Friday

06-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Thune says Senate won’t overrule parliamentarian

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday the Senate would not move to overrule its parliamentarian after she advised that including key provisions in the GOP's domestic-policy megabill would...

Senate GOP dealt major blow on megabill health care plans

Senate Republicans are facing major new issues with their domestic policy megabill after the chamber's parliamentarian advised senators that several provisions they are counting on to reap hundreds of...

Capitol agenda: Thune’s megabill teeters on the brink

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is scrambling to quell the Medicaid-fueled mutiny that’s threatening to derail the megabill on both sides of the Capitol. In the Senate, “Medicaid moderates”...

Cornyn trounced by Paxton in another poll

It’s getting late early for John Cornyn. Yet another poll shows the four-term incumbent lagging well behind his hard-right challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in next year’s primary....

The Trump judge wars are back

The nomination of Emil Bove suggests the president is embracing a new kind of judicial pick.

Thune faces brewing megabill mutiny

Sen. Thom Tillis warned his colleagues during a closed-door meeting Wednesday that he would not vote to take up the party's sweeping domestic policy bill without further clarity on...

‘They realize I’m serious’: Inside Ron Johnson’s megabill talks with the White House

Sen. Ron Johnson said Wednesday he’s not ready to support Donald Trump’s signature domestic policy bill. But the Wisconsin Republican said that the White House, including the president himself,...

Schumer, Jeffries pledge to meet with Mamdani

Both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries congratulated Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani on his apparent Tuesday night victory in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary, vowing...

Bove confirms POLITICO report on his harsh management style

Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official nominated for a circuit court judgeship, on Wednesday confirmed an earlier POLITICO report about an internal inquiry into his conduct at the...

Bove denies advising anyone to flout court orders

Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who’s up for a circuit court judgeship, denied allegations from a former DOJ official that he suggested the department would flout court...