Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: Trump’s tax cuts on trial

House Republicans are just 30 hours away from starting their most consequential committee votes yet on President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” Here’s the latest on what we know...

‘We don’t have to choose’: Gallego launches border and immigration platform

The Arizona Democrat is detailing his plans as his party tries to stake out a new stance on the issue.

States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan

New mandates proposed for megabill would likely force states to revamp how they finance their programs or cut benefits.

Lawmakers did not seek Hayden’s firing as Librarian of Congress

President Donald Trump did not act at the behest of lawmakers overseeing the Library of Congress when he fired its chief, Carla Hayden, three people close to those overseers...

Scott Bessent X-Date Letter

Letter from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sent May 9, 2021, urging congressional leaders to raise the federal debt ceiling by mid-July.

U.S. likely to hit debt limit X-date in August, Treasury says

The date could become the new, de facto deadline for congressional Republicans to pass their megabill.

Moment of truth nears on green credits, climate cuts

The fate of hundreds of billions’ worth of clean energy tax credits is among the last unresolved big-ticket items Republicans are hashing out before a series of planned committee...

Capitol agenda: The shrinking Trump tax cuts

The brutal political realities of the House GOP are about to upend President Donald Trump’s tax pledges. A permanent extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts is under threat, as...

Mike Lawler will go his own way — or so he says

Trump endorsed the battleground House Republican for reelection. Lawler doesn’t think it warns him off a bid for governor.

Trump’s tax cuts are set to shrink after GOP flinches at deep spending cuts

On the chopping block could be a litany of Trump demands, including a permanent extension of the tax cuts passed during his first term.