Category: Congress
January 28, 2026
Congress
Top Hunt aide charged taxpayers $44,000 in hotel expenses
The Texas Republican’s top aide, James Kyrkanides, racked up the tab over three years, with an average nightly stay costing four times the federal benchmark rate.
January 28, 2026
Congress
Elon’s back: The tech mogul’s checkbook and platform are galvanizing the GOP
His recent footprint includes a $10 million investment in the Kentucky Senate race and an all-out influence campaign targeting Senate Republicans.
January 28, 2026
Congress
Ilhan Omar sprayed with liquid at Minneapolis town hall
The attack on the progressive lawmaker briefly interrupted her remarks.
January 28, 2026
Congress
The DHS crisis is squeezing Susan Collins
The Maine Republican is under immense pressure as a huge funding package hangs by a thread and federal agents swarm her state.
January 28, 2026
Congress
Alex Pretti was shot by 2 CBP agents, not just 1, report finds
Authorities believe two federal officers fired their weapons in the shooting that killed Alex Pretti as he was wrestled to the ground in Minneapolis, according to a preliminary Homeland...
January 27, 2026
Congress
John Thune declines chance to back Noem after Minnesota killing
Senate Majority Leader John Thune declined to say Tuesday whether he had confidence in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as President Donald Trump faces calls to fire her and...
January 27, 2026
Congress
Thom Tillis says Noem ‘should be out of a job’
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “should be out of a job” given her response to the killing of a 37-year-old Minneapolis man by DHS...
January 27, 2026
Congress
Henry Cuellar warns against shutdown, handing DHS ‘blank check’
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who helped craft and backed the Homeland Security funding bill now fueling a standoff in the Senate, said in an interview Tuesday that he supports...
January 27, 2026
Congress
ICE, Border Patrol leaders to testify Feb. 10
Top officials from ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on Feb. 10, as lawmakers ramp up scrutiny of the Trump...
January 27, 2026
Congress
Freedom Caucus pushes to fund DHS amid funding fight
House Freedom Caucus leaders are warning they will oppose a proposal favored by Senate Democrats to send an amended spending package back across the Capitol without Department of Homeland...