Sunday

07-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump says July 4 is “not the end all”

President Donald Trump on Friday backed off the July 4 deadline he set for Congress to pass his megabill, acknowledging that the timing could slip as Republicans work through...

Megabill delay ‘possible,’ Johnson says

Speaker Mike Johnson opened the door Friday to a possible megabill delay past the GOP's self-imposed July 4 deadline. “It’s possible ... but I don't want to even accept...

Mike Johnson hails ‘progress’ toward SALT deal

The White House is close to clinching an agreement on the state and local tax deduction after a last-ditch flurry of negotiations with blue-state House GOP holdouts and Senate...

Capitol agenda: How Trump could get his July 4 megabill

Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” is in tatters. President Donald Trump still wants it on his desk by July 4. Here’s everything that will have to go right to make...

Megabill threatens to languish as challenges pile up

Politics and the parliamentarian continue to weigh on Senate Republicans.

Thune says Senate won’t overrule parliamentarian

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday the Senate would not move to overrule its parliamentarian after she advised that including key provisions in the GOP's domestic-policy megabill would...

Senate GOP dealt major blow on megabill health care plans

Senate Republicans are facing major new issues with their domestic policy megabill after the chamber's parliamentarian advised senators that several provisions they are counting on to reap hundreds of...

Capitol agenda: Thune’s megabill teeters on the brink

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is scrambling to quell the Medicaid-fueled mutiny that’s threatening to derail the megabill on both sides of the Capitol. In the Senate, “Medicaid moderates”...

Cornyn trounced by Paxton in another poll

It’s getting late early for John Cornyn. Yet another poll shows the four-term incumbent lagging well behind his hard-right challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in next year’s primary....

The Trump judge wars are back

The nomination of Emil Bove suggests the president is embracing a new kind of judicial pick.