Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump adviser Miran will take unpaid leave from White House if confirmed to Fed

Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s nominee for an open seat on the Federal Reserve, said he would take an unpaid leave of absence from his current role at the...

Jeffrey Epstein discharge petition will fail, Mike Johnson predicts

Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he doesn’t believe a bipartisan effort to force a House vote compelling the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents will succeed. Asked about the discharge...

Justice Democrats back a progressive challenger to Rep. Jimmy Gomez

The progressive group Justice Democrats, which focuses on primarying safe-seat Democrats in hopes of moving the party to the left, is throwing its weight behind Angela Gonzales-Torres, a challenger...

Capitol agenda: Sen. Bill Cassidy walks a tightrope at RFK Jr.’s hearing

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before Senate Finance on Thursday morning. You should be watching how Sen. Bill Cassidy questions him. Cassidy is walking a fine line...

A trend of acknowledging Democrats’ age problem is emerging

The 78-year-old House representative announced his plans to step down this week.

Rules could be changed within weeks to speed Trump confirmations, GOP senators say

Republicans are coalescing around a plan to allow nominees to be approved in groups.

House votes to establish a new committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack

House members voted largely along party lines Wednesday to formally establish a new panel to investigate the events around the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. It's the...

House Republicans help kill effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver

Some House Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to sink an effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver over her involvement in a chaotic May scuffle outside an immigration detention...

House approves symbolic signal of support for Oversight’s Epstein investigation

The House approved a symbolic measure that would affirm the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into the handling of case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The...

House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation

House Democrats are moving to formally reprimand Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in response to a GOP lawmaker’s effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.). Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is...