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 […]
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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 […]
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his trade war as global financial markets melt down and economic calamity looms. It’s going to be a brutal week ahead for Republican lawmakers who are already on edge about owning the policy and are struggling to unify behind Trump’s legislative agenda. A growing number of Republicans are […]
House Democrats have submitted the names of their appointees to serve on the board of a key congressional ethics office, according to a person granted anonymity to share the development. It’s an important step in the process of getting the Office of Congressional Conduct, formerly known as the Office of Congressional Ethics, up and running. […]
Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he plans to introduce a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation aimed at reclaiming Congress’ authority over tariffs, becoming the first House Republican to openly challenge the powers President Donald Trump is using to launch a massive global trade war. Bacon confirmed his plans to POLITICO on Friday as […]
After an hours-long delay and a last-minute rallying of the troops, Senate Republicans took the first step Thursday evening to advance a new budget blueprint that would unlock the “one big, beautiful bill” envisioned by President Donald Trump. Senators voted 52-48 to proceed to the budget resolution, which they hope can pass muster in the […]
Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that President Donald Trump backs his effort to block proxy voting for new parents, a day after the president scrambled Johnson’s plans and endorsed a move to allow it. Johnson thanked Trump in the X post for a recent phone call, in which he attributed Trump as saying: “Mike, you […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has discussed a potential solution with Speaker Mike Johnson over her push to allow proxy voting for new parents, the congresswoman said in a post on X. “[Johnson] has called me after POTUS statement and we discussed limiting the vote to just new moms who cannot physically travel in event […]