Saturday

18-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: The House GOP’s nerve-wracking return

The start of the second session of the 119th Congress isn’t going as planned for House Republicans. First, the GOP Conference’s long-planned, day-long policy retreat Tuesday at the Kennedy...

Lawmakers seek to limit DHS power to shuffle cash in funding bill

Top appropriators on Capitol Hill are seeking to tighten limits around how much money DHS can shift between accounts as they finalize funding bills ahead of the Jan. 30...

GOP-led Jan. 6 committee sets first hearing for next week

The new Republican-led panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack will hold its first hearing next week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk said in an interview Tuesday —...

Johnson: U.S. military action in Greenland ‘would not be appropriate’

Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday evening swatted down the idea of any U.S. military action to take over Greenland, just after the White House said President Donald Trump wanted to...

How Jan. 6 was remembered — and rewritten — on its 5th anniversary

At a march and a hearing, on a plaque and a website, the story of the Capitol riot was contested Tuesday.

Mortality and margins weigh on House Republicans as they kick off the election year

Members who gathered for a pre-midterm policy retreat were stunned by the death of longtime colleague Doug LaMalfa.

Thune outlines three pieces of possible health care deal

Majority Leader John Thune laid out Tuesday the three components any bipartisan health deal would have to address in order for it to pass the Senate. That includes instituting...

Kemp sets date for special election to fill Greene’s seat

The race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress is on. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp authorized a special election to select a candidate to fill the remainder of the...

Greenland war powers vote could be heading to Senate floor

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego wants Congress to forestall a U.S. takeover of Greenland, requiring President Donald Trump to get lawmakers’ approval for any such action after this weekend’s military...

DeSantis: Florida should require congressional candidates to answer about stock trades

During his press conference, DeSantis called individual stock trading a “bipartisan ailment,” adding, “We need to clean both houses up there.”