Category: Congress
April 10, 2026
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.
April 10, 2026
Congress
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.
April 09, 2026
Congress
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.
April 08, 2026
Congress
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.
April 07, 2026
Congress
Congress is absent as Trump threatens Iranians ‘will die’
Democrats erupt in protest, but Republicans make their peace with “negotiating Trump style.”
April 07, 2026
Congress
Bill Gates to testify before House Oversight in Epstein probe
The Microsoft founder will appear before Congress on June 10.
April 06, 2026
Congress
Inside Jim Jordan’s quiet preparations for a GOP leadership void
The Ohio Republican will be well-situated if Republicans lose the House majority.
April 04, 2026
Congress
‘Paradigm shift:’ How Trump’s budget request will keep everyone guessing
It’s become impossible to predict the trajectory of the Congressional appropriations process.
April 03, 2026
Congress
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.
April 03, 2026
Congress
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.