Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Hill leaders question Trump’s attempted Library of Congress takeover

Top congressional leaders are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s attempt to replace to Library of Congress leaders, with the dispute over presidential powers over the institution leaving its...

Trump to Thune and Johnson: Tariffs and drug pricing policy would save ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars

President Donald Trump said Monday he “just called” Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to inform them about the cost savings they could recoup for their...

The leadership of the Library of Congress is in apparent dispute

The leadership of the Library of Congress is in apparent dispute after the White House moved Monday to install Justice Department’s No. 2 official as its new acting chief....

Hawley: Big Medicaid cuts ‘morally wrong and politically suicidal’

Sen. Josh Hawley is warning his own party's push to overhaul Medicaid could be politically perilous, just hours after House Republicans revealed a major plan to do so that...

Capitol agenda: Trump’s tax cuts on trial

House Republicans are just 30 hours away from starting their most consequential committee votes yet on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Here’s the latest on what we know...

‘We don’t have to choose’: Gallego launches border and immigration platform

The Arizona Democrat is detailing his plans as his party tries to stake out a new stance on the issue.

States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan

New mandates proposed for megabill would likely force states to revamp how they finance their programs or cut benefits.

Lawmakers did not seek Hayden’s firing as Librarian of Congress

President Donald Trump did not act at the behest of lawmakers overseeing the Library of Congress when he fired its chief, Carla Hayden, three people close to those overseers...

Scott Bessent X-Date Letter

Letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sent May 9, 2021, urging congressional leaders to raise the federal debt ceiling by mid-July.

U.S. likely to hit debt limit X-date in August, Treasury says

The date could become the new, de facto deadline for congressional Republicans to pass their megabill.