A stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the end of September is expected to include measures to avert cuts in pay for doctors treating Medicare patients and extend eased Medicare telehealth rules, according to five industry lobbyists granted anonymity to share details of private negotiations. The health measures to be incorporated into the […]
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s bid to lead the Labor Department cleared a key procedural hurdle on Thursday — the last major step before a confirmation vote on the Senate floor. The Senate voted 66-30 to end debate on the former GOP representative’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s Labor secretary, one week after she advanced out […]
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan sent a subpoena to Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, on Thursday, requesting communications between the company and the executive branch as well as internal company communications. The move to go after Alphabet is the next step in Jordan’s yearslong crusade to go after social media platforms for […]
The House voted 224-198 Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress this week. Green shouted at Trump during the Tuesday night address and was ordered removed from the House chamber by Speaker Mike Johnson, prompting a flurry of GOP efforts to punish him for the disruption. The […]
House Republicans’ campaign arm directly attacked Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s immigration status, drawing condemnation from Democrats. “Democrats literally chose an illegal immigrant to give their response to President Trump’s address,” the National Republican Congressional Committee wrote on X on Wednesday, adding that “Democrats couldn’t be more disconnected from the American people.” The direct attack of […]
The government-funding frenzy is in full swing on Capitol Hill with nine days to go before a potential shutdown, and the state of play is simple enough: It’s appropriators vs. GOP leaders. With the March 14 deadline bearing down, the heads of the two Appropriations panels are finalizing a bipartisan deal on government funding totals […]
House Democrats are making it official: Latino voters have shifted their battleground map. Their campaign arm is unveiling its list of top battleground incumbents to defend in 2026, giving the first insight into how the party views the midterm elections — with notable new additions to reflect a shift toward President Donald Trump in some […]
Elon Musk defended himself to a room full of House Republicans on Wednesday night, saying that he “can’t bat a thousand all the time,” according to four people present for his remarks. But he also promised to work to correct mistakes amid the Department of Government Efficiency’s slash-and-burn operation across the federal government. Musk met […]
Speaker Mike Johnson’s top staffer, Hayden Haynes, was arrested for driving under the influence shortly after Tuesday’s joint session of Congress, the speaker’s office and Capitol Police said. “A driver backed into a parked vehicle last night around 11:40 p.m. We responded and arrested them for DUI,” a police statement said. The incident took place […]
The four big city mayors who testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill knew they were invited by House Republicans to be punching bags. For New York’s Eric Adams, however, the blows were thrown by fellow Democrats. GOP lawmakers not only spared Adams from the brunt of their often-theatrical attacks on sanctuary cities, they defended him against […]