Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Lots of talk, little outward progress as House GOP closes in on megabill

Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to resolve a suite of remaining issues with the GOP megabill just days before he hopes to put it up for a floor vote....

Dems move to block Middle East arms sales over Qatar plane deal

Democratic lawmakers are trying to block billions of dollars in arms sales to two Middle Eastern countries to protest investments in President Donald Trump’s personal business and a jet...

Capitol agenda: Inside the megabill asks

Speaker Mike Johnson is scrambling to negotiate with competing factions of his conference as the clock ticks to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda through the House next week. Here’s...

House Ag urges industry groups to back megabill farm spending

GOP staff for the the House Agriculture Committee is warning industry groups that they need to get behind the panel’s megabill package of $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts...

Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill

More than a dozen House Republicans are urging party leaders to undo key rollbacks of Democrats’ clean energy credits that the Ways and Means Committee pushed through Wednesday as...

MTG, Lawler clash over SALT deal

One of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress and one of the most outspoken are feuding over the cap on state and local deductions in the GOP’s sweeping tax...

Thanedar opts against forcing impeachment vote amid backlash

Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar chose not to follow through on a threat to force a House vote on impeaching President Donald Trump Wednesday amid mounting pressure from fellow Democrats....

White House considers plan B as DOGE cuts hit a wall on the Hill

The Republican Senate has been skeptical of codifying DOGE’s massive cuts.

The Library of Congress is in limbo as GOP leaders question a Trump takeover

Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now.

Democrats grill Noem on Abrego Garcia and two deported US children

A House Homeland Security Committee meeting on reconciliation devolved into a slew of criticism on Trump’s biggest immigration controversies this term.