Saturday

18-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Kristi Noem to testify before Senate Judiciary

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will testify March 3 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to an aide for Chair Chuck Grassley. Grassley has been haggling for weeks to...

Rand Paul summons Trump immigration officials to testify after Minneapolis shooting

Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on three top immigration enforcement officials to testify before his panel in the wake of Saturday’s...

White House backs appropriations package with DHS funding

The White House on Monday urged the Senate to pass the six-bill appropriations package to avert a partial government shutdown and signaled it doesn’t want Department of Homeland Security...

More Hill Democrats want Kristi Noem out as DHS secretary

A growing number of Hill Democrats are calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to step aside or be impeached following the shooting of a Minneapolis man by DHS...

Suozzi: ‘I failed’ when voting to pass DHS funding bill

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) on Monday said he regretted his vote last week for a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, amid intense backlash surrounding the Trump...

Republicans offer early support for Trump’s Minnesota pivot

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill expressed relief after President Donald Trump announced Monday he would send border czar Tom Homan to handle immigration enforcement in Minnesota after Department of...

Trump says Justice Department is investigating Ilhan Omar

President Donald Trump on Monday said the Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, writing: “the DOJ and Congress are looking...

Capitol agenda: Shutdown odds spike after Minnesota killing

The killing of Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents is hitting hard on Capitol Hill, ratcheting up the odds of a partial government shutdown and spurring Republican...

Fiscal hawks set out to kill earmarks. They are very much alive.

Republican leaders have agreed to earmarks for thousands of pet projects in specific congressional districts.

Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting

Most in the GOP are silent or backing the Trump administration, but a conspicuous few are speaking out.