Category: Congress
April 06, 2026
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.
April 04, 2026
Congress
‘Paradigm shift:’ How Trump’s budget request will keep everyone guessing
It’s become impossible to predict the trajectory of the Congressional appropriations process.
April 03, 2026
Congress
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.
April 03, 2026
Congress
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.
April 02, 2026
Congress
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.
April 02, 2026
Congress
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...
April 02, 2026
Congress
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.
April 02, 2026
Congress
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.
April 02, 2026
Congress
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.
April 01, 2026
Congress
Hill staffers brace for their boss’s ‘TMZ moment’
The celebrity-focused site is making a splash with crowdsourced recess photos.