Saturday

06-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Schumer should ‘of course’ remain as top Senate Democrat, Pelosi says

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Tuesday Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should "of course" remain in his leadership amid a backlash in the party to the New Yorker's...

Johnson sets expectations on judicial impeachments

Speaker Mike Johnson at a Tuesday morning GOP Conference meeting tempered expectations on impeaching judges, said three people with direct knowledge of his remarks, granted anonymity to share details...

House GOP will hear from Wall Street deficit hawk as lawmakers struggle over tax cut costs

Ray Dalio, a billionaire investor who repeatedly has warned about America’s unsustainable debt trajectory, will brief House Republicans on Tuesday morning, at the invitation of Budget Chair Jodey Arrington...

Capitol agenda: GOP defends Waltz after war plans group chat

Congressional Republicans are furious about senior Trump administration officials using a group chat to discuss war plans. But they’re not calling for anyone’s head. Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg wrote in...

Impeachment push won’t come straight to House floor

The Texas Republican seeking to impeach the federal judge who attempted to block President Donald Trump’s deportation flights isn't backing down. But he said Monday he has no immediate...

Espaillat sues Manhattan Dem leader over attempted expulsion

Ethics committee’s allegations that Espaillat cheated on a party vote is the latest battle in a long-running feud between Manhattan power players.

Johnson, Thune shrug off judicial impeachments push

The top two Republicans in Congress aren’t rushing to embrace calls from the MAGA right to impeach lower-court judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump. Speaker Mike Johnson...

Senate ‘must act’ on House budget, GOP leaders insist

Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team urged their Senate GOP counterparts on Monday to vote swiftly on a House-approved budget framework now that lawmakers are returning to Washington...

Capitol agenda: Quiet standoff over Trump’s agenda

Congress is back. Lawmakers have three weeks to make major progress on their behemoth party-line bill. Hill Republicans are focused now on advancing President Donald Trump’s border, energy and...

US will breach debt ceiling between July and October unless Congress acts, forecasters warn

The U.S. is most likely to default on its $36 trillion national debt sometime between mid-July and early October if Congress doesn’t act, the Bipartisan Policy Center predicted Monday....