Wednesday

04-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Espaillat sues Manhattan Dem leader over attempted expulsion

Ethics committee’s allegations that Espaillat cheated on a party vote is the latest battle in a long-running feud between Manhattan power players.

Johnson, Thune shrug off judicial impeachments push

The top two Republicans in Congress aren’t rushing to embrace calls from the MAGA right to impeach lower-court judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump. Speaker Mike Johnson...

Senate ‘must act’ on House budget, GOP leaders insist

Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team urged their Senate GOP counterparts on Monday to vote swiftly on a House-approved budget framework now that lawmakers are returning to Washington...

Capitol agenda: Quiet standoff over Trump’s agenda

Congress is back. Lawmakers have three weeks to make major progress on their behemoth party-line bill. Hill Republicans are focused now on advancing President Donald Trump’s border, energy and...

US will breach debt ceiling between July and October unless Congress acts, forecasters warn

The U.S. is most likely to default on its $36 trillion national debt sometime between mid-July and early October if Congress doesn’t act, the Bipartisan Policy Center predicted Monday....

Schumer brushes off Pelosi’s criticism over government funding fight

“There was no leverage point that we could've — we could've asked for things, they just would've said no,” the New York senator said.

New York poised to place Harriet Tubman in US Capitol

Gov. Kathy Hochul has been a Tubman fan since elementary school.

‘Dodging your question’: Bennet stops short of calling on Schumer to resign — but invokes the Biden fight

The Colorado senator’s remarks are a more subtle jab compared to the barrage some House Democrats have launched against the Senate Democrat leader.

James Blair: White House ‘not bashful’ about pushing Trump agenda

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Trump wants House to ‘get on board’ with Washington budget fix

The president is confident Speaker Mike Johnson will put legislation on the floor to help the District of Columbia, according to a White House official.