Category: Congress
November 21, 2025
Congress
Jordan seeks info from banks in probe of Jack Smith
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is asking major banks to hand over communications and materials related to former special counsel Jack Smith’s far-reaching investigations into President Donald Trump. Bank...
November 21, 2025
Congress
House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting
The House voted 285-98 to approve a resolution condemning the “horrors of socialism” Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump is set to meet with New York’s incoming...
November 21, 2025
Congress
Warren Davidson slams Lindsey Graham over Senate data payout provision
Rep. Warren Davidson on Friday denounced Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his plans to capitalize on a new measure that allows senators — but not House members or the...
November 21, 2025
Congress
Capitol agenda: Things are not normal on the Hill
After a seven-week recess, Speaker Mike Johnson was optimistic about making progress on urgent priorities like government funding and rising health care costs. Instead, the House used hours of...
November 21, 2025
Congress
Mourning Dick Cheney — and the US House
The former vice president’s funeral marked the end of a certain kind of Congress.
November 20, 2025
Congress
The House is scrambling to avoid a censure death spiral
In their first full week back after the shutdown, lawmakers voted five times on measures to rebuke colleagues, eating up hours of floor time.
November 20, 2025
Congress
John Thune offers to tweak controversial phone records language
Senate Majority Leader John Thune offered Thursday to amend the controversial provision he slipped into last week's government funding package that could award GOP senators hundreds of thousands of...
November 20, 2025
Congress
Mike Johnson defends Trump’s ‘sedition’ attacks on Democrats
Speaker Mike Johnson defended Donald Trump's declaration Thursday that some congressional Democrats engaged in "sedition" after the president suggested those Democrats should be executed Thursday. Johnson said it was...
November 20, 2025
Congress
Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’
President Donald Trump on Thursday called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence...
November 20, 2025
Congress
Indicted House Dem will step down from committee leadership position
Indicted Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida will step aside from her leadership position on a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee "while the matter is ongoing," House Minority Leader Hakeem...