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19-04-2025 Vol 19

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Senate Finance eyes Jan. 16 hearing for Bessent

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, on Jan. 16, according to three people familiar...

Congress could wait until mid-March to consider new wildfire aid

Congress may not consider new aid for California to deal with its devastating spate of wildfires until mid-March, when Capitol Hill faces its next government funding deadline. Lawmakers see...

Fetterman to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is planning to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the first Democrat in the upper chamber to publicly make the trek after the 2024...

House passes bill to sanction ICC for arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu

The House of Representatives green-lit a bill to slap sanctions against individuals involved in the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others.  The...

Background check delays Rollins confirmation hearing

Brooke Rollins, Donald Trump's Agriculture secretary pick, is among a handful of nominees whose confirmation hearings are slipping past their targeted dates due to delays with FBI background checks...

Michelle Obama, who would have sat by Donald Trump, misses Carter funeral

Former first lady Michelle Obama was noticeably absent from former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. She had a scheduling conflict and is in...

Senate expected to advance GOP immigration bill

The Senate is expected to take a bipartisan vote Thursday afternoon advancing the Laken Riley Act, making it the first bill Senate Republicans debate under their new majority. The...

Advocate of psychedelic drugs wants to work with RFK Jr.

An evangelist for treating mental health disorders with psychedelic drugs whom President Joe Biden appointed to a top job at the VA wants to join forces with Robert F....

The Senate says it’ll work on Fridays. But not this Friday.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune sparked commotion around the Hill with his ambitious 2025 calendar, which included regular Friday votes, something of a rarity in the chamber. Now it’s...

RFK Jr. is seeing how far the Kennedy name will take him

Winning the votes of two of the leaders of the anti-Trump resistance in the Senate would seem like a long shot for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in his bid...