Saturday

18-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Jeffries urged opposition to contempt recommendation for the Clintons

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged opposition to a contempt recommendation for Bill and Hillary Clinton before the House Oversight panel ultimately voted to send the measures to the...

Ethanol deal in sight as GOP leaders haggle over funding bill

GOP leaders are nearing a potential compromise with farm-state Republicans that will allow a $1.2 trillion government funding package to move forward Thursday after a key ethanol provision was...

9 Democrats vote to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress for evading Epstein testimony

The House will now have to decide on whether to refer contempt charges against the former president, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to the Justice Department.

‘I’m for it’: Johnson endorses impeachment for judges who rule against Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson now supports the push inside his party to bring impeachment articles against judges perceived as antagonistic of President Donald Trump’s agenda — a notable shift for...

House Democrats come out en masse against DHS funding bill

Only a handful of House Democrats are expected to back a DHS funding bill this week after top party leaders spoke out against it during a closed-door caucus meeting...

House Oversight to depose Ghislaine Maxwell

Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, will sit for a deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Feb. 9, Chair James Comer said Wednesday....

Judge denies lawmaker request for ‘independent monitor’ to oversee Epstein files release

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the Justice Department’s disclosure of...

Capitol agenda: Lawmakers nearly at the funding finish line

Congress is on track to avoid another shutdown, but it needs to clear several hurdles in a short amount of time in order to beat its month-end deadline. The...

Trump’s Greenland tariffs could squeeze Hill Republicans

Democrats plan to force House and Senate votes within weeks that stand to put GOP lawmakers on the spot.

Congress clinches bipartisan health deal

Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan, bicameral health care deal early Tuesday morning they hope lawmakers will pass later this week as part of a four-bill government spending package. Alongside...