Friday

06-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Updated megabill includes key compromises on taxes and Medicaid

Senate Republicans have included compromises on key Medicaid and tax issuesin updated text for their sweeping domestic policy bill. In an effort to placate GOP moderates on the fence...

How the megabill could fall apart

There are reasons an arbitrary July 4 deadline could slip, and several of them were on display this week.

Key GOP centrist Rep. Don Bacon will not seek reelection

Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon will not seek reelection and plans to retire at the end of his term, according to two people familiar with his plans. The announcement...

Rep. Dusty Johnson to announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday

Rep. Dusty Johnson will announce a bid for South Dakota governor Monday, according to two people granted anonymity to speak about private conversations. Johnson has served as South Dakota's...

Senate slated to take first vote on megabill Saturday

Senate Republicans are planning to take an initial vote at noon on Saturday to take up the megabill. Leadership laid out the timeline during a closed-door lunch on Friday,...

Muslim Democrats ask leaders to denounce Islamophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani

All four Muslim Democratic House members are denouncing “racist smears” against Zohran Mamdani from lawmakers in both parties since his New York City mayoral primary win, according to a...

Trump says July 4 is “not the end all”

President Donald Trump on Friday backed off the July 4 deadline he set for Congress to pass his megabill, acknowledging that the timing could slip as Republicans work through...

Megabill delay ‘possible,’ Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson opened the door Friday to a possible megabill delay past the GOP's self-imposed July 4 deadline. “It’s possible ... but I don't want to even accept...

Mike Johnson hails ‘progress’ toward SALT deal

The White House is close to clinching an agreement on the state and local tax deduction after a last-ditch flurry of negotiations with blue-state House GOP holdouts and Senate...

Capitol agenda: How Trump could get his July 4 megabill

Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is in tatters. President Donald Trump still wants it on his desk by July 4. Here’s everything that will have to go right to make...