Friday

05-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: The rundown on reconciliation, Vought vote, Netanyahu visit

Senate Republicans are forging ahead with their budget plan next week as Hill skepticism persists that Speaker Mike Johnson will be able to unify his conference around one mammoth...

House Democrats try, and fail, to subpoena Musk

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee moved to subpoena tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk at a hearing Wednesday — and one Democrat was conspicuously and missing from...

‘God bless Elon Musk’: How Jim Jordan plans to help the world’s richest man

Elon Musk has a White House office and growing pull across federal agencies. Now he's burrowed into the House Judiciary Committee.

Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker’s office in backlash against Musk

Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a...

Progress made on House budget, key holdout says

A key ultraconservative holdout said Wednesday that enough progress has been made in stalled House budget talks that a blueprint needed to unlock President Donald Trump's domestic policy plans...

Senate panel will advance budget next week, Graham says

The Senate will move forward with a budget blueprint next week setting out a two-track approach to enacting President Donald Trump's domestic agenda, key senators said Wednesday. The announcement,...

Hispanic Democrats privately strategize how to counter Trump with immigration groups

Congressional Hispanic Caucus members met privately with immigration advocacy groups Tuesday night to strategize how to counter President Donald Trump’s executive actions that have already altered the immigration system....

Senate’s top appropriator says Elon Musk has gone too far

The Senate’s top appropriator thinks Elon Musk has gone too far. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, is raising alarms about the influence that billionaire Elon Musk...

Capitol Police report surge in threats against members of Congress in 2024

Threats against members of Congress and the Capitol complex climbed for the second year in a row in 2024, according to a report released by the United States Capitol...

Former DOD official who called Obama a ‘terrorist leader’ tapped as Pentagon personnel chief

President Donald Trump has nominated Anthony Tata, whose bid for a top Pentagon post in the president’s first term was undermined by his inflammatory comments, for a leading role...