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07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Eleanor Holmes Norton raises little money for reelection as retirement questions loom

Longtime Washington congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton raised just $3,200 for her reelection campaign last quarter, according to a campaign finance report filed Wednesday, as she faces serious primary...

Johnson hammers Senate Dems with shutdown impacts in their states

Speaker Mike Johnson continued to hit Senate Democrats on Wednesday for blocking a government funding stopgap — this time by highlighting the shutdown fallout in their states. During a...

El-Sayed calls Oct. 7 fundraising email a mistake

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed called a fundraising email that went out on the anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel a mistake in a statement provided...

Capitol agenda: Trump muddies the GOP shutdown message

One week into the shutdown, Republicans are trying to stay on message — but President Donald Trump is making that difficult. Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John...

Republicans are in disarray 1 week into the shutdown

President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats.

Senate confirms largest bloc yet of Trump nominees

Senate Republicans confirmed more than 100 nominees Tuesday evening, largely clearing the backlog of President Donald Trump’s picks who have been awaiting a floor vote. The party-line vote comes...

Republican leaders clash on emergency troop pay vote

Speaker Mike Johnson said the House could come back to pass emergency legislation to pay troops during the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune wasn’t willing to go...

Bondi tells Schiff he should ‘apologize’ for impeaching Trump

Just weeks weeks after Sen. Adam Schiff was called a "buffoon" and a "fraud" by FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, the California Democrat was...

Sen. Josh Hawley falsely says FBI ‘tapped’ senators’ phones during Jack Smith probe

Sen. Josh Hawley falsely claimed Tuesday that newly disclosed records revealed that the FBI “tapped” the phones of eight sitting U.S. senators during special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of...

Mike Johnson brushes off Marjorie Taylor Greene’s health care attack

Speaker Mike Johnson sought to play down fiery criticism of his leadership from GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in comments to reporters Tuesday, after she accused top Republicans of...