Tuesday

03-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Senate Ag advances crypto bill along party lines

The Senate Agriculture Committee voted along party lines Thursday to advance a landmark cryptocurrency bill, sending the measure to the Senate floor without bipartisan backing. The committee voted 12-11...

House infighting will complicate brewing Senate spending deal

Some Republicans are skeptical of a plan to split off and renegotiate Homeland Security funding.

Capitol agenda: Democrats and White House in last-ditch talks to avert extended shutdown

Senate Democrats and the White House are in intensive negotiations over how to avert an extended partial shutdown of the federal government that is set to start early Saturday...

DHS raids are the stuff of Rand Paul’s nightmares. What will he do about it?

As Homeland Security chair, the Kentucky Republican has significant power to shape Congress’ response to the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Senate Democrats float DHS changes in shutdown stalemate

Senate Democrats on Wednesday revealed the DHS restrictions they need in exchange for helping Republicans avert a shutdown Friday night, including the tightening of rules on warrants. Senate Minority...

Republicans set to make ‘best and final’ Obamacare offer, Moreno says

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno said that Republicans will make their “best and final” offer after weeks of bipartisan talks to revive lapsed Obamacare subsidies. “It’s going to be in...

Rubio digs in on cooperation with Venezuela’s Rodríguez, lack of immediate elections

Democrats lashed Rubio for the administration’s lack of transparency about the Jan. 3 operation to capture ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Capitol police report spike in threats made toward lawmakers in 2025

Threats toward members of Congress, their families, staff and the Capitol complex surged in 2025, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, with over 5,000 more incidents reported than the...

Trump dings Murkowski, Tillis after their Noem criticism, calls them ‘losers’

President Donald Trump took a swing at Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) after they called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired, dismissing both...

Capitol agenda: Shutdown threat weighs on Senate lunches

Senate Republicans and Democrats will head into separate lunches Wednesday for their first in-person conference meetings on how to avoid a partial shutdown at the end of the week....