Thursday

16-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Cotton pushing to hold Ratcliffe and Gabbard hearings next week

Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are racing to schedule confirmation hearings next week for Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe — though panel Democrats and winter weather are complicating...

A delay in confirmation plans for Linda McMahon as Education secretary

The Senate panel overseeing the confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department is waiting on documents from the transition team to proceed further, likely punting...

Thune games out which Trump nominees he can confirm on Day One

Senate Republicans are strategizing how to land a top party priority in the next two weeks: getting some of incoming President Donald Trump’s nominees confirmed on Day One. News:...

Durbin calls on DOJ to withdraw certain legal opinions on presidential war powers

Former Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin is asking the Biden administration to withdraw or release some 20 legal opinions regarding presidential war powers after Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that he...

Laken Riley Act gains steam — with Democrats

Some in the party’s ranks are moving in step with the electorate after last year’s political setbacks.

Republican governors head to Mar-a-Lago

The march through Mar-a-Lago (aka the “Winter White House”) continues this week with a dinner for Republican governors on Thursday, according to two people familiar with the plans. It...

Feds say they uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Eric Adams in historic federal case

The shocking new claims — made with no further explanation — came Monday in a late-night filing in which prosecutors in the Southern District of New York say their...

Biden FDA moves forward with rule to lower nicotine in cigarettes, a ‘gift’ to cartels, critic says

Opponents argue that the change could cause current smokers to use more cigarettes to compensate for the lower nicotine levels, negatively impacting their health, and that the plan could...

Trump warns Hamas ‘all hell will break out’ if it doesn’t release hostages before he takes office

“It will not be good for Hamas, and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone,” the president-elect warned during a press conference in Mar-a-Lago Tuesday. “It will not...

Sen. Warren harps on Hegseth’s Christian tattoo, worries he may be insider threat as she rails against his anti-woke push

Sen. Elizabeth Warren insinuated that there are concerns that Army veteran Pete Hegseth could be an "insider threat" due to his Christian tattoo and seethed over his crusade against...