Tuesday

03-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

‘You’re going to see more defections’: Trump’s turncoat problem in Congress is growing

A small group of politically insulated members is causing headaches for party leaders and anxiety among their GOP colleagues.

Lawmakers resign themselves to lengthy DHS shutdown

Negotiations will keep going but Democrats and the White House are far apart.

Bipartisan congressional delegation saves US-Mexico joint military exercise

Bipartisan congressional pressure helped push Mexico’s legislature to approve a joint military exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries, according to two people familiar with a U.S. delegation to...

DHS shutdown all but certain after failed Senate vote

Lawmakers are heading for the exits following a failed Senate vote Thursday, all but guaranteeing the Department of Homeland Security shuts down early Saturday morning. The funding lapse, which...

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...