Monday

07-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Cornyn and Paxton rake in millions in expensive Texas Senate primary

Texas’ GOP Senate primary is widely expected to be a bruising and costly fight — and so far the money race is highly competitive between Sen. John Cornyn and...

Georgia GOP Senate hopefuls trail Ossoff in money race

Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff continues to hold a massive fundraising advantage over the Republicans vying to unseat him in Georgia. Ossoff raised more than $12 million from July through...

Bill Cassidy maintains cash advantage over his GOP challengers

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) once again raised more money from donors than his challengers did last quarter. Cassidy, who faces several primary challengers after his past criticism of President...

Democrats float a new shutdown demand: reversing Trump’s mass firings

Even as the courts step in, some lawmakers want workers protected in any standoff-ending deal.

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...