Saturday

06-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Dick Durbin is retiring from the Senate

The No. 2 Democratic leader won't seek a sixth term representing Illinois.

‘An amateur person’: GOP Rep. Bacon says Hegseth should go

The Nebraska lawmaker is the first House Republican to recommend the president fire the secretary of Defense.

House Dems travel to El Salvador to secure Maryland man’s return

More Democrats are making the trip abroad to raise awareness for what they call a “constitutional crisis” surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation.

Hakeem Jeffries makes it clear he’ll stand by incumbent House Dems

The DNC's David Hogg has said he wants to fund some challengers in safe Democratic districts.

Van Hollen’s big moment: Defending a constituent and defying Trump

The Maryland Democrat is in the national spotlight as he advocates for the return of his wrongfully-deported constituent.

‘I love chess’: Trump allies, Democrats clash over Van Hollen’s El Salvador visit

Trump and his allies said the Maryland senator’s visit with the illegally deported Salvadoran native was playing into the administration’s hands.

Sen. Van Hollen blocked from El Salvador prison where Maryland man is held

Republican members of Congress have been allowed to visit the notorious facility.

‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’

The senator said this week that she has been “just trying to listen as carefully as I can to what is happening."

Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million in three months, smashing her own record

It’s a massive haul for the progressive lawmaker who has been barnstorming the country with Bernie Sanders.

Randy Villegas is mounting a challenge to GOP Rep. David Valadao

The latest Democrat aiming to unseat Republican Rep. David Valadao isn’t trying to do it from the center. Randy Villegas, a Visalia, Calif. school board trustee, is hoping economic...