Thursday

23-07-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump endorses ‘focused’ immigration enforcement funding bill

The president's support for a narrow budget reconciliation measure is a boost for Senate GOP leaders who want a tightly controlled process.

These Republican-on-Republican disputes are keeping Congress frozen

Donald Trump could intervene to settle many of these clashes, but he has mostly kept his distance.

Rand Paul is facing an ICE funding dilemma

As Homeland Security chair, the Kentucky Republican has to decide whether to back party-line immigration enforcement funding.

Pam Bondi still on the hook for Epstein testimony, Oversight panel says

Trump’s former attorney general had been subpoenaed for an April 14 deposition that was never confirmed.

Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’

Democrats erupt in protest, but Republicans make their peace with “negotiating Trump style.”

Bill Gates to testify before House Oversight in Epstein probe

The Microsoft founder will appear before Congress on June 10.

Inside Jim Jordan’s quiet preparations for a GOP leadership void

The Ohio Republican will be well-situated if Republicans lose the House majority.

‘Paradigm shift:’ How Trump’s budget request will keep everyone guessing

It’s become impossible to predict the trajectory of the Congressional appropriations process.

Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs

The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.

Republicans want to go it alone on ICE funding. It might be a slippery slope.

A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.