Saturday

05-09-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Dems tap Slotkin to deliver response to Trump’s joint address

Hill Democrats on Thursday named Sen. Elissa Slotkin to deliver their response to President Donald Trump’s joint address next week. It’s a high-profile platform for the first-term senator and...

House Judiciary panel plans discussion on college athlete pay

The House Judiciary Committee is hosting a roundtable on name, image, and likeness issues in college athletics in mid-April, according to a person familiar with the planning. Lawmakers have...

Musk to meet with House Republicans

Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Thursday that he’s trying to schedule a meeting of House Republicans with Elon Musk soon to discuss the work of the Department of Government...

Senators give Trump’s latest budget nominee his first vote of approval

President Donald Trump’s pick for the No. 2 post at the White House budget office cleared his first hoop toward confirmation Thursday morning. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...

Senate committee advances Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination

Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is one step closer to becoming Labor secretary after the Senate HELP Committee advanced her to a full floor vote. She needed at least one...

Capitol agenda: Shutdown blame game rages

The shutdown blame game is in full swing on Capitol Hill — a tried-and-true negative sign for stalled government funding talks. State of play: GOP leaders won’t put language...

Johnson rules out steepest Medicaid cut options

Speaker Mike Johnson has ruled out some of the biggest potential cuts to Medicaid for Republicans’ party-line package to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. The House has targeted at...

Trump’s nominee for solicitor general won’t rule out ignoring court orders in ‘extreme cases’

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be solicitor general told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that presidents might rightfully defy court orders in “extreme cases.” “Generally, if there’s a direct...

Senate Republicans say House budget won’t fly with them

Tuesday’s big win for Speaker Mike Johnson might not last long.

Musk meets with Johnson as DOGE tension heats up

Speaker Mike Johnson met with Elon Musk late Tuesday night at the White House, according to two people granted anonymity to discuss a private meeting. It comes as the...