Friday

05-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: Johnson’s two major challenges

Speaker Mike Johnson has a new challenge as he works on the specifics of President Donald Trump’s agenda: navigating the competing assurances he made to various GOP factions. Johnson...

Democrats plan a different kind of response to Trump’s big speech

Their less pugilistic approach is the latest sign the party is still coming to terms with how to confront the president.

Centrist group to Dems: Reject radical staff, embrace patriotism

Centrist Democrats produced a five-page document of takeaways at a retreat organized by Third Way.

‘Sanctuary city’ mayors hope to avoid an embarrassing spectacle in Congress

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is working with former Biden lawyer Dana Remus as the city prepares to gather — and redact — documents that might expose municipal employees to...

Murkowski says Trump administration ‘appears to be walking away from our allies,’ a rare GOP rebuke on Ukraine

Her admonishment came after a disastrous bilateral meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, which saw Trump publicly berate the Ukrainian leader.

GOP-led committee launches probe to root out ‘political’ hires

As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk move to fire broad swaths of the federal workforce, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is launching...

Trump’s spending play raises ‘risk of a shutdown,’ top Democrats say

Top Democratic appropriators said on Friday that President Donald Trump's decision to abandon bipartisan spending talks and endorse a long-term funding patch is "raising the risk of a shutdown."...

AOC wants answers from DOJ after Trump officials threaten investigation

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pressing the Justice Department to reveal whether she — or her office — is under federal investigation. In a letterto newly confirmed attorney general Pam...

Michigan Democrats make another run at Shri Thanedar

Michigan Democrats are once again plotting to oust Rep. Shri Thanedar. The Indian American Democrat has held a plurality Black district in the Detroit metro since 2023, much to...

Capitol agenda: Signs point to a long stopgap

Signs are increasingly pointing to a full-year government funding patch as Congress barrels toward the March 14 shutdown deadline without a deal on overall spending totals. President Donald Trump...