Friday

05-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

The MAHA revolt threatening the farm bill

Factions of Republican dissenters mean GOP leaders will need to lean on votes from a handful of vulnerable or moderate Democrats to pass a key policy priority.

Inside TMZ’s Capitol Hill playbook

TMZ’s new, kind of troll-y Washington team says they want to provide factual information, from what bills are passing to who’s clogging the toilets in Congress.

‘I’ve been taking a ton of risk’: Inside Jim Himes’ mission to save a key spy authority

Everybody wants to talk to the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee. He says few in GOP leadership actually want to work with him to extend an expiring spy...

Mike Johnson tries again to extend contested spy law

The proposed reauthorization of the so-called Section 702 law includes some new oversight and penalties for abuses of the spy authority.

House GOP leaders scramble to sell Senate’s slimmed-down budget with promises of ‘Reconciliation 3.0’

Key leaders met Thursday morning to assure wary Republicans that another party-line bill is in the offing.

‘Junior reporters’ pepper Hakeem Jeffries with tough questions

Kid asks Jeffries, ‘Why do voters view Democrats so poorly?’

Trump ally Ronny Jackson weighs bid for top House Armed Services spot

The Texas Republican said he’d likely need to make a decision “soon” about joining the field — which already includes GOP Reps. Rob Wittman and Trent Kelly.

Key Democrat seeks inspector general probe into FAA chief’s airline stock divestment

Sen. Maria Cantwell and other lawmakers want an investigation into whether the agency’s administrator “profited from deliberately violating his ethics agreement.”

Capitol agenda: Senate GOP braces for Cabinet shakeup

“He’s in a bad mood,” one GOP senator said about President Donald Trump.

GOP senators hope for a quick Cabinet shakeup

Approving replacements for Donald Trump’s embattled deputies could get complicated, lawmakers are warning.