Friday

10-10-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream.

The Trump ally wants the U.S. to forgo the lunar surface for the red planet. He faces one problem: Congress.

‘There is going to be shock and awe with executive orders’

Republican Sen. John Barrasso predicted Donald Trump will hit the ground running.

Consultant who called Trump an ‘environmental hero’ to get environmental job in new administration

President-elect Donald Trump announced more hires Friday for his new administration, including tapping his business’ longtime environmental consultant for an adviser role. Ed Russo, who served as an environmental...

A delay in GOP’s tax plans could push up costs by hundreds of billions

The price of extending Republicans’ tax cuts will surge by hundreds of billions of dollars if lawmakers dawdle, new government figures show. The Treasury Department released numbers Friday showing...

Biden admin to GOP: Immigration bill will cost more than $3 billion

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it would require more than $3.2 billion in additional funding to implement the Laken Riley Act, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO that...

Biden ‘praying’ Trump will continue to aid California wildfire response

President Joe Biden said Friday he’s “praying” the incoming Trump administration will continue to aid California’s wildfire response, warning that the state faces a lengthy recovery even after it...

Meet the new members: A Kamala Harris protegee rises

The new member: Rep. Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.) How they got here: Simon bested a fellow Democrat, Jennifer Tran, in the general election for this solidly Democratic seat based in...

Senate Democratic moderates say they want to work with GOP on tax cuts

A group of eleven moderate Senate Democrats say they want to work with Republicans on addressing the GOP's expiring tax cuts and raising the debt ceiling. In a new...

OMB nominee Russell Vought pledges to divest from Bitcoin upon confirmation

A newly released financial disclosure for Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, shows he has both Bitcoin and college savings plans...

Oversight Chair plans meeting with Patel to plot take-down of ‘Deep State’

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) plans to meet next week with Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-confirmed pick to run the FBI, to discuss...