Speaker Mike Johnson and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke Monday on a call to discuss a path forward on legislation to restore the capital city’s spending powers, according to one person granted anonymity to share details of the private conversation. Still, there are no plans to bring the bill to the House floor […]
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Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he will not run for U.S. Senate, despite scoring President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Sununu — who served four terms as the state’s governor before declining to seek a fifth — made the announcement Monday on The Pulse of NH’s “Good Morning NH” radio show. Sununu had been viewed […]
Senate Republicans urged President Donald Trump’s trade chief to negotiate deals with world leaders in a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, signaling, albeit gently, that they are eager for an end game in the president’s market-roiling trade war. Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) opened the hearing by pressing U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer […]
A group of House Republicans is scheduled to visit the White House this afternoon to meet President Donald Trump about the pending GOP budget framework, according to two Republicans granted anonymity to discuss the plans. The 1 p.m. meeting is expected to include House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.) and other key holdouts on […]
Republican senators desperate for an off-ramp to Trump’s escalating trade war want to know Donald Trump’s endgame now — even as GOP leaders pledge to give the president “space” to let his market-tanking tariff gamble play out. Expect it all to play out in front of Senate Finance, where Trump’s top trade representative, Jamieson Greer, […]
Congress has seen plenty of firebrands and confrontational lawmakers — especially from Florida. But Washington still might be in for a shock when it comes to Randy Fine. Over his nine years in the Florida Legislature, he gained a reputation for his bare-knuckle style of politics and spats with local officials. Now the former gambling […]
Former Justice Department officials addressed Congressional Democrats Monday about the Department of Justice’s alleged closed-door dealings in a so-called shadow hearing — one of the few avenues for conducting oversight of the Trump administration afforded to the minority party in a Republican governing trifecta. Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees pressed former DOJ […]
President Donald Trump’s tariff “strategy is already bearing fruit,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer plans to tell Congress on Tuesday, pointing specifically to three countries that he said have offered trade concessions after being threatened with higher U.S. duties. “Nearly 50 countries have approached me to discuss the president’s new policy and explore how to […]
The Trump administration is threatening to veto a bipartisan Senate bill to give Congress the ability to review new tariffs, protecting President Donald Trump’s claim of unfettered power in the early stages of a trade war that is sinking financial markets. Trump’s veto threat comes as a handful of Senate Republicans have signed onto a […]
A majority of people who voted for Donald Trump oppose potential moves from congressional Republicans to cut Medicaid funding, according to new polling from the firm of Tony Fabrizio, the president’s 2024 campaign pollster. Two-thirds of swing voters also said they disapproved of slashing the safety-net health program as part of the GOP’s larger effort […]