Friday

17-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: Democrats get their Texas dream scenario

Maybe, just maybe, this is the year Texas really matters. While the outcome wasn’t shocking, the confirmation of a May 26 runoff between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state...

How Lindsey Graham got Trump to yes on Iran

The war launched Saturday is a full-circle moment for the veteran GOP senator, who spent decades pushing for military action against the Islamist regime.

Trump met with Coinbase CEO before bashing banks over crypto bill

President Donald Trump met privately on Tuesday with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong before publicly backing the company’s position in an ongoing lobbying clash with banks that has derailed a...

Lawmakers anticipate Trump will seek emergency funding for ‘open-ended’ Iran war

Top Trump administration officials briefed Congress on the U.S. military onslaught Tuesday but did not say whether they will ask for supplemental defense funding.

House Republicans are publicly cheering Trump’s Iran war. Privately, many are worried.

One House Republican suggested Trump’s shifting rationale “sounds a little bit like President Lyndon Johnson going into Vietnam.”

Former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler called to testify in House Oversight’s Epstein investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is requesting that Kathryn Ruemmler, the former White House counsel under President Barack Obama and the exiting top lawyer at Goldman Sachs,...

Trump takes aim at banks over crypto bill talks

President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused the banking industry of holding up landmark cryptocurrency legislation, writing on social media that Wall Street firms “need to make a good deal...

House Ethics trial for Cherflius-McCormick postponed as lawmaker seeks new lawyer

The House Ethics Committee has postponed its planned public trial for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick — the Florida Democrat facing accusations that she stole millions in FEMA funding — to...

House Democrats introduce alternative war powers resolution

Half a dozen moderate House Democrats have introduced their own war powers resolution as the chamber barrels toward a floor vote later this week on a bipartisan measure to...

Mike Rounds seeks Pentagon briefing on Anthropic spat

A top lawmaker on the Senate Armed Services Committee has requested a briefing from the Pentagon on its escalating feud with AI startup Anthropic, which has prompted the Trump...