Congress
Ways and Means chair warns he ‘won’t support’ next reconciliation bill without tax provisions
House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith says he won’t get behind the GOP’s next budget reconciliation bill if tax provisions…
20 House Republicans cross party lines to pass pro-union bill
Twenty House Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson to help pass a Democratic-led bill Tuesday aimed at making it…
Longtime Epstein assistant says she set up phone calls between Epstein and Trump
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley Groff said in a closed-door interview Tuesday that she arranged phone calls…
House Republicans clear $70B go-it-alone immigration enforcement package
The House passed a nearly $70 billion package Tuesday to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol for…
Raphael Warnock meets with Mike Johnson after questioning speaker’s Christian faith
Sen. Raphael Warnock met Tuesday with Speaker Mike Johnson after the Republican leader requested the Democratic senator…
Trump not expected to act on Pulte after Johnson meeting
A key U.S. spy law remains on track to expire at the end of the week after Speaker Mike Johnson met Tuesday with President…
Senate to vet Trump’s pick for No. 2 post at White House budget office
Next week the Senate will begin publicly vetting President Donald Trump’s nominee for the No. 2 position at the Office of…
Ted Lieu slams bipartisan AI proposal
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu hammered a bipartisan AI framework Tuesday, saying the proposal his colleagues…
Push for Labor nominee is latest threat to House GOP majority
Some Republicans are privately lobbying to make a first-term House Republican the next Labor secretary — a move that would…
Thune wants DNI nominee soon
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is “weighing seriously” naming a permanent…