![Trump assures GOP budget holdouts on spending cuts]()
Speaker Mike Johnson is projecting confidence about finalizing a GOP budget plan after he and President Donald Trump went to work on a group of Republican holdouts at a...
![Key Trump defense pick Elbridge Colby confirmed despite McConnell opposition]()
Vice President JD Vance ripped McConnell following the vote for "one of the great acts of political pettiness I've ever seen." Vice President JD Vance ripped McConnell following the...
![‘Political pettiness’: JD Vance slaps Mitch McConnell over DOD vote]()
Vice President JD Vance castigated Sen. Mitch McConnell on Tuesday over the former GOP leader’s opposition to a key Pentagon nominee — an unusual swipe at a prominent member...
![Feds forked over $4.6B for new furniture since 2020 — despite just half of employees showing up for work: watchdog]()
"All in all, we have an incomprehensible amount of physical space and furnishings — too much of it inefficiently procured, leased and maintained," OpenTheBooks CEO John Hart told members...
![US Trade Rep Jamieson Greer tells senators US is strong enough to withstand tariff mayhem that won’t be ‘resolved overnight’]()
Jamieson Greer told the Senate Finance Committee that the goal of Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs was resolving the American trade deficit. Jamieson Greer told the Senate Finance Committee that...
![Johnson says fluoride should get a second look]()
House Speaker Mike Johnson said fluoride levels in water deserve “real evaluation” on Tuesday, a day after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would direct the CDC...
![House Democrats take aim at Trump’s global tariffs]()
Democrats moved Tuesday to force a House vote on President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs — putting Speaker Mike Johnson in a tough spot as the economic ramifications of...
![Senate confirms Trump’s controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief]()
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump's controversial pick for Pentagon policy chief, a win for the increasingly vocal wing of the GOP that wants the...
![House GOP leaders won’t bring up District of Columbia funding fix bill this week]()
Speaker Mike Johnson and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke Monday on a call to discuss a path forward on legislation to restore the capital city’s spending powers,...
![Trump, defiant on tariffs, claims trade deals are close]()
The president is foreshadowing deals with multiple trading partners in an apparent effort to quell economic anxiety and prove his tariff plan is working. The president is foreshadowing deals...
