President Donald Trump lashed out at the five Republican senators who voted to advance legislation that would constrain his war powers in Venezuela on Thursday. The GOP lawmakers — Rand Paul of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Todd Young of Indiana and Josh Hawley of Missouri — joined with the chamber’s […]
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House Republicans are summoning top health insurance executives to testify on Capitol Hill this month as part of a broader effort to examine health care costs, a move that comes weeks after enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits expired Dec. 31. The hearing announcement comes amid Democrat criticism that Republicans allowed the enhanced ACA subsidies […]
In an emotional nine-minute-long speech, Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer said goodbye to the institution where he has spent over four decades — and expressed fears for its future. The 86-year-old Democratic former majority leader walked through his career and a path to Congress that started in the late 1950s as a University of Maryland undergrad […]
As senators woke up Saturday with questions on President Donald Trump’s audacious decision to order the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, one of their old colleagues was ready with answers. Secretary of State Marco Rubio worked the phones in the wee hours of the morning and, in the days since, has played an outsize […]
Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer is set to announce his retirement from the House as soon as Thursday, capping off a decades-long career in Congress, according to two people who were granted anonymity to confirm the news ahead of a public announcement. Hoyer, who represents a district stretching from the eastern Washington suburbs to southern Maryland, […]
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will subpoena Les Wexner, the longtime friend and client of Jeffrey Epstein, along with two men who worked for the late convicted sex offender. It was the culmination of a flurry of subpoena requests Wednesday from rank-and-file members of the panel, several of which were ultimately approved. The […]
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday after meeting with President Donald Trump that the Senate could vote as soon as next week to impose new sanctions aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war with Ukraine. “After a very productive meeting today with President Trump on a variety of issues, he greenlit the bipartisan Russia […]
House Republicans pushed a three-bill spending package through a key procedural hurdle Wednesday afternoon after a hard-liner revolt threatened to derail the underlying bill. Republicans stayed largely united on a test vote to advance the package with a 214-212 vote that would fund the Departments of Energy, Commerce, Interior and Justice, as well as water […]
Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. The speech comes as Trump is working to address key cost of living issues, leading military intervention in Venezuela and threatening to seize Greenland. Trump’s last address to Congress in March 2025 devolved into […]
Congressional lawmakers from both parties are signaling that despite President Donald Trump’s assertion that he will control the money gained from selling Venezuelan oil turned over to the United States, they’ll want to check the books. Democrats said they were appalled by the Trump administration’s plans to sell Venezuelan oil “indefinitely” and control the revenue, […]