Sunday

19-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

House members move to force Russia sanctions vote as Trump pushes peace deal

A bipartisan coalition of pro-Ukraine lawmakers will seek to force a House vote to impose crippling sanctions on Russia, even as President Donald Trump is moving to swiftly clinch...

Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will refuse to answer questions in the House Oversight Committee's probe into Epstein and the Justice Department’s...

This House GOP centrist is plotting a new health care bill aimed at winning over Trump

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick wants to pair an extension of Obamacare subsidies with new flexibility for health savings accounts.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mourning Dick Cheney — and the US House

The former vice president’s funeral marked the end of a certain kind of 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.

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...