Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatened legal action against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. In a letter to Johnson, Mayes accused the House GOP leader of violating the Constitution by unnecessarily delaying the Democrat’s swearing-in ceremony. “Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the […]
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan wants former special counsel Jack Smith to sit for an interview with his panel. The Ohio Republican sent a letter Tuesday demanding testimony from the lead Biden-era attorney whose investigations into President Donald Trump led to a number of felony charges that were ultimately dropped after the 2024 election. […]
The Thanksgiving travel season could be put at risk by an extended government shutdown, Republican leaders warned Tuesday on Capitol Hill, ratcheting up warnings about flight cancellations and airport chaos amid the ongoing standoff with congressional Democrats. Leaders in both parties are starting to look to the Thanksgiving holiday as a looming pressure point after […]
The White House is pledging to fire more federal workers, the next salvo in President Donald Trump’s push to pressure Democrats to sign onto the GOP’s continuing resolution and end the government shutdown. “OMB is making every preparation to batten down the hatches and ride out the Democrats’ intransigence,” the White House Office of Management […]
A menu of options is starting to emerge around what a compromise might look like for extending a suite of Affordable Care Act tax credits, which have become a focal point in the current government funding standoff. With the shutdown about to enter its third week, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune […]
President Donald Trump’s efforts to impose a massive new fee for employers seeking to hire foreign workers in high-skill fields have reenergized congressional Republicans’ efforts to pass legislation strengthening the controversial visa program. After years of dissipating interest inside the GOP to tackle any immigration policy not directly tied to border security, the current moment […]
Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on Democrats on multiple fronts as the government shutdown enters a third workweek, hoping the hardball moves can finally force a reckoning as U.S. troops face a first-ever missed paycheck. The GOP fear is that if the military pay deadline passes without action, there will be little to stop the […]
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) on Sunday characterized a string of U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats in international waters as “illegal killings,” saying the White House has not yet shared their legal justification for the attacks with congressional lawmakers. “They are illegal killings because the notion that the United States — and this is what the […]
As the government shutdown drags into its third week, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday that a vote from Republican lawmakers to extend healthcare subsidies will not alone be enough to reopen the government, instead calling on the GOP to pledge to help fix the problem. “We need a real negotiation and we need a […]
On paper, Jon Ossoff has plenty of reasons to break party ranks as the government shutdown drags into a third week: The 38-year-old Georgian is the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for re-election next year and his home state has more than 81,000 federal workers at risk for furloughs and firings In reality, Ossoff is […]