Saturday

06-06-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Mike Johnson chides DOJ for tracking lawmakers’ perusal of unredacted Epstein files

Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he disapproves of the Justice Department surveilling lawmakers who come to agency headquarters to review the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. “I don't think it's...

Trump State Department nominee says he won’t stop posting on social media

President Donald Trump’s nominee for a high-ranking State Department post told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday he will not stop making posts and statements as he waits...

Billy Long calls Iceland ‘52nd state’ joke ‘totally inappropriate’

Former Rep. Billy Long apologized to lawmakers for a private joke he made to former House colleagues saying Iceland would be the “52nd state” with him as its governor....

Minnesota AG: Feds still not cooperating on Pretti and Good investigations

The comments come as White House border czar Tom Homan announced an end to the surge in immigration operations in Minneapolis.

Senate Democrat aims to put members on record opposing Maxwell pardon

Sen. Jacky Rosen will introduce a resolution Thursday designed to put the Senate on record opposing the prospect of President Donald Trump granting a pardon or clemency to Ghislaine...

Justice Democrats endorse Kat Abughazaleh in Illinois primary

Justice Democrats and the Peace, Accountability, and Leadership PAC, or PAL PAC, have jointly endorsed progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the hotly contested Democratic primary to replace Rep. Jan...

House member trips to Munich, elsewhere at risk due to likely DHS shutdown

Two dozen House members could miss a major national security gathering in Munich this weekend, thanks to the Senate's struggles to strike a deal that would avert a shutdown...

Koch-backed group posts 7-figure ad buy in North Carolina Senate race

Americans for Prosperity Action, the political arm of the powerful conservative Koch network, has placed a 7-figure ad buy for former RNC Chair Michael Whatley’s Senate campaign in North...

Capitol agenda: Senate heads into doomed DHS votes

A DHS shutdown is coming Friday night, and there’s no telling how long it could last. The White House on Wednesday night sent Congress the legislative text of its...

Tariff votes hand Republicans an unwanted referendum on affordability

House GOP leaders shielded their most vulnerable members from politically explosive votes for more than a year. Now the fallout is reverberating.