Jill Biden ‘work husband’ pleads Fifth Amendment, dodges House GOP cover-up probe questions

A top aide to former first lady Jill Biden refused to answer GOP investigators’ questions on Wednesday as the House Oversight Committee probes whether senior ex-White House aides covered up signs of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline. Anthony Bernal, former assistant to the president and senior advisor to the first lady, was compelled for […]

Senate to debate Trump’s $9B clawback bill after dramatic late-night votes

Late-night dramatics and surprise defections capped off the push to advance President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar clawback package through procedural hurdles. But Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package is not over the finish line yet, as lawmakers are set to begin an hourslong stretch of debate over the bill Wednesday morning. Both sides of the aisle will […]

Trump’s controversial plan to fire federal workers finds favor with Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily allow mass layoffs at the Education Department marked the latest in a string of rulings from the high court green-lighting the president’s plans to scale down the size of the federal workforce. Permitting the termination of about 1,400 Education Department employees is one of several instances of the Supreme […]

Conservative legal group presses agency to act on Trump’s voter citizenship mandate despite court injunctions

Pro-Trump legal advocacy nonprofit America First Legal (AFL) is calling on the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to begin requiring proof of citizenship for all federal voter registration applicants after the president’s effort to do so by executive order was blocked by the courts.  AFL filed a petition on Wednesday with the EAC, calling on […]

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 […]