Thursday

23-07-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Trump’s State of the Union set for Feb. 24

Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. The speech comes as Trump is working to...

Congress wants oversight of Venezuelan oil revenues

Congressional lawmakers from both parties are signaling that despite President Donald Trump's assertion that he will control the money gained from selling Venezuelan oil turned over to the United...

GOP earmark angst rears ahead of spending package votes

Plans to kill one Democratic earmark and split the three-bill package up may keep hopes for passage alive.

Senate group nears deal to revive Obamacare subsidies

A bipartisan Senate group is nearing an agreement to revive lapsed Obamacare subsidies, with a key negotiator saying the group could release draft legislation early next week. The deal...

House Democrats eye Venezuela war powers vote

House Democrats are making a fresh attempt to rein in President Donald Trump on Venezuela, plotting to force a vote on a war powers resolution in the coming weeks....

Warren cuts checks to state Democratic parties

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is donating $400,000 to 23 state Democratic parties in an effort to fund Democratic infrastructure ahead of the 2026 midterms. In an interview, the Massachusetts Democrat...

Capitol agenda: The House GOP’s nerve-wracking return

The start of the second session of the 119th Congress isn’t going as planned for House Republicans. First, the GOP Conference’s long-planned, day-long policy retreat Tuesday at the Kennedy...

Lawmakers seek to limit DHS power to shuffle cash in funding bill

Top appropriators on Capitol Hill are seeking to tighten limits around how much money DHS can shift between accounts as they finalize funding bills ahead of the Jan. 30...

GOP-led Jan. 6 committee sets first hearing for next week

The new Republican-led panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack will hold its first hearing next week, Rep. Barry Loudermilk said in an interview Tuesday —...

Johnson: U.S. military action in Greenland ‘would not be appropriate’

Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday evening swatted down the idea of any U.S. military action to take over Greenland, just after the White House said President Donald Trump wanted to...