Category: Congress
October 07, 2025
Congress
Pam Bondi wasted no time before going on offense during her Hill testimony
Attorney General Pam Bondi didn’t wait for Senate Democrats to ask their own pointed questions before she went on the attack Tuesday while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee....
October 07, 2025
Congress
Peter Navarro, Trump’s embattled trade adviser, on hand for Bondi’s Hill hearing
Poised to face tough questioning from Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats about President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the Justice Department against perceived enemies, Attorney General Pam Bondi has brought a...
October 07, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: At least they’re talking about talking
President Donald Trump and Democrats spent Monday afternoon giving reporters conflicting messages about whether they were talking to each other about the health care impasse at the center of...
October 07, 2025
Congress
Mass firing threats don’t faze Democrats
President Trump reiterated the layoff threat Monday but the hardball tactic isn't likely to break the shutdown impasse.
October 06, 2025
Congress
Senate votes for fifth time against advancing legislation to end the shutdown
Republicans were holding out hope more Democrats would defect to support the GOP-led funding measure.
October 06, 2025
Congress
Jesse Jackson Jr. to launch bid for his old seat
The Illinois Democrat who fell from grace is re-entering politics with a message of redemption — and unfinished business.
October 06, 2025
Congress
‘It could happen to your state next’: Durbin appeals to GOP on Guard deployments
Illinois' senior senator made an appeal across the aisle Monday as President Donald Trump moved to deploy out-of-state National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago. Democratic Sen. Dick...
October 06, 2025
Congress
Biden-era FBI requested Senate Republican phone records, lawmakers say
The FBI investigated Republican lawmakers as part of its Biden-era probe into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, GOP Senators announced Monday. The...
October 06, 2025
Congress
Schumer denies bipartisan health care talks after Trump’s Oval Office claim
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday there are no pending bipartisan talks over expiring health insurance subsidies despite a claim from President Donald Trump. The president said in...
October 06, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson rebuffs Hakeem Jeffries’ request for a live shutdown debate
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a floor debate on the government shutdown Monday as agencies remained closed into a second workweek. “Given the urgency...