Wednesday

04-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump seems to wave the white flag on his US attorneys gambit

The president is pushing for an end to the so-called “blue slip” to solve for the disqualification of a handful of unconfirmed U.S. attorneys.

Inside Republicans’ new health bill

House Republican leaders plan to take a vote next week on conservative-friendly health policies they’ve pursued for years. It’s the latest GOP counter to Democrats’ push to extend expiring...

Comer threatens the Clintons with contempt for refusing to be deposed in Epstein probe

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer has threatened to pursue contempt charges against former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if they do not sit...

House GOP leaders race to release health care package Friday

House Republican leaders are rushing to release a new health care package Friday, but a morning meeting with members of key GOP faction left unsettled whether to allow a...

Trump, Clinton, Gates included in Epstein photo trove

The House Oversight Committee is releasing photos from the Epstein estate linking powerful men to the late convicted sex offender.

Capitol agenda: Johnson stares down another revolt — this time on energy permitting

Speaker Mike Johnson is facing another intraparty revolt — one that has nothing to do with health care, defense policy or pay for college athletes. Johnson wants the House...

Clock resets on Obamacare talks as Congress fails to act on subsidies

Some Republicans are scrambling to see if a deal can come together in the final weeks of 2025, but most are skeptical.

House Republicans weigh vote on Obamacare extension

Moderate House Republicans are talking with GOP leaders about possibly setting up an amendment vote that could add an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies to a health care package...

Noem defiant as Democrats decry Trump administration treatment of migrants

Several names have been floated as replacements to the Homeland Security secretary amid questions about her future in the Trump administration.

Henry Cuellar will retake key spending post after Trump pardon

Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership position on a powerful spending panel following his pardon on federal corruption charges....