Category: Congress
July 15, 2025
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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.
July 15, 2025
Congress
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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...
July 15, 2025
Congress
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.
July 15, 2025
Congress
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....