Saturday

18-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Advocate of psychedelic drugs wants to work with RFK Jr.

An evangelist for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants to join forces with Robert F....

Senate expected to advance GOP immigration bill

The Senate is expected to take a bipartisan vote Thursday afternoon advancing the Laken Riley Act, making it the first bill Senate Republicans debate under their new majority. The...

Michelle Obama, who would have sat by Donald Trump, misses Carter funeral

Former first lady Michelle Obama was noticeably absent from former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. She had a scheduling conflict and is in...

Background check delays Rollins confirmation hearing

Brooke Rollins, Donald Trump's Agriculture secretary pick, is among a handful of nominees whose confirmation hearings are slipping past their targeted dates due to delays with FBI background checks...

Trump national security adviser says Greenland pursuit is ‘about the Arctic’

Incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is backing his boss when it comes to the United States trying to take control of Greenland, saying purchasing the country is essential...

Musk says DOGE might not be able to cut $2 trillion, actually

Trump-ally Elon Musk promised last year that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency would cut “at least $2 trillion” from the federal budget. Wednesday, he said the real figure...

What we’re watching: Trump attends Carter’s funeral

🗓️ What we're watching As congressional Republicans look to President-elect Donald Trump to decide how to enact his legislative agenda, he’s instead punting the decision back to them. Trump...

Google gives $1million to Trump inauguration

Google has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, the company confirmed to POLITICO Thursday, matching contributions from Meta, Amazon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO...

Alito confirms phone call with Trump — but says they didn’t discuss Supreme Court cases

Justice Samuel Alito confirmed he spoke Tuesday with President-elect Donald Trump but insisted the conversation revolved around his former law clerk seeking a job in the incoming Trump administration...

Trump sounds off on LA fires, Greenland and the border as he emerges from Hill talks on his legislative agenda

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that the wildfires ripping through the Los Angeles region were “a true tragedy” and blamed the disaster in part on the state’s Democratic governor....