White House to pitch a Trump Obamacare extension with limits

The White House expects to soon unveil a health policy framework that includes a two-year extension of Obamacare subsidies due to expire at the end of next month and new limits on eligibility, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the unannounced plans. The proposal would mark President Donald Trump’s foray into Capitol Hill […]

Crockett: MTG couldn’t ’take the heat’ from Trump

Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Sunday appeared to show little sympathy for her colleague Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after the Georgia Republican announced her upcoming resignation from Congress. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” the Texas Democrat, long a foe of President Donald Trump, said Greene’s decision came after she […]

Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says

Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will refuse to answer questions in the House Oversight Committee’s probe into Epstein and the Justice Department’s handling of the case, Oversight Chair James Comer said. Maxwell’s legal team said she would invoke her Fifth Amendment rights if she sat with congressional investigators, […]

Jordan seeks info from banks in probe of Jack Smith

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan is asking major banks to hand over communications and materials related to former special counsel Jack Smith’s far-reaching investigations into President Donald Trump. Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are among more than a dozen financial institutions receiving letters from the Ohio Republican, who wants documents relating […]

This House GOP centrist is plotting a new health care bill aimed at winning over Trump

A key House Republican moderate is drafting a new bill that would extend soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies and offer a carrot to try to win over more-conservative GOP colleagues and President Donald Trump. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), who co-chairs the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, outlined in an interview Friday several elements he is eyeing for the […]

House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism ahead of Mamdani-Trump meeting

The House voted 285-98 to approve a resolution condemning the “horrors of socialism” Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump is set to meet with New York’s incoming democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani. Eighty-six Democrats joined with Republicans to approve the measure. Two others voted present. No Republican voted to oppose it. Speaker Mike […]

Capitol agenda: Things are not normal on the Hill

After a seven-week recess, Speaker Mike Johnson was optimistic about making progress on urgent priorities like government funding and rising health care costs. Instead, the House used hours of floor time to vote five times this week on measures rebuking other members. “The only thing we can apparently do is condemn each other,” says Rep. […]