A pair of congressional Republicans is determined to keep the government open and willing to force their colleagues to stay in Washington, D.C., to get it done. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, plan to introduce legislation that would keep lawmakers in town until a short-term government funding extension, known as a […]
Rep. Tim Burchett and a protester got into a physical altercation Thursday outside of the Longworth House Office Building that ended with the Tennessee Republican forcefully shoving the man. The scrap took place shortly after the final House votes of the week. The protester accosted Burchett about his stance regarding the Israel-Hamas war and then […]
Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s nominee for an open seat on the Federal Reserve, said he would take an unpaid leave of absence from his current role at the White House rather than resign. Miran made the comment during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, which was focused on the question of whether he would be […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify on Capitol Hill on Thursday, a week after turmoil engulfed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the HHS, will hear from Kennedy on President Donald Trump’s healthcare agenda, dubbed by […]
Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he doesn’t believe a bipartisan effort to force a House vote compelling the release of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents will succeed. Asked about the discharge petition led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Johnson said he doubted they would convince enough Republicans to sign on. Massie and three […]
Ashley Biden, daughter of former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden, wrote on social media that it was ‘one of the hardest summers of my life.’ The post comes after a summer during which the former first daughter faced two main challenges: her divorce and her father’s cancer diagnosis. ‘August 2025. The […]
Senate Republicans are grappling with President Donald Trump’s move to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding and what the ramifications could be on the looming deadline to fund the government. Senate Democrats previously warned after the GOP’s first go-round with clawbacks that any further attempt to gut congressionally-approved funding would be a red line, […]
A group of anonymous federal judges is criticizing the Supreme Court for overturning lower court rulings and siding with President Donald Trump’s administration with little to no explanation, NBC News reported Thursday. NBC spoke with 12 federal judges, appointed by Democratic and Republican presidents including Trump, who pointed to a trend of lower court decisions […]
The progressive group Justice Democrats, which focuses on primarying safe-seat Democrats in hopes of moving the party to the left, is throwing its weight behind Angela Gonzales-Torres, a challenger to incumbent Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California. In a sign of the party fissures over the war in Gaza that could erupt in the race, […]
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before Senate Finance on Thursday morning. You should be watching how Sen. Bill Cassidy questions him. Cassidy is walking a fine line amid a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump. If Cassidy, a doctor, openly clashes with Kennedy, who recently pushed out a panel of vaccine experts and […]