EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin strengthens religious accommodations in federal workforce

In his first week as head of President Donald Trump’s U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Scott Kupor issued new guidance to executive agency directors cracking down on religious discrimination in the federal workforce. The memo, obtained by Fox News Digital, encourages the use of telework, flexible schedules and leave options to meet ‘reasonable’ religious […]

Zohran Mamdani briefs House Democrats on lessons from his campaign

Zohran Mamdani, the polarizing Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, huddled privately Wednesday with Democratic lawmakers at a Washington restaurant. The conversation, attendees said, focused on campaign strategy and lessons learned from his surprise win. Those included “the effective communications strategy that they employed, very dynamic and natural,” said Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-Ill.). “And […]

Oz to huddle with House tax writers

Democrats and Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are set to have a bipartisan meeting next Wednesday with Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, as congressional tax writers eye year-end health care legislation following their work in helping craft the “big, beautiful bill.” According to […]

Cassidy holds cash advantage over GOP challengers

Embattled Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy maintains a significant cash advantage over his primary challengers as the GOP’s MAGA wing attempts to unseat him over his vote in President Donald Trump’s 2021 impeachment trial. Cassidy raised $1.6 million in the second quarter, significantly more than donors gave his two self-funding challengers, according to campaign finance […]

Trio of crypto bills back on track, Scalise says

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he expects votes on all three cryptocurrency bills that Republicans are pushing to go to the House floor Wednesday, though leadership is still weighing how to sequence or combine them. “We’re bringing all of them,” Scalise said in a brief interview. “We’re back on track. And exactly what the […]

Capitol agenda: Trump puts out another fire for Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson is trying again to pass landmark cryptocurrency legislation this week after Tuesday’s failed rule vote. This time, President Donald Trump says he has the votes. After 12 hard-liners tanked the procedural vote setting up debate on three cryptocurrency bills, the president announced he flipped the holdouts after a meeting with them in […]

New labor-backed PAC pledges $50M in battleground House races

A new labor-backed coalition is pledging $50 million to help Democrats take back the House in next year’s midterm elections. Battleground Alliance PAC, which shared its plans first with POLITICO, said it is building a registration and turnout operation in 37 Republican-held districts across the country. Though Democrats only need to flip three seats in […]