Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

House passes bill to restrict SBA loans for noncitizens

The House has passed legislation that would ward off noncitizens from receiving Small Business Administration loans, bringing agency-driven SBA policy shifts from earlier this year a step closer to...

GOP Whip Emmer weighs in on megabill’s fate

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer isn’t concerned about the GOP megabill’s fate in the Senate, despite a raft of current policy disputes in need of speedy resolution. During an...

Capitol agenda: GOP leaders rush into Elon Musk damage control

Hill GOP leaders are in full-on damage control as they scramble to save their megabill — and themselves — from the blast radius of President Donald Trump and Elon...

Mike Johnson scrambles to stop Elon Musk from torching the megabill

The speaker is mounting a multi-front rebuttal to the billionaire's criticism — and trying to keep the backlash contained.

Elon Musk directs attacks on Hill GOP leaders

Billionaire Elon Musk targeted congressional Republican leaders Thursday, attacking Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader John Thune on social media over the cost of Donald Trump's domestic agenda...

Medicare is a target as Senate GOP faces megabill math issues

Republicans have so far kept hands off the politically sensitive program. But senators are now desperate to find additional spending cuts.

Grassley wants changes to megabill provision limiting judges’ ability to enforce court orders

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley said he wants to see changes to a provision in the House-passed “big, beautiful bill” that could limit judges’ ability to enforce court orders....

‘Very disappointed in Elon’: Trump, Musk spar amid continued criticism of ‘big beautiful’ megabill

Musk has been on a three-day rampage against Republicans' reconcilliation package.

Thune on AI moratorium: ‘We’ll see’ if it survives Byrd rule

Senate Majority Leader John Thune sounded supportive Thursday of the House-passed 10-year moratorium on enforcing state and local artificial intelligence laws, but conceded it remained an open question if...

Dems fail to subpoena Elon Musk — again

House Oversight Committee Democrats have once again failed to subpoena Elon Musk to testify on Capitol Hill. The panel rejected the minority party's request Thursday morning for the former...