Friday

06-03-2026 Vol 19

Category: Congress

CBO: Republican megabill to cost $4.1T, due to higher borrowing costs

The measure is also expected to add trillions to the federal deficit.

Musk-linked PAC spends big to promote newly enacted megabill

"This Independence Day, President Trump and Congress made the working family tax cuts law," their ad states.

Congress is on summer break. Funding ‘chaos’ awaits.

With eight weeks until the government shutdown deadline, competing factions of lawmakers are starting to define their ultimatums.

How the Kavanaugh confirmation saga still haunts the Senate

The Senate’s contentious confirmation of Emil Bove to a lifetime judicial appointment shows how a painful moment in the chamber’s history still looms large.

On the Senate’s ‘Kumbaya’ committee, John Kennedy is suddenly singing off-key

The folksy Louisiana Republican says he's not the go-along-to-get-along type.

Senate passes first funding package ahead of shutdown cliff

The chamber’s leaders hope to strike a compromise with House lawmakers before federal cash stops flowing on Oct. 1.

Senate unlocks ‘minibus’ deal, prepares to advance three spending bills

The Senate has finalized an agreement to take action on three fiscal 2026 spending bills, breaking a multi-day impasse that prevented the first government funding bills of the yearly...

Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony

The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, a co-conspirator of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is indefinitely postponed, House Oversight Chair James Comer said Friday. In a letter to...

Nominations talks heat up as Senate hopes to advance spending bills

The Senate will try to break an impasse Friday to advance three spending bills in hopes of showing progress after days of discord. A separate holdup over presidential nominations,...

GOP’s summer town hall push gets heated

House Republicans are beginning to face rowdy town halls as they try to sell President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending law. Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin had a...