Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

House Republican sues for $2.5 million over 2021 Capitol Police office search

A House Republican is suing the federal government for $2.5 million, claiming he was retaliated against by the Capitol Police four years ago for his vocal criticism of the...

Trump pushes Congress to make daylight saving permanent

President Donald Trump called Friday for Congress to adopt permanent daylight saving time — meaning there would be more daylight in the evening hours and most Americans would no...

Capitol agenda: Beyond the budget fight

House and Senate Republicans finally agreed on the same budget framework to tee up President Donald Trump’s tax, border security and energy agenda. The bigger challenge will be wrangling...

House GOP calls Hochul, Pritzker and Walz to testify on immigration

House Oversight Chair James Comer wants Democratic governors JB Pritzker of Illinois, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Kathy Hochul of New York to testify before his committee about their...

Johnson to budget holdouts: Remove me if I don’t keep my promises

Speaker Mike Johnson told Republican holdouts on the party's crucial budget plan in a private meeting Wednesday night that they could oust him from the speakership if he doesn't...

Democrats will press ahead with Senate tariff vote despite U-turn

Despite a partial U-turn, Senate Democrats are vowing to move forward and put their GOP colleagues on the record on President Donald Trump's latest tariffs. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),...

Ted Cruz, Senate panel mulls permanent daylight saving time

Senators are wading into the thorny issue of whether to "lock the clock" — that is, end the practice of changing the time twice a year to account for...

House Republicans hope to seal the budget deal today

House Republican who derailed a critical budget vote will meet Thursday morning to plot their next moves, as they try to extract deeper spending cuts in the framework for...

Dems plan more town halls in GOP districts for recess

Democrats are plotting a fresh round of town halls in GOP-held districts to hammer Republicans for scaling back open forums amid backlash to the Trump administration’s cuts. Top of...

Capitol agenda: A brutal blow for Johnson and Trump

Donald Trump and Mike Johnson failed to convince enough deficit hawks to back the latest budget plan for the president’s agenda — forcing the speaker to punt his planned...