Friday

05-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Grassley on Musk’s DOGE cuts: ‘Congress can’t do anything except complain’

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley said Congress is powerless in the face of cuts from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. “Congress can’t do anything except complain" about the...

Capitol agenda: GOP starts to balk at Musk cuts

Republicans are increasingly uncomfortable with President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk’s strategy to slash the federal government. Sen. Jerry Moran warned the White House that dismantling USAID...

They’re not just suing to stop DOGE. They’re suing Elon Musk himself.

A pair of lawsuits say that, with all the power he has accumulated, Musk is violating the Constitution's rules about the appointment of federal officers.

Senate GOP mulls vote on budget blueprint next week

Senators are bracing for a likely battle next week over the GOP’s budget blueprint that will allow Republicans in the coming weeks to draft and pass a sweeping border,...

Capitol agenda: Johnson’s next battles

Speaker Mike Johnson muscled his budget blueprint through committee. That will likely be the easy part. Late Thursday the House Budget Committee approved a resolution in a party-line vote...

Swing-district Republicans are questioning Mike Johnson’s budget

Conservatives are no longer the only concern for House GOP leaders.

Fiscal hawks tweak House Republicans’ party-line framework

Members of the House Freedom Caucus have succeeded in modifying the budget plan GOP leaders are using to set up their party-line package to deliver on President Donald Trump’s...

House Republicans advance their budget after appeasing hard-liners

The House Budget Committee adopted a budget resolution Thursday as GOP leaders work to unlock the power to enact major Republican priorities along party lines.

Murkowski introduces bill to rename mountain Denali — countering Trump’s executive order

Sen. Lisa Murkowski rolled out legislation on Thursday to formally rename North America’s highest mountain as Denali — officially countering President Donald Trump's executive order to rename it Mount...

Mitch McConnell’s party of one

The former Senate GOP leader is lonely in opposition to key Trump nominees.