Sunday

07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Johnson eyes Wednesday re-vote to take up crypto, Defense spending bills

Speaker Mike Johnson said he hopes to try again Wednesday on a procedural vote that would allow the House to take up a slate of cryptocurrency bills after GOP...

Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files

Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the Department of Justice to release all of its information on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail after being charged...

Waltz vows to take Trump’s chainsaw to the United Nations

Former national security adviser Mike Waltz portrayed the international body as bloated and rife with antisemitism during his confirmation hearing.

House Judiciary Dems call for DOJ leaders to testify on Epstein fallout

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling on Republicans to compel Justice Department leaders to testify about their handling of matters related to the disgraced financier and convicted...

Senate confirms official who called Obama ‘a terrorist leader’ for Pentagon personnel chief

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Anthony Tata to serve as the Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel and readiness, approving a nominee whose incendiary political commentary made him unconfirmable during President...

Comer subpoenas another former Biden aide in probe of autopen use, mental fitness

House Oversight Chair James Comer issued another subpoena to a former Joe Biden aide in an effort to compel testimony as part of his investigation into the former president's...

Global AIDS funding to be pulled from Trump clawbacks request

Senate Republicans will scale back the White House's $9.4 billion spending clawback request as they look to shore up their vote count. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is leading...

House Democrats strain to corner Republicans on Jeffrey Epstein

Congressional Democrats want to shine a spotlight on the Jeffrey Epstein controversy and drive a wedge into a Republican Party now tearing itself apart over the issue. But relegated...

Democrats accuse Waltz of lying over Signalgate and berate him for not expressing regret

The lawmakers used Waltz's nomination hearing for U.N. ambassador to resurrect criticisms of the handling of sensitive Signal chats.

Thune explores rescissions amendment deal

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he is still negotiating potential changes to the White House’s funding clawback request hours before he wants to take an initial floor vote....