President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold endorsements from Republican senators who don’t support the administration’s effort to claw back $9.4 billion of congressionally approved funds. Trump said in a social media post Thursday that the proposed cuts — in particular the $1.1 billion to come from public media — are “very important” to him. […]
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President Donald Trump is trying to force Joe Biden’s former White House aides to divulge confidential discussions to congressional investigators — using the same tactics he once warned would “do grave damage” to the presidency and the republic. Trump’s White House lawyers, in a series of recent letters to Biden aides, said the aides should […]
Senate Republicans are bracing for another one of their colleagues to possibly call it quits: Joni Ernst. The two-term Iowa senator hasn’t officially announced her plans for 2026, and she’s gone through some of the motions of launching another campaign, including recently hiring someone to manage it and announcing her annual fall fundraiser. But three […]
Senators are exploring options for boosting member security through the government funding process following the shootings of state lawmakers in Minnesota and threats against multiple members of the House and Senate. At a Senate Appropriations Committee markup Thursday of the fiscal 2026 bill to fund the operations of Congress and support agencies, Legislative Branch subcommittee […]
Senators scrambled Thursday to avoid an impasse that is threatening to scuttle one of the 12 annual funding bills and cast a pall over the whole bipartisan appropriations process. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) put the panel into an unusual extended recess amid negotiations over resolving the dispute, which is rooted in President Donald […]
Senators voted Thursday to block President Donald Trump from repurposing cash the FBI was supposed to use to move its headquarters to Maryland, in a major win for the state’s Democratic congressional delegation. During the Senate Appropriations Committee markup of the bill that funds the FBI, lawmakers voted 15-14 on an amendment that would bar the […]
Former GOP leader Mitch McConnell is back at the Senate Appropriations table for the first time in roughly two decades Thursday as the full panel begins marking up three key spending bills. McConnell’s already proving he’s ready to make a mark on one of his final appropriations cycles. The Kentucky Republican is behind a key […]
Sen. Thom Tillis has a warning for the Trump administration as he finishes out his time in office. The retiring Senator from North Carolina says in a TV interview that he’ll oppose any future nominees of President Donald Trump who have expressed support for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “The president […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the state Legislature will focus on redistricting during a special session later this year, as Republicans look to defend their narrow House majority in 2026. The move could potentially reshape the state’s congressional map — which already heavily favors Republicans. President Donald Trump’s allies have encouraged Texas Republicans to […]
House Democratic leaders slammed Rep. Randy Fine Wednesday and called on the Florida Republican to apologize after he insinuated that Rep. Ilhan Omar was a terrorist. In an unusual joint statement, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) called Fine’s comments “unhinged, racist and Islamophobic” as well […]