Category: Congress
April 08, 2025
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...
April 08, 2025
Congress
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...
April 08, 2025
Congress
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...
April 08, 2025
Congress
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.
April 08, 2025
Congress
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.
April 08, 2025
Congress
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...
April 08, 2025
Congress
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”...
April 07, 2025
Congress
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...
April 07, 2025
Congress
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.”
April 07, 2025
Congress
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...