Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

House passes national injunction bill

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would limit the power of lower court judges to issue orders with broad national implications amid a rash of rulings to halt the...

Stefanik rejoins House GOP leadership

Rep. Elise Stefanik said Wednesday she will rejoin the House Republican leadership, albeit at a lower rung, after being forced to abandon her nomination as ambassador to the United...

House Republicans pitch chamber’s top tax writer on sparing clean energy tax credits

House Republicans are making new moves to ensure a slew of clean energy tax credits benefitting red districts and states around the country are preserved in a final party-line...

Dems mock GOP attempts to rename Gulf of Mexico

House Republicans want to ratify President Donald Trump’s efforts to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Democrats have other ideas. At a House Natural Resources Committee markup Wednesday of legislation...

‘Stop making up math’: GOP holdouts dig in as Trump presses on House budget

Key GOP holdouts held firm against approval of a budget framework for Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" domestic policy bill even as the president continued working to quell the revolt...

‘Keep it simple’: Democrats unite around Trump’s tariff misfire

The party has disagreed over tariff policy in the past, but has found common ground lately

Former Rep. Wiley Nickel is launching a Senate bid in North Carolina — giving hope to Democrats

Former Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel is kicking off a bid to challenge North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis. The attorney and former Obama administration staffer, who served one term...

Democratic group hammers Trump, Republicans over tax plans in new ad

A Democratic group formed to counter Donald Trump’s tax policies is launching a Tax Day-themed ad criticizing the administration and Republican lawmakers over potentially pursuing cuts to Medicaid to...

Capitol agenda: Trump’s big test

President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on House Republicans to get going on a budget vote, with dozens opposing the plan or undecided. But things are looking dicey....

Trump assures GOP budget holdouts on spending cuts

Speaker Mike Johnson is projecting confidence about finalizing a GOP budget plan after he and President Donald Trump went to work on a group of Republican holdouts at a...