Sunday

06-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Daniel Cameron struggles to raise money in Kentucky Senate GOP primary

Kentucky Senate candidate Daniel Cameron was once seen as the heir apparent to succeed retiring former GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, but he’s not raising money like a frontrunner....

Democrats raked in money in the Michigan and Illinois Senate races

Democrats are set to duke it out in expensive open-seat primaries in Michigan and Illinois. In the race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan, State Sen. Mallory...

Cornyn outraises Paxton by $1 million

Texas Sen. John Cornyn maintained a financial edge over challenger Ken Paxton last quarter, helping him grow his cash advantage ahead of a tough primary fight. Cornyn’s political operation...

Rep. Thomas Massie launched a long-shot attempt to force a vote on releasing Epstein files

Rep. Thomas Massie announced Tuesday he’d kickstart a long-shot procedural maneuver to force a vote on releasing Jeffrey Epstein-related files. The Kentucky Republican, alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), is...

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...