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19-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Inside Jim Jordan’s quiet preparations for a GOP leadership void

The Ohio Republican will be well-situated if Republicans lose the House majority.

‘Paradigm shift:’ How Trump’s budget request will keep everyone guessing

It’s become impossible to predict the trajectory of the Congressional appropriations process.

Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs

The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.

Republicans want to go it alone on ICE funding. It might be a slippery slope.

A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.

Bondi isn’t off the hook yet for Epstein testimony

House Oversight Chair James Comer isn’t ruling out making Bondi honor the subpoena the panel slapped her with last month.

Florida’s budget stalemate takes on Cherfilius-McCormick probe-related twist

A January Office of Congressional Conduct report showed the review also looked at funding that went to a foundation led by Freddie Figgers, a telecommunications executive from Broward County...

Senate gives House a second chance to deliver DHS funding

The early morning vote in a mostly empty chamber paves the way for an end to the record-setting agency shutdown.

Republicans aren’t rushing to save Trump’s ballroom

A judge has challenged Congress to approve Trump’s multimillion-dollar construction project, but Republicans aren’t showing any immediate interest in the subject.

Democrats sue Trump administration over mail-in-voting order

The DNC and the party’s campaign committees asked a judge to block the executive action that seeks to limit mail voting.

Hill staffers brace for their boss’s ‘TMZ moment’

The celebrity-focused site is making a splash with crowdsourced recess photos.