Friday

17-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

FEMA taps billions for disasters, warning Democrats of ‘dire’ shutdown impact

The Trump administration spent more than half of the balance in the nation’s disaster relief fund this week, pointing to that dwindling aid as means to pressure Democrats into...

Bill Clinton says in opening statement he had ‘no idea’ about Epstein’s crimes

Bill Clinton plans to testify that he did nothing wrong and had “no idea” about the crimes Jeffrey Epstein was committing — nor did he see anything that “ever...

Bill Clinton takes his turn in House Oversight’s hot seat

Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are gearing up to spend hours today grilling former President Bill Clinton about his relationship with the late convicted sex...

Trump administration delivers latest DHS funding offer

The White House made a new Homeland Security funding proposal to congressional Democrats late Thursday as a partial shutdown of the sprawling department enters its third week. The two...

Democrats say they have the votes to subpoena Lutnick in Epstein probe

Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have the votes to force Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before their panel about his relationship with convicted sex...

Capitol agenda: Democrats’ affordability agenda TBD

House Democrats are hoping to solidify their legislative agenda on affordability as midterm campaigning starts to heat up. So far, they don’t know what’s in it. But lawmakers have...

‘You’ll have to ask my husband:’ House Republicans say Hillary Clinton punted questions on Epstein

The former secretary of state testified for roughly six hours, paving the way for Friday’s scheduled grilling of former president Bill Clinton.

Policy specifics are elusive as House Democrats gather to prep midterm push

“We can't be just anti-Trump,” said Rep. Debbie Dingell.

Democrats demand fast turnaround of unedited transcript of Hillary Clinton’s deposition

Democratic lawmakers involved in deposing Hillary Clinton as part of a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein want the Republican majority to release a full, unedited transcript of the interview...

Bernie Moreno eyes possible run for NRSC chair

Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno is eyeing a bid to head the Senate GOP's campaign arm for the 2028 cycle, according to two Republican senators granted anonymity to disclose private...