candidates’ campaign finances. Here’s what to look for.

It’s time again for campaigns to reveal where they’re getting their money from. House and Senate candidates are due to file quarterly fundraising reports to the Federal Election Commission...

Maine’s Platner now has the support of 3 labor unions

Organized labor is getting behind Graham Platner’s upstart Maine Senate primary campaign, just a day after the state’s governor, Janet Mills, entered the race as the preferred candidate of...

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on C-SPAN

Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will jointly debate on C-SPAN, the network announced Wednesday. The debate is set to take place on the "Ceasefire" program hosted...

House Democrat and Capitol Police union trade accusations over Tuesday incident

An incident that unfolded Tuesday evening outside Speaker Mike Johnson's Capitol office has prompted starkly divergent responses from the union representing the U.S. Capitol Police and the Democratic lawmaker...

Trump’s troop pay move is a ‘temporary fix,’ Johnson says

President Donald Trump’s move to pay active-duty troops this week amid the shutdown is only a “temporary fix,” Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday, warning that service members will miss...

Massie posts best fundraising quarter ever as Trump challenge looms

Rep. Thomas Massie raised $768,000 from July through September — the best fundraising quarter of his career under threat of being ousted by a super PAC linked to President...

Capitol agenda: Thune tries a new shutdown strategy

Senate Democrats’ next tough decision? Whether to play ball with Republicans on full-year appropriations bills or hold out to maintain leverage in the shutdown fight. GOP leaders are unleashing...

GOP senators discouraged by Trump’s community development finance firings

Two senior Republican senators said Tuesday they strongly support the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund after the Trump administration moved to eviscerate the program by firing all...

This House Republican has become Mike Johnson’s biggest internal headache

GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley has emerged as an outspoken and fearless critic at a crucial moment for the speaker.

Cory Mills slapped with restraining order after Florida judge sides with accuser

The restraining order against Mills comes amid a swirl of controversies this year for the second-term Republican.