Democrats are facing a redistricting problem as Republicans in Texas — and potentially other states — are redrawing their maps to create more Republican-leaning seats. But state Democrats say that the real problem is the party doesn’t do enough to try to flip state legislatures and put Democrats in charge of redrawing the lines in […]
Speaker Mike Johnson is managing a delicate balance between appeasing antsy Republicans over the Jeffrey Epstein files and buying President Donald Trump time by shutting down the House early for August recess. The Louisiana Republican tried to quell dissent in a closed-door House GOP meeting Tuesday. He told members to stay united, arguing it would […]
When it comes to fighting President Donald Trump, Democrats across the nation have complained for months about the sluggish reflexes of party leaders in Washington. Who would have guessed that a MAGA-fueled conspiracy theory would change all that? Congressional Democrats appear to have finally found their mojo in sticking it to the White House by […]
Senate Republicans cleared a key procedural hurdle to advance Emil Bove’s confirmation to a seat on the Third Circuit. The Senate voted 50-48 Tuesday afternoon to proceed with Bove’s nomination, after Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley’s decision to pause debate on his nomination caused a Democratic walkout in committee last week. Republican Sen. Lisa […]
House Republicans are moving to rename the opera house in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after first lady Melania Trump. House appropriators voted 33-25 on Tuesday to advance language introduced by Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) that would make most of the Kennedy Center’s funding contingent on the name change in their […]
House lawmakers are getting a boost to funds they can use for their own security, including at their homes. Speaker Mike Johnson and House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil announced an “updated Member security framework” at the closed-door House GOP conference meeting Tuesday morning. It comes in response to growing member demands for protection when […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren will vote against moving forward on the Senate’s first package of government funding bills. It serves as an early warning shot from a standard-bearer of the progressive base ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown — and a sign that Democrats more broadly could be gearing up to […]
House Republicans intend to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, according to an aide for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. A House Oversight subcommittee Tuesday morning advanced a motion from Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett seeking approval of the subpoena. “The Committee will seek to subpoena Ms. Maxwell as expeditiously as possible,” the […]
House Republicans have lost control of the floor over their Jeffrey Epstein blow-up, and they’re struggling to chart a path out of the crisis. GOP leaders are talking with Trump administration officials, searching for ways to appease Republican members incensed over the lack of public information and Speaker Mike Johnson’s handling of the matter broadly. […]
Summer break might come early for the House, as Speaker Mike Johnson faces a Jeffrey Epstein problem that just won’t quit. Republican leaders are considering sending the House home as early as Wednesday, after a bipartisan clash over the so-called Epstein files broke the Rules Committee on Monday night. Rules recessed after Democrats threatened to […]