Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

House Republicans again block vote on Trump’s tariffs

Republicans on the House Rules Committee moved again to block a vote on rolling back Donald Trump’s tariffs Monday in their latest effort to protect the president's authority over...

Trump’s No. 1 campaign pledge hinges on GOP delivering megabill

Top administration officials have been in close touch with the Hill about the funding needed to ramp up removals.

House Republicans set flurry of meetings on GOP megabill

House Republicans have planned a slew of meetings this week that they hope will resolve huge political battles over their massive domestic policy bill as they race the clock...

Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs

Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than...

Capitol agenda: Crypto chaos hits the Senate

The GOP’s tax cut megabill isn’t the only one of President Donald Trump's priorities in jeopardy on Capitol Hill. Republicans have an unexpected crypto problem, too. Crypto turmoil is...

Hard-liners’ Medicaid letter has ties to GOP think tank

A letter signed by 20 hard-line House Republicans calling for deep cuts to Medicaid in the GOP’s domestic policy megabill appears to be written at least in part by...

Senate Democrats urge DOJ to drop plan to repay some Jan. 6 defendants

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are urging the Justice Department to abandon arguments that the government must refund thousands of dollars in restitution payments to members of the...

The key Republican warning about a megabill Medicaid fallout

David Valadao knows a thing or two about taking politically toxic votes around health care.

House office complex to get major food overhaul

The House side of the Capitol complex is getting a major overhaul of its restaurants, with vendor Sodexo out after a 10-year run. Beginning in August, Metz Culinary Management...

Democrats push for IG probe as Trump targets Harvard’s tax status

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and three other Democratic senators are urging the IRS’s watchdog to investigate whether the Trump administration is illegally pressuring the agency to strip Harvard...