Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Details emerge on top Johnson aide’s DUI arrest

Speaker Mike Johnson’s chief of staff could not complete a sobriety test after twice striking a black Chevy Suburban with his white Tesla sedan, according to an affidavit from...

DC officials protest House stopgap, claiming billion-dollar impact on city

Top D.C. officials protested a House Republican-written funding patch outside the Capitol on Monday, saying the omission of routine language included in prior continuing resolutions could mean a de...

House Democrats set to hear from governors, pollsters and more at issues conference

House Democrats are set to hear from pollsters, governors and a former ambassador to the United Nations at their issues conference later this week, according to a schedule obtained...

Who are Johnson’s remaining GOP holdouts on the spending bill?

Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to muscle through a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, but he doesn't have the votes locked down yet. President Donald Trump...

Capitol agenda: Johnson’s shutdown dare for Schumer

Mike Johnson to Chuck Schumer on government funding: Your move. House Republicans are pushing a not-so-clean spending patch through September that would add billions of dollars for deportations, veterans’...

Frustrated Dems unleash the F-bombs

Profanity isn’t new in politics. But it’s reaching new heights on the left.

Funding bill skips measure to avert physician pay cuts, a blow to GOP Doctors Caucus

A key Republican said inclusion of the language would be a “line in the sand” necessary for his support.

GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs

Ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, House GOP leaders are serving up a plan Democrats will despise.

House Dems invoke Medicaid cuts in warnings over government shutdown fight

The top three House Democrats stopped short on Friday of urging united opposition in their party to the funding plan Republicans are working to finalize — with just one...

Johnson defends Musk, says essential veteran jobs ‘will come back’

Speaker Mike Johnson is throwing his support behind Elon Musk following President Donald Trump’s tense closed-door meeting with his Cabinet, saying that the role of Musk’s Department of Government...