Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Nancy Mace and Cory Mills are still squabbling over censure vote

Mills helped tank move to punish Rep. Ilhan Omar for Charlie Kirk comments.

Trump to meet with Democratic leaders ahead of shutdown deadline

Top Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer demanded a meeting with the president over the weekend.

White House says government shutdown would be ‘the fault of Democrats’

Karoline Leavitt said the president wants a “simple, clean budget extension.”

Tables turn for Democrats as they use shutdown for leverage

The current standoff is a nearly precise inversion of the 2013 showdown over health care that closed government agencies for 17 days.

House Oversight Republicans give readout of Alex Acosta’s Epstein interview

Alex Acosta, in a closed-door interview with lawmakers Friday, defended the widely criticized plea deal he brokered with Jeffrey Epstein while a U.S. attorney in Florida. Acosta, who later...

Trump accuses Dems of wanting a shutdown after failed Senate vote

But he praised Fetterman for voting for the GOP stopgap.

Dems slam Acosta for showing ‘no remorse’ for Epstein plea deal he helped broker

Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Alex Acosta took responsibility Friday for the plea deal he helped broker as the U.S. attorney in south Florida...

Shutdown standoff hits fever pitch

“It's this or a shutdown,” the Senate's top Republican told Democrats Friday.

Congressional Black Caucus says resolution honoring Charlie Kirk ‘not about healing’

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus condemned a bipartisan resolution to memorialize conservative organizer Charlie Kirk on Friday, saying the measure validated Kirk’s beliefs, and legitimized “racist, harmful, and...

Senate GOP rejects Democratic funding proposal

Senate Republicans voted Friday to reject a Democratic bill to fund the government past the end of the month in the first of dueling partisan votes on avoiding an...