Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday he believed “a man is a man and a woman is a woman” amid controversy about a measure that would ban transgender women from women’s bathrooms on the House side of the Capitol. But he added: “I also believe that we treat everybody with dignity, and so we can […]
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Vice President-elect JD Vance will be on Capitol Hill this week arranging meetings between some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and key Republican senators who could determine their confirmations, according to two people familiar who were granted anonymity to discuss the plans. Vance will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday and Thursday, sitting in […]
House Republican leaders laid out their biggest legislative priorities for next year in a closed-door Tuesday meeting, including funding the U.S.-Mexico border wall, cutting various Democratic policies and spending programs enacted under Joe Biden, and locking in Donald Trump’s tax cuts. In their weekly conference meeting, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) highlighted the various pillars […]
Despite coming up short in their fight for the majority, House Democrats aren’t tossing their leaders aside. The caucus opted to keep their top slate of leaders in Tuesday’s party elections, with every single top Democratic leader reelected without opposition. It’s a mark of confidence, even as the party girds for another Congress in the […]
President-elect Donald Trump is considering a former GOP lieutenant governor of California and a former USDA official from his first term to serve as his next agriculture secretary, according to four people familiar with the transition conversations. Abel Maldonado served as former California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lieutenant governor before stepping down to mount an […]
The House Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday. And if members vote on whether to share their investigative findings about attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, it would only take one Republican to trigger the release of the report. The panel is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, and it only requires a majority vote […]
Two seasoned Defense Department insiders are in the running to be the Pentagon’s No. 2, and names of other possible nominees are swirling as the Trump transition team looks to fill top posts in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Potential nominees for deputy defense secretary include former Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie and former […]
A Jan. 6 defendant facing five felony charges could be on trial at the precise moment power changes hand from President Joe Biden to President-elect Donald Trump — an uncomfortable prospect for prosecutors bracing for a leadership change that could upend cases stemming from the attack on the Capitol. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on […]
Speaker Mike Johnson said he’s working on a solution to address GOP concerns about transgender women using women’s restrooms on the House side of Capitol Hill, as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride is poised to assume office as the first openly transgender lawmaker in January. “This is an issue that Congress has never had to address before […]
Here’s what we’re watching in transition world today: 🗓️ What we’re watching The House Ethics Committee is under continued pressure to release its report on attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz. Speaker Mike Johnson has said the report should remain under wraps as prominent Democrats call for its release. The committee is set to meet on […]