Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Republican lawmakers face internal rift over abortion

House and Senate Republican leaders aren’t sure they can stave off a fight between moderates and hard-liners on abortion coverage.

Inside the Schumer-Thune shutdown cold war

The relationship between the two Senate leaders, who have known each other for decades, has grown tense.

House centrists attempt quiet rescue of Obamacare subsidy talks

The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus is trying to rekindle negotiations over the soon-to-expire tax credits used by more than 20 million Americans.

How Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner

The likely winner of a special election Tuesday is set to rekindle the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm in the House.

Nancy Mace and Cory Mills are still squabbling over censure vote

Mills helped tank move to punish Rep. Ilhan Omar for Charlie Kirk comments.

Trump to meet with Democratic leaders ahead of shutdown deadline

Top Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer demanded a meeting with the president over the weekend.

White House says government shutdown would be ‘the fault of Democrats’

Karoline Leavitt said the president wants a “simple, clean budget extension.”

Tables turn for Democrats as they use shutdown for leverage

The current standoff is a nearly precise inversion of the 2013 showdown over health care that closed government agencies for 17 days.

House Oversight Republicans give readout of Alex Acosta’s Epstein interview

Alex Acosta, in a closed-door interview with lawmakers Friday, defended the widely criticized plea deal he brokered with Jeffrey Epstein while a U.S. attorney in Florida. Acosta, who later...

Trump accuses Dems of wanting a shutdown after failed Senate vote

But he praised Fetterman for voting for the GOP stopgap.