Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Pappas launches bid for Shaheen’s Senate seat in New Hampshire

Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas has launched his campaign to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire as the party looks to defend her seat in the blue-leaning...

Capitol agenda: What’s next in the GOP budget saga

Senate Republicans have a new budget blueprint to jump-start President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, and Majority Leader John Thune wants to adopt it by Saturday. It’s looking like he’ll...

House proxy-voting mess threatens to jam up the GOP agenda

Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.

Republicans weigh selling public lands to pay for Trump agenda bill

Congressional Republicans are mulling the sale of some public lands to help pay for a massive bill to enact President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, according to lawmakers aware of...

Johnson digs in against proxy voting, citing House’s ‘integrity’

Speaker Mike Johnson is digging in against allowing proxy voting for the House's new parents, heightening a standoff with members of his own party that has frozen legislative action...

Former aide skewers California House Dem in primary launch

Jake Rakov is running against his ex-boss, Rep. Brad Sherman, a 15-term incumbent representing Los Angeles' fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades.

Capitol agenda: Trump’s tariff test

At least three Senate Republicans are poised to mark President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” escalation of his trade war by formally rebuking a key piece of his tariff strategy....

State Sen. Mallory McMorrow announces Michigan Senate bid

Mallory McMorrow formally launched a bid on Wednesday to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters. The state senator framed herself as an outsider, declaring that the “same old crap out...

Schumer and Jeffries appear together for the first time since funding blowup

The top two Democratic congressional leaders stressed unity during their first joint appearance since a government funding fight put them on opposing sides and exposed deep rifts within the...

Oliver or Roger? First JFK hearing has a bit of an identity crisis.

The surprise of the first hearing of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets wasn’t about the identify of who shot John F. Kennedy. Instead it was...