Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

Capitol agenda: Sen. Bill Cassidy walks a tightrope at RFK Jr.’s hearing

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before Senate Finance on Thursday morning. You should be watching how Sen. Bill Cassidy questions him. Cassidy is walking a fine line...

A trend of acknowledging Democrats’ age problem is emerging

The 78-year-old House representative announced his plans to step down this week.

Rules could be changed within weeks to speed Trump confirmations, GOP senators say

Republicans are coalescing around a plan to allow nominees to be approved in groups.

House votes to establish a new committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack

House members voted largely along party lines Wednesday to formally establish a new panel to investigate the events around the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. It's the...

House Republicans help kill effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver

Some House Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to sink an effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver over her involvement in a chaotic May scuffle outside an immigration detention...

House approves symbolic signal of support for Oversight’s Epstein investigation

The House approved a symbolic measure that would affirm the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation into the handling of case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The...

House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation

House Democrats are moving to formally reprimand Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in response to a GOP lawmaker’s effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.). Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is...

Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files

The Kentucky Republican is defending his approach as his leadership tries to undermine the effort.

RFK Jr. will face ‘hard questions’ over CDC shakeup, Thune says

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face "hard questions" over a recent shakeup of top health officials...

House releases first trove of Epstein files

The materials, most of which are already publicly available, were produced as a result of a congressional subpoena.