Saturday

19-04-2025 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Senate confirms Trump’s controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump's controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief, a win for the increasingly vocal wing of the GOP that wants the...

House Democrats take aim at Trump’s global tariffs

Democrats moved Tuesday to force a House vote on President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs — putting Speaker Mike Johnson in a tough spot as the economic ramifications of...

Johnson says fluoride should get a second look

House Speaker Mike Johnson said fluoride levels in water deserve “real evaluation” on Tuesday, a day after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would direct the CDC...

Former New Hampshire Gov. Sununu won’t run for Senate in 2026

President Donald Trump said he hoped the former New Hampshire governor would run Sunday.

Senate Republicans nudge Trump’s trade chief for a tariff end game

Sen. James Lankford expressed doubt about one of Trump’s main goals for the steep new global tariffs.

GOP holdouts headed to White House to talk budget

A group of House Republicans is scheduled to visit the White House this afternoon to meet President Donald Trump about the pending GOP budget framework, according to two Republicans...

Capitol agenda: Trump’s trade rep takes the hot seat

Republican senators desperate for an off-ramp to Trump’s escalating trade war want to know Donald Trump’s endgame now — even as GOP leaders pledge to give the president “space”...

Democrats question former DOJ officials about Trump administration dealings

Former Justice Department officials addressed Congressional Democrats Monday about the Department of Justice's alleged closed-door dealings in a so-called shadow hearing — one of the few avenues for conducting...

This is Fine: Florida sends a bare-knuckle brawler to Congress

“Somebody punches him, he throws the biggest haymaker that's around at his opponents,” said Florida state Sen. Joe Gruters, “and that goes for Republicans and Democrats.”

Trump’s trade chief will defend tariffs as a ‘drastic, overdue change’

President Donald Trump's tariff “strategy is already bearing fruit,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer plans to tell Congress on Tuesday, pointing specifically to three countries that he said have...