Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: Megabill heads toward a Senate buzzsaw

Speaker Mike Johnson struck a series of delicate deals to get Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” through the House. Now, Senate Republicans are threatening to tear them apart. Despite behind-the-scenes...

Ousted head of Copyright Office challenges Trump administration in court

The White House's attempt to seize control of the Library of Congress has run into opposition from key leaders — including Republicans.

Why House Republicans stripped a regulatory overhaul from their megabill — for now

House Republicans had high hopes of advancing a massive overhaul of federal regulations as they raced to pass their party-line megabill. As it turns out, they still have some...

Comer calls Biden’s physician, former aides to sit for interviews

House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer is demanding interviews with Joe Biden’s physician and former White House officials as part of his investigation into the former president’s...

Senate GOP preps for ‘one big, beautiful’ rewrite

Senate Republicans are vowing they will make changes to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after it passed the House early Thursday morning. While the end product is likely...

Why Warren Davidson voted against the House GOP megabill

Two Republicans cast votes in opposition to the House GOP megabill Thursday morning. One — Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky — was expected, given his long history of criticism...

‘I don’t work for you’: Jeffries’ broadside against GOP megabill included testy exchange

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sketched out Democrats' attacks on the Republican megabill before it passed early Thursday morning — and engaged in a brief testy exchange after he...

Two House Republicans missed the big vote

It was the biggest vote of the 119th Congress so far — and they missed it. GOP Reps. Andrew Garbarino of New York and David Schweikert of Arizona were...

The GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is one step closer to House passage

House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is one step closer to passage after clearing a key procedural hurdle that sets up a floor vote later Thursday morning. Republicans stayed overwhelmingly...

Capitol agenda: Big changes for the ‘big, beautiful bill’

Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” appears on a glidepath to passing the House Thursday morning after GOP leaders rolled out a slew of eleventh-hour changes to appease holdouts from across...