Daily Headlines: Congress House defies Trump, votes 224-204 to extend Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians, with 10 Republicans joining Democrats. April 17, 2026 View Details Nine House Democrats file five impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war crimes and Signal leak. April 16, 2026 View Details Senate Republicans reject fourth Duckworth-led war powers resolution on Iran, 47-52, as Democrats vow weekly votes. April 16, 2026 View Details Rep. Garcia threatens former AG Bondi with contempt if she defies her bipartisan Epstein subpoena on Tuesday, with Republican co-sponsor Mace backing enforcement. April 14, 2026 View Details Rep. Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Rep. Gonzales (R-Texas) announce departures from Congress ahead of bipartisan expulsion votes planned for this week over separate sexual misconduct allegations. April 14, 2026 View Details Trump launches blockade of all Iranian ports on war day 47 and threatens to destroy approaching warships while both sides quietly pursue new peace talks. April 14, 2026 View Details Rep. Swalwell drops out of California governor’s race two days after sexual assault allegations as criminal investigations open in two states. April 13, 2026 View Details Manhattan DA opens investigation into Rep. Swalwell’s alleged sexual assault of a former staffer at a New York City hotel in 2024. April 12, 2026 View Details Rep. Raskin asks White House physician to perform cognitive assessment of Trump after threats to destroy Iranian civilization, citing signs “consistent with dementia.” April 11, 2026 View Details Four women accuse California gubernatorial frontrunner Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexual misconduct, including a former staffer who says he raped her while she was intoxicated. April 11, 2026 View Details Bill Gates agrees to testify before House Oversight Committee on June 10 as part of Epstein investigation. April 9, 2026 View Details DOJ says former AG Bondi will not give Epstein deposition to House Oversight Committee now that she has left office. April 9, 2026 View Details Day-old Iran ceasefire nears collapse as Israel kills 182 in Lebanon’s deadliest day and both sides dispute Strait of Hormuz status. April 9, 2026 View Details Raskin demands DOJ turn over records on its $1.25 million settlement with Flynn, a case the government had already won and a judge had dismissed. April 7, 2026 View Details Rep. Tony Gonzales sought nude photos from a second campaign staffer in 2020, expanding the scandal beyond his admitted 2024 affair. April 7, 2026 View Details Supreme Court sends Bannon’s contempt conviction back to lower court after Trump’s DOJ moves to dismiss its own case. April 7, 2026 View Details House adjourns without voting on Senate-passed bill to end the 47-day DHS shutdown, with 61,000 TSA workers still unpaid. April 3, 2026 View Details Sen. Graham photographed at Disney World with a bubble wand as the DHS shutdown enters its seventh week and 500 TSA officers have quit. April 1, 2026 View Details Federal judge rules Trump’s executive order defunding NPR and PBS is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, though Congress already eliminated $1.1 billion in public broadcasting support. April 1, 2026 View Details Federal judge halts Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom, ruling the project built on the demolished East Wing site requires congressional approval. April 1, 2026 View Details House discharge petition to extend temporary protected status for 350,000 Haitian nationals reaches 218 signatures with four Republicans crossing party lines. March 29, 2026 View Details Pentagon prepares ground raids in Iran as 2,500 Marines arrive in the region, with plans including possible seizure of Kharg Island oil hub. March 29, 2026 View Details House Transportation Chair Sam Graves announces retirement after 13 terms, the 37th House Republican to forgo reelection in a record-setting exodus. March 28, 2026 View Details House passes eight-week DHS funding bill on day 42 of shutdown as Senate leaves for two-week recess without acting on either chamber’s plan. March 28, 2026 View Details House Ethics panel finds Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick guilty on 25 of 27 charges for stealing and laundering $5 million in FEMA funds through her campaign account. March 28, 2026 View Details Trump declares emergency to pay TSA workers on day 42 of DHS shutdown after rejecting a Senate deal that would have funded the agency. March 28, 2026 View Details Sen. Susan Collins violated the STOCK Act she helped write by missing the disclosure deadline for her husband’s Pfizer bond purchase. March 27, 2026 View Details Senate unanimously passes bill funding most of DHS except ICE and Border Patrol, sending it to the House before Easter recess. March 27, 2026 View Details Newly released prosecution memo reveals Trump showed a classified map to passengers on his private plane in 2022 and retained a record restricted to six senior officials. March 26, 2026 View Details Newly released deposition videos show Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant told Congress they were never interviewed by federal investigators despite managing his finances and legal affairs for decades. March 25, 2026 View Details Delta suspends VIP escorts, upgrades and rebooking services for members of Congress as the DHS shutdown enters its sixth week. March 25, 2026 View Details Trump offers Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan through Pakistani intermediaries while deploying 1,000 troops from the Army’s emergency response force to the Middle East. March 25, 2026 View Details Democrats detail Noem’s $220 million DHS ad campaign: $20,000 in horse rentals, a $60,000 signing bonus, and a no-bid contract routed through political allies. March 24, 2026 View Details Trump rejects a bipartisan deal to end the 38-day DHS shutdown, demanding Democrats first pass the SAVE America Act voting restrictions bill that lacks Senate votes. March 24, 2026 View Details Trump casts a mail ballot in a Florida special election while calling mail voting “cheating” and demanding Congress pass the SAVE America Act to restrict it. March 24, 2026 View Details Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS secretary 54-45, with Mullin signaling agents will need judicial warrants to enter homes and businesses. March 24, 2026 View Details Senate advances Mullin’s DHS nomination 54-37 with two Democratic votes, setting up final confirmation as department’s five-week shutdown continues. March 23, 2026 View Details Senate Democrats block Republican amendment to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports for the fourth time as GOP attaches it to voting restrictions bill. March 22, 2026 View Details Oklahoma Gov. Stitt takes his Senate pick, oil company chairman Alan Armstrong, to Mar-a-Lago for Trump’s approval before announcing. March 22, 2026 View Details Trump threatens to replace TSA with ICE agents at airports as DHS shutdown enters its sixth week with 366 screeners quitting since February 14. March 22, 2026 View Details Rep. Swalwell drops his lawsuit against Trump housing official Bill Pulte, who ordered a mortgage fraud investigation into the congressman as apparent political retaliation. March 21, 2026 View Details House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Arlington prosecutor who limited an FBI-backed warrant in a case involving Stephen Miller’s wife. March 21, 2026 View Details Epstein’s longtime lawyer tells House panel he had “no knowledge whatsoever” of crimes, as Democrats press for details on a settlement with a woman who accused Trump. March 20, 2026 View Details Democratic Sen. Fetterman casts the deciding vote as Senate committee advances Mullin’s DHS nomination 8-7, after Chairman Paul votes no over anger and violence concerns. March 20, 2026 View Details Transportation lobbyists who never gave to prior candidates are donating thousands to Transportation Secretary Duffy’s 26-year-old son-in-law’s congressional campaign in Wisconsin, ProPublica finds. March 19, 2026 View Details GOP senators defeat a third war powers resolution on Iran 53-47 as Democrats demand public testimony from Rubio and Hegseth before they stop forcing votes on the unauthorized war. March 19, 2026 View Details FBI Director Patel confirms the agency is buying commercially available data that can track people’s movements, the first acknowledgment since the bureau said it stopped the practice in 2023. March 19, 2026 View Details Pentagon asks the White House to approve a $200 billion war funding request for Congress after spending $11.3 billion in the first six days of the Iran conflict. March 19, 2026 View Details Democrats walk out of Epstein briefing after Oversight Chairman Comer tells a congresswoman she was “bitching,” and AG Bondi declines to confirm she will testify under oath next month. March 19, 2026 View Details DNI Gabbard tells senators only Trump can determine whether Iran was an “imminent” threat, one day after her own NCTC director resigned saying it was not. March 19, 2026 View Details Pearl Jam urges fans to call their senators and vote no on the SAVE America Act as Senate begins marathon debate on the nationwide voter ID bill. March 18, 2026 View Details Postmaster General tells Congress the Postal Service will run out of cash in 12 months without action, as Trump pushes to privatize the agency. March 18, 2026 View Details House Oversight Committee subpoenas Attorney General Bondi to testify under oath in April on the Epstein investigation, with five Republicans joining all Democrats. March 18, 2026 View Details Trump reveals Rep. Neal Dunn received a terminal heart diagnosis, says he arranged Walter Reed surgery because “I did it for him first and for the vote second.” March 17, 2026 View Details Judge orders Kennedy Center renovation plans turned over to Democratic board member before Monday closure vote after calling administration secrecy “preposterous.” March 15, 2026 View Details FBI searches of Americans’ data under Section 702 surveillance rose 35% in 2025 as the administration pushes Congress for a clean renewal before the law expires in April. March 13, 2026 View Details Colorado Democrats demand answers after data shows ICE held detainees for up to 39 days in holding cells with no beds, no toilets, and a 72-hour limit. March 13, 2026 View Details Sen. Tuberville posts image linking New York City’s first Muslim mayor hosting a Ramadan iftar to the September 11 attacks, calling Muslims “the enemy inside the gates.” March 13, 2026 View Details Senate Democrats file war powers resolution to block military action against Cuba after Trump says a “takeover” will follow the Iran war. March 13, 2026 View Details Sen. Hawley introduces bill to revoke FDA approval for mifepristone, the drug used in 63% of all U.S. abortions, citing a study whose findings the FDA disputes by a factor of 22. March 12, 2026 View Details House Oversight chair says he is scheduling testimony from AG Bondi and Commerce Secretary Lutnick “very, very soon” as part of the Epstein investigation. March 12, 2026 View Details Epstein’s accountant names five sources of his wealth to House Oversight and reveals a foreign head of state conducted financial transactions with him. March 12, 2026 View Details Trump spends day campaigning in Ohio and Kentucky on day 13 of the Iran war, targeting Rep. Massie for forcing Epstein file release and challenging war powers. March 12, 2026 View Details Pentagon tells Congress the Iran war cost $11.3 billion in its first 6 days as Trump declares “we’ve won” on day 13. March 12, 2026 View Details Trump’s State Department nominee Jeremy Carl withdraws after senators pressed him on past comments promoting “white identity” and even Republicans withheld support. March 11, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson declines to condemn GOP members who said Muslims “don’t belong” in America, calling their remarks “popular sentiment” about Sharia law during the Iran war. March 11, 2026 View Details Tennessee Rep. Ogles says Muslims “don’t belong in American society,” calls for deporting a naturalized U.S. citizen mayor, as Sharia Free America Caucus escalates anti-Muslim rhetoric during Iran war. March 10, 2026 View Details California Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves Republican Party to serve as an independent, becoming the only independent member of the House. March 10, 2026 View Details Trump tells House Republicans the SAVE Act will “guarantee the midterms,” demands expanded bill with mail-in ballot restrictions and transgender sports ban before he signs any legislation. March 10, 2026 View Details Trump announces he will refuse to sign any legislation until Senate passes the SAVE Act, demanding federal control over state-run elections with mandatory voter ID, proof of citizenship, and near-elimination of mail-in ballots. March 9, 2026 View Details Airports tell travelers to arrive 4-5 hours early as security delays mount in second government shutdown in five months, with TSA workers again going unpaid. March 9, 2026 View Details GOP Rep. Collins posts fabricated terrorist quotes from diverted Southwest flight that FBI cleared with no credible threat and no charges filed. March 8, 2026 View Details House Republicans seek criminal charges against star Jan. 6 hearing witness and former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for testimony that Trump knew violence was likely. March 8, 2026 View Details Senate installs plaque honoring Capitol Police three years after Congress required it, bypassing House GOP’s refusal to display it. March 8, 2026 View Details Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) retires after nearly 25 years as the 34th House Republican not seeking reelection, the second-highest exodus in nearly a century. March 7, 2026 View Details Rep. Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid after admitting affair with aide who died by self-immolation, as House GOP leadership and Speaker Johnson call on him to withdraw. March 6, 2026 View Details House rejects Iran war powers resolution 212-219 one day after Senate, as U.S. strikes Iranian drone carrier and Israel reports most of Tehran’s air defenses degraded. March 6, 2026 View Details Montana Sen. Daines withdraws from race two minutes before filing deadline to clear path for Trump-endorsed handpicked successor, blocking other Republicans. March 5, 2026 View Details Texas Rep. Gonzales admits affair with married staffer who died by self-immolation after months of his public denials, as Ethics Committee opens misconduct probe. March 5, 2026 View Details Trump nominates Warsh as Fed chair while Sen. Tillis vows to block confirmation until DOJ drops its criminal probe of the sitting chairman. March 5, 2026 View Details Montana Sen. Sheehy joins Capitol Police in physically ejecting anti-war protester from Senate Armed Services hearing, then boasts about it online. March 5, 2026 View Details Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum a second time, allowing early voting to begin Friday despite Republican legal challenges. March 5, 2026 View Details House Oversight subpoenas Attorney General Bondi over Epstein files as five Republicans join Democrats alleging DOJ is removing documents already made public. March 5, 2026 View Details GOP senators kill war powers resolution as Hegseth declares Iran campaign “just getting started.” March 5, 2026 View Details Commerce Secretary Lutnick agrees to testify before House Oversight Committee on Epstein ties after GOP members prepared to force a subpoena. March 4, 2026 View Details House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Rep. Nancy Mace for improper reimbursement practices after finding she claimed nearly $10,000 more than her D.C. housing expenses. March 3, 2026 View Details Twenty-eight House Democrats demand tech companies disclose how they handle DHS administrative subpoenas issued without a judge to unmask Americans who criticize the agency. March 3, 2026 View Details Federal judge blocks DHS detention visit policy for the third time as Noem keeps rewriting the same restriction to evade prior rulings. March 3, 2026 View Details House Oversight releases full video of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Epstein depositions taken last week in suburban New York. March 3, 2026 View Details Trump says the Iran war will take four weeks or less, the first public timeline for a military operation launched without congressional authorization. March 2, 2026 View Details House Minority Leader Jeffries and bipartisan sponsors pledge to force war powers vote on Iran strikes, bypassing GOP leadership. March 1, 2026 View Details Social Security trust fund now projected to run dry in 2032, one year earlier than expected, after Trump’s tax law drained $168 billion from the program. February 28, 2026 View Details Bill Clinton becomes first former president deposed under congressional subpoena, denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. February 28, 2026 View Details DHS admits to Congress it deported 86 DACA recipients protected under U.S. law, claiming 241 of 261 detained had “criminal histories” but providing no details on charges. February 27, 2026 View Details Sen. Wyden places hold on Trump’s nominee to lead NSA and Cyber Command, saying the career special operations officer has no cybersecurity or signals intelligence background. February 27, 2026 View Details Hillary Clinton denies any Epstein knowledge in House Oversight deposition paused after Rep. Boebert leaks her photo, with Republicans also raising debunked Pizzagate conspiracy. February 27, 2026 View Details Capitol Police arrest Rep. Omar’s State of the Union guest Aliya Rahman for standing silently during the speech, weeks after federal agents dragged her from her vehicle in Minneapolis and injured both shoulders. February 26, 2026 View Details Trump’s fraud division nominee Colin McDonald tells Senate he “follows the facts” but won’t say whether he’d refuse a presidential order to prosecute Trump’s enemies. February 26, 2026 View Details Surgeon general nominee Casey Means tells Senate committee that vaccines “save lives” after questioning childhood vaccine safety on Joe Rogan’s podcast, while senators flag her inactive medical license. February 26, 2026 View Details Rep. Tony Gonzales refuses to resign over allegations he had an affair with a district staffer who later died by setting herself on fire. February 25, 2026 View Details Federal judiciary asks Congress to take courthouse control from GSA after DOGE cuts eliminated nearly half the agency’s staff, leaving buildings with collapsing ceilings and contaminated water. February 25, 2026 View Details Rep. Al Green escorted out of second consecutive State of the Union after holding sign reading “Black People Aren’t Apes” referencing Trump’s deleted social media post depicting the Obamas. February 25, 2026 View Details Pentagon appeals ruling that blocked Hegseth from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for video calling on troops to resist unlawful orders, after grand jury declined to indict. February 25, 2026 View Details House Republicans block bipartisan Senate bill requiring aircraft locator systems one day after Pentagon raised national security objections, falling one vote short. February 25, 2026 View Details Trump declares “golden age” in record longest State of the Union, pivoting from economic sales pitch to blaming Democrats for “destroying” the country. February 25, 2026 View Details Bipartisan calls grow for Rep. Tony Gonzales to resign over affair with congressional staffer who later died by suicide, as explicit text messages surface. February 24, 2026 View Details Pentagon reverses support for aviation safety bill requiring military tracking signals, 13 months after a collision between an Army Black Hawk and a regional jet killed 67 people. February 24, 2026 View Details Maxwell challenges Epstein transparency law as unconstitutional to block 90,000 pages of depositions and private records from Giuffre’s civil defamation lawsuit against her. February 22, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson denies Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family request to lie in honor at the Capitol, months after Republicans held a vigil for Charlie Kirk in the same building’s Statuary Hall. February 21, 2026 View Details Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariff authority 6-3, ruling the law he used to impose duties on nearly every country does not authorize tariffs; Trump announces new 10% global tariff hours later. February 21, 2026 View Details Capitol Police arrest 18-year-old Georgia man carrying a loaded shotgun and wearing a tactical vest after he ran toward the Capitol while Congress was in recess. February 18, 2026 View Details Bipartisan lawmakers who co-wrote the Epstein Files Transparency Act reject Bondi’s claim that DOJ has released all required files, saying the law requires internal memos on decisions not to prosecute that DOJ is withholding. February 16, 2026 View Details Attorney General Bondi says DOJ has released “all” Epstein files as required by law, includes list of “politically exposed persons” naming Trump, Biden, Zuckerberg, Musk, and dozens of others. February 15, 2026 View Details Trump declares voter ID requirements will be in place for midterm elections “whether approved by Congress or not,” promising an executive order after the Senate stalled his SAVE America Act. February 14, 2026 View Details Congressman Raskin confirms a whistleblower’s account of inhumane conditions at a Baltimore ICE facility after a surprise inspection found 55 detainees packed into a single room. February 14, 2026 View Details Virginia Supreme Court allows Democrats to hold an April 21 special election on a proposed 10D-1R congressional map while a legal challenge to the redistricting effort continues. February 14, 2026 View Details ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion to convert warehouses into eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, expanding capacity to 92,600 beds using funds from the OBBBA. February 14, 2026 View Details Department of Homeland Security shuts down as Democrats and White House trade offers on ICE reforms, with Congress gone until Feb. 23 and no deal in sight. February 14, 2026 View Details Trump’s nominee for a top State Department post loses Republican support after senators confront him over “Great Replacement” posts, Holocaust minimization, and comments he continued making after being nominated. February 13, 2026 View Details Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard blocked a whistleblower complaint from Congress for eight months that centered on an intercepted conversation referencing Jared Kushner and Iran. February 13, 2026 View Details Senate leaves for recess after failing to fund DHS, with ICE and Border Patrol unaffected because last year’s reconciliation bill already gave them billions. February 13, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson calls DOJ’s tracking of lawmakers’ Epstein file searches an “oversight,” declining to confront the agency as bipartisan members call it spying. February 13, 2026 View Details Customs and Border Protection chief tells senators Alex Pretti was “fighting back nonstop” after watching video showing the unarmed nurse standing with his hands up before agents shot him. February 13, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson says six Democratic lawmakers “should be indicted” one day after a grand jury refused to indict them, as Kelly calls the failed prosecution “straight from the authoritarian playbook.” February 12, 2026 View Details House passes SAVE America Act 218-213, requiring in-person proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote, but Senate Republicans say they lack the votes to break a filibuster. February 12, 2026 View Details CBO projects national debt will hit $64 trillion in a decade, with Trump’s tax and immigration policies canceling out the $3 trillion in deficit reduction from his tariffs. February 12, 2026 View Details House passes resolution to end Trump’s Canadian tariffs 219-211, with six Republicans breaking ranks despite Trump threatening primary challenges minutes after the vote. February 12, 2026 View Details AG Bondi brought a printout of Rep. Jayapal’s Epstein file search history to Wednesday’s hearing, prompting Rep. Raskin to call for an Inspector General investigation into DOJ surveillance of lawmakers. February 12, 2026 View Details Bondi lashes out at lawmakers during House Epstein hearing as Democrats and Rep. Massie accuse DOJ of exposing survivors’ identities while shielding potential co-conspirators. February 12, 2026 View Details Grand jury refuses to indict six Democratic lawmakers after Trump’s U.S. attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro sought sedition charges over a video reminding service members they can reject unlawful orders. February 11, 2026 View Details Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth Amendment more than a dozen times during her House Oversight deposition, while her lawyer offered to exonerate Trump and Clinton in exchange for presidential clemency. February 10, 2026 View Details Bipartisan lawmakers say at least six men are being protected by improper redactions in the Epstein files, including a senior foreign government official, after viewing unredacted documents for the first time. February 10, 2026 View Details Ghislaine Maxwell expected to invoke Fifth Amendment during closed-door House Oversight deposition Monday, as DOJ says it removed thousands of previously published files that may identify Epstein victims. February 9, 2026 View Details Jeffries says Democrats have not heard back from White House or congressional Republicans on ICE reform demands as DHS funding deadline hits Friday. February 9, 2026 View Details Congressional Black Caucus chair calls Trump administration a “bigoted and racist regime” after video depicting Obamas as primates stayed on Truth Social for 12 hours. February 8, 2026 View Details DHS allowed one congresswoman into Minneapolis detention facility after she produced a court order but denied entry to two other lawmakers, as the doctor-turned-representative found no measles protocols in place. February 7, 2026 View Details Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei becomes the 30th House Republican to announce he won’t seek reelection, widening the party’s vulnerability ahead of 2026 midterms. February 7, 2026 View Details House Oversight chair Comer is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband after his two companies surged from $51,000 to $30 million in one year. February 7, 2026 View Details Justice Department will let lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files starting Monday, but is withholding 2.5 million pages and banning electronic devices from the reading room. February 7, 2026 View Details Trump told Sen. Schumer last month he would release $16 billion in frozen Gateway tunnel funding if Penn Station and Dulles Airport were renamed after him. February 6, 2026 View Details Man pardoned by Trump for storming the Capitol pleads guilty to threatening to kill House Minority Leader Jeffries, with the original felony terror charge reduced to misdemeanor harassment. February 6, 2026 View Details Sen. Slotkin refuses DOJ interview over military “illegal orders” video, says investigation is retaliation after Trump called the video “seditious behavior, punishable by death.” February 6, 2026 View Details Rep. Barry Loudermilk becomes 29th House Republican to announce he will not seek reelection in 2026. February 5, 2026 View Details Rep. Ro Khanna launches investigation into $500 million Abu Dhabi investment in Trump family crypto company, urges U.S. attorney to probe the deal. February 5, 2026 View Details Supreme Court declines to block California’s new congressional map, allowing Democrats to move forward with redistricting that could flip five GOP seats. February 5, 2026 View Details Democrats clash with Bessent at House hearing, with one lawmaker calling him a “flunky” and another telling him to “shut up.” February 5, 2026 View Details Senator Mitch McConnell, 83, checks himself into hospital with flu-like symptoms, adding to health concerns after two episodes of going unresponsive at the podium in 2023. February 4, 2026 View Details Trump doubles down on nationalizing elections, telling GOP lawmakers the federal government “should get involved” to count votes in states he calls “crooked,” drawing bipartisan rejection. February 4, 2026 View Details Trump signs bill ending partial shutdown, but a Feb. 13 deadline to fund Homeland Security looms as Democrats demand ICE body cameras, no masks, and an end to roving patrols. February 4, 2026 View Details BLS suspends all data collection and delays January jobs report just 48 hours into partial government shutdown, the second jobs data blackout in four months. February 3, 2026 View Details Gabbard has withheld a classified whistleblower complaint about her conduct from Congress for eight months, attorney says, despite federal law requiring its referral. February 3, 2026 View Details Trump says Kennedy Center will close for two years for $200 million renovation, won’t be demolished, after his board added his name and overhauled programming. February 3, 2026 View Details Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein investigation after facing contempt charges for ignoring subpoenas issued six months ago. February 3, 2026 View Details Speaker Johnson says government shutdown will last through at least Tuesday as House Republicans lack the votes to pass $1.2 trillion funding package on their own. February 2, 2026 View Details Democrat Christian Menefee wins Houston special election to fill seat vacant nearly a year after Gov. Abbott delayed scheduling, narrowing Republicans’ House majority to 218-214. February 1, 2026 View Details House Democrats tell Speaker Johnson they won’t help pass funding bill, extending partial shutdown as party demands ICE body cameras and warrant restrictions. February 1, 2026 View Details Trump administration approves $16 billion in arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia as tensions rise over potential U.S. military strikes on Iran. January 31, 2026 View Details Trump nominates Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair, weeks after DOJ subpoenaed Powell in what Powell called a “pretext” to force rate cuts. January 31, 2026 View Details Justice Department releases 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images from Epstein investigation, with records showing Musk discussed island visits and Bannon exchanged hundreds of texts with Epstein during Trump’s first term. January 31, 2026 View Details Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding deal 71-29 after Trump and Democrats split off DHS spending, but a brief shutdown begins Saturday with House not voting until Monday. January 31, 2026 View Details House Republicans unveil election reform bill requiring photo ID to vote, citizenship verification to register, and banning ranked choice voting and universal mail-in ballots. January 30, 2026 View Details Man who sprayed Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar using a syringe at Minneapolis town hall charged with federal assault and state terroristic threats. January 30, 2026 View Details White House and Senate Democrats reach deal to pass five spending bills and punt DHS funding two weeks, but Graham blocks quick passage over immigration agent restrictions. January 30, 2026 View Details Rep. Castro says 5-year-old Liam Ramos is “very depressed” and “lethargic” after visiting him in Texas detention, calls for disbanding ICE. January 29, 2026 View Details Border Patrol places two agents who shot Alex Pretti on leave as White House says DHS “may not have been following protocol.” January 29, 2026 View Details House Homeland Security Democrats threaten to impeach Noem if she is not fired or resigns, saying she “lied about Alex Pretti” and destroyed public confidence in DHS. January 28, 2026 View Details Virginia judge strikes down Democratic redistricting amendment headed for April ballot, ruling legislature violated its own rules and constitutional requirements during 2024 special session. January 28, 2026 View Details Man sprays Rep. Ilhan Omar with syringe at Minneapolis town hall where she demanded Noem’s resignation, charged with assault. January 28, 2026 View Details House Democrats held emergency caucus call to discuss impeaching DHS Secretary Noem after Pretti killing; 115 members now co-sponsor impeachment articles, including centrists who voted for DHS funding last week. January 26, 2026 View Details Man arrested after punching Rep. Maxwell Frost at Sundance, shouting Trump would deport him; congressman says he is okay. January 25, 2026 View Details Senate Democrats vow to block spending package over DHS funding after second Minneapolis killing, raising odds of partial government shutdown Friday. January 25, 2026 View Details U.S. carries out 35th strike on alleged drug boat since September, killing two, one day after House defeated war powers resolution on Venezuela. January 24, 2026 View Details House passes final spending bills to avert Jan. 31 shutdown; seven Democrats crossed party to fund DHS as Jeffries called ICE “out of control” and voted no. January 23, 2026 View Details Former special counsel Jack Smith told Congress he developed “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump committed crimes in the Jan. 6 and classified documents cases, and would prosecute again on the same facts. January 23, 2026 View Details House Oversight Committee schedules Feb. 9 deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell in Epstein probe; her attorney says she will invoke Fifth Amendment throughout. January 22, 2026 View Details Three-star admiral Nancy Lacore, removed by Hegseth without cause after 35-year Navy career, announces run for Congress in South Carolina. January 22, 2026 View Details House Oversight Committee votes to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for skipping Epstein depositions, with nine Democrats supporting the former president’s resolution. January 22, 2026 View Details House votes 214-208 to reverse 20-year mining ban near Boundary Waters wilderness, clearing path for Chilean-owned copper mine in northern Minnesota. January 22, 2026 View Details Epstein survivor says Republican members of Congress bailed on meeting with victims after saying they would show up. January 21, 2026 View Details Judge refuses to block DHS policy requiring seven-day notice for congressional visits to ICE facilities, though she stressed she was not ruling the policy lawful. January 20, 2026 View Details Trump endorses Rep. Julia Letlow to primary Sen. Bill Cassidy after the Louisiana Republican criticized CDC’s decision to reduce recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11. January 19, 2026 View Details House Ethics Committee announces investigation into Rep. Nancy Mace over lodging reimbursements, after she expensed over $27,000 while co-owning a $1.6 million Capitol Hill townhouse. January 17, 2026 View Details Bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Copenhagen to reassure Danish and Greenlandic leaders as European troops deploy to the island Trump has refused to rule out taking by force. January 17, 2026 View Details Justice Department tells judge to reject bipartisan congressional request for independent monitor overseeing Epstein files release, saying lawmakers lack standing to intervene. January 17, 2026 View Details Trump’s ambassador nominee to Iceland apologizes after joking to House colleagues that the country would be the “52nd state” and he would be its governor. January 16, 2026 View Details Eleven Democrats ask FTC to investigate Trump Mobile for collecting deposits six months ago on phones never delivered and dropping “Made in USA” claims days after launch. January 16, 2026 View Details ICE deputy director Madison Sheahan resigns to run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in Congress, in a race that could become referendum on immigration crackdown. January 16, 2026 View Details Trump unveils “Great Healthcare Plan” on final day of ACA enrollment, proposing health savings accounts and drug pricing changes after federal subsidies expired. January 16, 2026 View Details Supreme Court rules 7-2 that GOP Rep. Mike Bost can challenge Illinois law allowing mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to two weeks later. January 15, 2026 View Details Senator Slotkin says she’s under federal investigation over November video advising troops they can refuse illegal orders, which Trump called “seditious behavior, punishable by death.” January 15, 2026 View Details Federal judges uphold California’s Prop 50 congressional maps 2-1, rejecting claim that Democrat-favoring lines drawn to counter Texas gerrymandering violated Voting Rights Act. January 15, 2026 View Details Senate defeats Venezuela war powers resolution 51-50 after two Republicans who supported it last week flipped under Trump pressure, with Vance casting tiebreaker. January 15, 2026 View Details House Oversight chair launches contempt proceedings against Bill Clinton after he defied subpoena to testify on Epstein ties, threatens Hillary Clinton if she skips Wednesday hearing. January 14, 2026 View Details Sen. Mark Kelly sues Hegseth and Defense Dept. over attempt to demote him and cut retirement pay for video telling service members they can refuse unlawful orders. January 13, 2026 View Details Plaintiffs seek emergency hearing after Noem secretly reinstated ICE visitor restrictions one day after Minneapolis shooting, blocking three House reps from facility Saturday. January 13, 2026 View Details DHS issues new policy requiring 7-day notice for congressional ICE visits, using OBBBA funding to bypass December court order that blocked identical restriction. January 12, 2026 View Details Justice Department threatens Fed Chair Powell with criminal charges over congressional testimony about building renovations; Powell calls it ‘pretext’ for resisting Trump on interest rates. January 12, 2026 View Details Three Minnesota members of Congress kicked out of ICE facility 30 minutes after being admitted, two days after Noem issued new directive defying court ruling on oversight visits. January 11, 2026 View Details Jim Jordan commits to public hearing for Jack Smith after 8-hour closed-door session failed to produce damaging testimony; Smith’s lawyers had requested open forum for months. January 10, 2026 View Details House Oversight votes to subpoena journalist Seth Harp over reporting on Delta Force commander in Venezuela operation, with bipartisan support despite First Amendment concerns. January 9, 2026 View Details House fails to override two Trump vetoes of unanimously-passed bills, including Lauren Boebert’s Colorado water project vetoed after she signed Epstein files discharge petition. January 9, 2026 View Details White House tells planning commission East Wing demolition was “most economical” option as architect says new 90,000 square foot ballroom “will match exactly” the mansion’s height. January 9, 2026 View Details House passes three-year extension of ACA subsidies 230-196 after 17 Republicans join Democrats to force vote via discharge petition over Speaker Johnson’s opposition. January 9, 2026 View Details Senate advances Venezuela war powers resolution 52-47 after five Republicans break with Trump, who responded they “should never be elected again” as Vance called the law unconstitutional. January 9, 2026 View Details DOT proposes banning all automated traffic cameras in Washington DC, eliminating program that generated $267 million for the city last year. January 8, 2026 View Details Trump announces plan to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, triggering 5% drops in Blackstone and Invitation Homes stock. January 8, 2026 View Details Trump calls for $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, up from $901 billion, claiming tariffs will fund “dream military” days after invading Venezuela and threatening multiple countries. January 8, 2026 View Details Senate confirms former Fox News contributor Sara Carter as drug czar by 52-48 vote despite no government, public health, or law enforcement experience. January 7, 2026 View Details Trump tells House Republicans at Kennedy Center to be “flexible” on abortion funding restrictions, drawing immediate rebuke from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. January 7, 2026 View Details California Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies unexpectedly at 65, one day after Greene resignation and with another GOP member hospitalized, leaving House at 218-213. January 7, 2026 View Details Pentagon moves to downgrade Senator Mark Kelly’s Navy captain rank and retirement pay after he told troops they can refuse illegal orders. January 6, 2026 View Details Top intelligence Democrat says two-hour classified briefing on Venezuela “posed far more questions than it answered” as war powers resolution heads to Senate vote this week. January 6, 2026 View Details Corporation for Public Broadcasting board votes to dissolve 59-year-old organization five months after Congress clawed back $1.1 billion in allocated funds. January 6, 2026 View Details Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire overnight, with 20 million subsidized enrollees facing average 114% premium increases in 2026. January 2, 2026 View Details Trump issues first vetoes of second term, rejecting bipartisan tribal land bill because the Miccosukee Tribe sued over his Everglades detention facility and a Colorado water pipeline bill a senator called part of a “revenge tour.” January 1, 2026 View Details Kennedy Center revised bylaws in May to strip congressional trustees of voting rights, months before Trump appointees “unanimously” voted to add his name to the building. January 1, 2026 View Details Jack Smith testified that Trump’s 2020 election scheme has “no historical analog,” that Trump caused and exploited Jan. 6 violence, and that one tweet endangered Mike Pence’s life. January 1, 2026 View Details Senate Democrats ask Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to explain under what authority she accessed Epstein files after telling Vanity Fair she read them. December 31, 2025 View Details DOJ now says 5.2 million pages of potential Epstein files require review, up from “over a million” last week, with 400 lawyers working to meet January 20 target after missing December 19 deadline. December 31, 2025 View Details Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) appeals partial denial of motion to dismiss assault charges from May ICE detention facility visit, citing selective prosecution and legislative immunity. December 30, 2025 View Details New reporting reveals cannabis CEO’s 18-month lobbying campaign and seven-figure donations led to Trump’s marijuana rescheduling, overriding Speaker Johnson and 22 senators. December 28, 2025 View Details Trump previews marble armrests for Kennedy Center, calling them “unlike anything ever done or seen before,” while lawsuit challenges disputed unanimous vote to add his name. December 28, 2025 View Details Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) calls on British royal family to personally compensate Epstein’s victims after new photos show former Prince Andrew lying across women’s laps at royal estate. December 28, 2025 View Details Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) becomes only Republican among 12 lawmakers asking inspector general to investigate whether Justice Department violated Epstein transparency law Trump signed in November. December 27, 2025 View Details Trump urges Justice Department to release names of any Democrats in Epstein files to “embarrass them,” while complaining DOJ is “forced to spend all of its time” on the release he signed into law. December 27, 2025 View Details Justice Department says it has “over a million more” Epstein documents to release weeks after deadline, hours after co-author of transparency law threatened contempt proceedings. December 25, 2025 View Details Federally indicted Rep. McIver and two House colleagues visit Newark migrant jail after detainee death, find 950 held with sick inmates waiting weeks for care. December 24, 2025 View Details Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) demands answers from unlisted White House ballroom donors including Roblox CEO who allegedly gave $5 million while company faces child safety lawsuits. December 23, 2025 View Details Second trove of Epstein files briefly appears on DOJ website then vanishes without explanation, including references to memos on co-conspirators prosecutors considered charging. December 23, 2025 View Details Four Illinois representatives tour Broadview ICE facility with court order after being denied entry in June, find two detainees where 150 were held at peak in building with 125 capacity. December 23, 2025 View Details Khanna and Massie threaten Attorney General Bondi with impeachment and inherent contempt after DOJ’s partial Epstein files release violates law they co-sponsored. December 22, 2025 View Details DOJ restores Trump photo to Epstein files after bipartisan outcry, claiming it was removed “to protect victims” before admitting no victims were depicted. December 22, 2025 View Details At least 15 Epstein files vanish from Justice Department website one day after release, including photo showing Trump with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. December 21, 2025 View Details Sen. Cynthia Lummis, who raised concerns about Trump’s private meetings with $TRUMP meme coin investors, announces she won’t seek re-election after one term. December 20, 2025 View Details Trump touts “economic boom” in Rocky Mount, NC, where unemployment rose and a factory collapsed, while attacking Roy Cooper as “radical left” in the former governor’s home region. December 20, 2025 View Details Rep. Elise Stefanik drops New York governor bid and won’t seek re-election, joining growing GOP exodus ahead of 2026 midterms. December 20, 2025 View Details Justice Department misses legal deadline to release all Epstein files, drawing bipartisan criticism from Massie, Greene, Schiff, and Schumer for “moving the goalpost.” December 20, 2025 View Details U.S. military kills five more people in boat strikes Thursday, bringing total to 104, hours after House rejected resolutions challenging the attacks on a 210-216 vote. December 19, 2025 View Details Coast Guard will remove policy language downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive” after senators blocked commandant nomination this week. December 19, 2025 View Details Kennedy Center board Trump installed after firing all members votes to add his name to facility, but Congress must approve and ticket sales are down 50%. December 19, 2025 View Details FAA lost up to 500 air traffic controller trainees during 43-day shutdown because they weren’t paid, even as academy stayed open. December 18, 2025 View Details Senate passes $900 billion defense bill 77-20 with 3.8% troop pay raise and threat to cut Hegseth travel budget over boat strike footage. December 18, 2025 View Details Judge rules shutdown-era layoffs at four agencies must be rolled back, saying spending law prohibited all reduction-in-force actions. December 18, 2025 View Details Pentagon escalates probe of Senator Mark Kelly to “official command investigation” over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders. December 18, 2025 View Details House passes Greene bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors 216-211, but bill faces likely death in Senate. December 18, 2025 View Details Four House Republicans sign Democratic discharge petition to force vote on ACA subsidies, reaching 218 signatures in defiance of leadership. December 18, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, seven months after Trump pulled his nomination over Democratic donations. December 18, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks DHS policy requiring seven-day notice for congressional visits to ICE detention facilities, calling it “contrary to law.” December 18, 2025 View Details Two senators freeze Coast Guard commandant nomination after new policy downgrades swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” December 18, 2025 View Details FCC chair tells Senate his agency is “not independent,” as FCC website removes the word from mission statement during hearing. December 18, 2025 View Details House rejects two resolutions to limit Trump’s military campaign against Venezuela, 216-210 and 213-211, with three Republicans breaking ranks. December 18, 2025 View Details U.S. military kills four in 26th boat strike since September, hours after House rejects resolutions limiting Trump’s authority. December 18, 2025 View Details Jack Smith tells House Judiciary he had proof beyond reasonable doubt Trump broke law overturning 2020 election, but Jordan blocked public testimony. December 18, 2025 View Details Sen. Murphy says Rubio and Hegseth admitted in classified briefing that boat strike targets carry cocaine to Europe, not fentanyl to America. December 17, 2025 View Details House Republicans revolt against Johnson over expiring ACA tax credits while leadership in both parties refuse to negotiate on extension timeline. December 17, 2025 View Details Pentagon restricts Congress from viewing unedited boat attack footage as three administration sources confirm strikes target Maduro regime, not drug trafficking. December 17, 2025 View Details Pentagon escalates investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders, moving toward possible court-martial of the retired Navy captain. December 16, 2025 View Details Pentagon proposes reducing military commands from 11 to 8, placing Europe, Middle East, and Africa under single new headquarters in shift toward Western Hemisphere focus. December 16, 2025 View Details Ted Cruz introduces bill requiring military aircraft to use tracking technology after January collision that killed 67, when Army helicopter had its transponder turned off. December 16, 2025 View Details Capitol unveils statue of Barbara Rose Johns, the 16-year-old who led 1951 school strike that became part of Brown v. Board, replacing Robert E. Lee after 111 years. December 16, 2025 View Details US military attacks three boats in eastern Pacific, killing eight, as campaign against alleged drug traffickers faces congressional scrutiny over possible war crimes. December 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration claims national security requires White House ballroom construction to proceed, responding to lawsuit over East Wing demolition without congressional approval. December 16, 2025 View Details FEMA releases $314 million in Hurricane Helene recovery funds to Georgia counties after Senator Warnock reported administration still owes state $600 million in promised aid. December 13, 2025 View Details House Oversight chair threatens contempt proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton if they refuse depositions in Epstein inquiry, hours after Democrats released photos of Clinton and Trump. December 13, 2025 View Details Speaker Johnson unveils House Republican health plan that lets enhanced ACA subsidies expire Dec. 31, as bipartisan discharge petitions gain signatures to force extension votes. December 13, 2025 View Details House Democrats release 89 Epstein estate photos showing Trump, Clinton, Gates, and Prince Andrew, a week before DOJ must release investigation files. December 13, 2025 View Details Speaker Johnson calls second strike on capsized drug boat “entirely appropriate” after viewing classified video, saying survivors were “able-bodied” and “attempting to recover” the narcotics. December 12, 2025 View Details Navy submits recommendations on punishing Senator Mark Kelly over “illegal orders” video to Pentagon lawyers, as Senate Armed Services chair says effort is “not appropriate.” December 12, 2025 View Details Indiana lieutenant governor confirms Trump administration threatened to strip all federal funding from the state if legislature refused to eliminate Democratic congressional seats. December 12, 2025 View Details House tables Trump impeachment resolution 237-140 after Democratic leaders vote “present,” citing lack of investigative process despite articles referencing Trump’s “punishable by DEATH” post about lawmakers. December 12, 2025 View Details House passes bill to restore collective bargaining rights for 600,000 federal workers after 20 Republicans join Democrats to bypass GOP leadership and rebuke Trump’s March executive order. December 12, 2025 View Details Democrat confronts Homeland Security Secretary Noem with deported Army veteran on Zoom after she testified no veterans have been deported, then left hearing early for a meeting that was canceled. December 12, 2025 View Details Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic plans to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, leaving 24 million Americans facing sharp premium increases starting in January. December 12, 2025 View Details Indiana Senate rejects Trump-backed mid-cycle redistricting 31-19 after 21 Republicans join Democrats to block elimination of two Democratic congressional seats. December 12, 2025 View Details Rep. Mace (R-SC) introduces bill to rename former Black Lives Matter Plaza after Charlie Kirk, three months after conservative influencer was killed at Utah college. December 11, 2025 View Details House passes defense bill withholding quarter of Hegseth’s travel budget until Pentagon releases unedited boat strike videos to Congress. December 11, 2025 View Details House Armed Services chair Rogers ends boat attack probe saying “it’s done,” as Holsey tells lawmakers his ouster was “personal” despite reports Hegseth fired him over legality concerns. December 10, 2025 View Details Trump calls Greene “Marjorie Traitor Brown” and “Rotten Apple” after she told 60 Minutes his attacks led to death threats against her son and pipe bomb at her home. December 9, 2025 View Details Rep. Jasmine Crockett enters Texas Senate race hours after Colin Allred drops out, setting up primary against James Talarico to face the Republican nominee. December 9, 2025 View Details Sen. Tom Cotton joins Trump in backing release of second boat strike video, says footage “not gruesome,” while Hegseth continues to cite “sources and methods.” December 8, 2025 View Details Trump attacks Texas congressman’s “lack of LOYALTY” after Cuellar files for reelection as Democrat the same day he received pardon in bribery case. December 8, 2025 View Details Trump publicly names nine Indiana state senators who “need encouragement” to pass redistricting map, threatens to “vote them out” as some report swatting and bomb threats. December 7, 2025 View Details Hegseth declines to commit to releasing video of second boat strike despite Trump saying Wednesday there was “no problem,” as sources say survivors were waving overhead before missile hit. December 7, 2025 View Details ICE agents pepper spray Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva and journalists during Tucson restaurant raid as DHS denies incident caught on video. December 6, 2025 View Details Indiana House passes Trump-requested mid-decade redistricting 57-41, with 12 Republicans including three elected leaders voting no after threats of violence against lawmakers. December 6, 2025 View Details GAO will investigate whether Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte misused authority to refer Trump’s political opponents to DOJ for mortgage fraud after he circumvented his own inspector general to make the referrals. December 5, 2025 View Details Unions seek emergency court order to block 1,000 federal layoffs after Trump administration argues congressional moratorium on reductions in force does not apply at five agencies, with State Department telling employees to “sue us.” December 5, 2025 View Details Former NASA administrator tells Congress the Artemis moon program “cannot work” and should be canceled, warning China will land humans on the Moon first while $10 billion summer infusion provided zero funding for lunar landing efforts. December 5, 2025 View Details Admiral admits boat attack survivors had no radios, contradicting Pentagon’s legal justification, after showing lawmakers video of 41-minute deliberation before ordering second strike. December 5, 2025 View Details Trump pardons Democratic Rep. Cuellar on bribery and money laundering charges, claiming he was prosecuted for opposing open borders, not the alleged $600,000 in bribes. December 4, 2025 View Details House Judiciary subpoenas Jack Smith for closed-door testimony Dec. 17 after rejecting his offer to testify publicly about Trump investigations. December 4, 2025 View Details Admiral who ordered strike on boat survivors briefs Congress Thursday in classified session that could determine whether Hegseth faces accountability. December 4, 2025 View Details Pentagon knew survivors were in the water but launched second strike “to sink the vessel,” information withheld from Congress until recently. December 4, 2025 View Details Hegseth claims “fog of war” prevented him from seeing survivors clinging to wreckage, says he learned of second lethal strike “a couple hours” later as both chambers plan investigations. December 3, 2025 View Details Congress left “pornographic activity” undefined in tips tax law, forcing IRS agents to review OnlyFans content before denying deductions capped at $25,000. December 2, 2025 View Details Three Chuck Schumer district offices receive bomb threats with “MAGA” subject line and false 2020 election claims as political violence against lawmakers continues. December 2, 2025 View Details White House names Vice Admiral Frank Bradley as officer who ordered follow-up attack killing boat survivors, defending action as lawful despite whistleblower reports that Hegseth gave “kill everybody” order. December 2, 2025 View Details Trump ally Rep. Troy Nehls announces retirement, becoming sixth Texas Republican to exit Congress, nine days before filing deadline as gerrymandered map remains blocked by courts. November 30, 2025 View Details House Armed Services leaders join Senate in demanding “full accounting” of boat attacks after Hegseth “kill everybody” order, as Pentagon refuses to provide legal justification in briefings. November 30, 2025 View Details Indiana Republican state senator announces “no” vote on Trump-backed redistricting, citing Trump’s use of disability slur, days after colleagues were swatted for opposing mid-cycle map changes. November 29, 2025 View Details Trump declares all Biden executive orders signed by autopen “cancelled” and threatens perjury charges despite autopen being standard practice used by Obama and Trump himself. November 29, 2025 View Details Supreme Court defers ruling on Trump’s firing of Copyright Office head, bundling case with pending FTC and Federal Reserve challenges. November 27, 2025 View Details Federal judges allow North Carolina to use redrawn map targeting state’s only swing district ahead of 2026 midterms. November 27, 2025 View Details Hegseth sets Dec. 10 deadline for review of Sen. Kelly’s comments urging troops to refuse illegal orders, threatening to recall retired Navy captain for prosecution. November 26, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans target automatic braking and child-alert mandates as too costly ahead of $300B highway bill, as safety advocates point to 40,000 annual road deaths. November 26, 2025 View Details House Education Committee launches antisemitism probe into Fairfax County Public Schools, one of three districts facing federal inquiry over alleged Title VI violations. November 26, 2025 View Details Rep. Swalwell sues housing official Pulte for allegedly accessing his confidential mortgage records, the fourth Trump critic Pulte has referred to DOJ for investigation. November 26, 2025 View Details FBI counterterrorism division opens inquiry into six Democratic lawmakers over video urging troops to refuse illegal orders, days after Trump accused them of sedition “punishable by death.” November 26, 2025 View Details Sen. Gallego releases video telling Pentagon “fuck you and your investigation” after Kelly probe, says Trump can’t intimidate lawmakers from defending Constitution. November 25, 2025 View Details DOJ sues Sen. Jim Justice for $5 million in unpaid 2009 taxes day before statute of limitations expires, Justice immediately agrees to consent judgment. November 25, 2025 View Details Congressional Republicans reject Trump’s health care plan before release, forcing White House to delay proposal after lawmakers learned framework from social media. November 25, 2025 View Details Pentagon investigates Sen. Kelly for telling troops they can refuse illegal orders, threatens court-martial after Trump called for his execution. November 25, 2025 View Details White House to propose two-year Obamacare subsidy extension with income caps at 700% of poverty level and minimum premium payments as credits expire next month. November 24, 2025 View Details Trump posts late Saturday night all-caps demand that 6 Democratic lawmakers with military and CIA service “SHOULD BE IN JAIL” for video telling service members they can refuse illegal orders, repeating sedition claim he said is “punishable by DEATH.” November 23, 2025 View Details Pentagon urges House investigation of Rep. Eugene Vindman for allegedly consulting for Ukraine without approval, days after he led effort demanding Trump-MBS call transcript about Khashoggi. November 23, 2025 View Details Bondi files to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts in Florida after New York denial, citing Transparency Act passed by Congress days after claiming “new information” reversed case closure. November 23, 2025 View Details Trump says peace plan requiring territorial concessions to Russia and NATO membership ban isn’t his “final offer,” 5 days before deadline he set despite Republican and European criticism. November 23, 2025 View Details Bomb threat prompts police search at Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s home days after Trump accused her of sedition “punishable by death” for urging military to refuse illegal orders. November 22, 2025 View Details Justice Alito pauses ruling that struck down Texas’ “Big Beautiful Map” as racial gerrymandering; AG Paxton says it was designed “solely to secure more Republican seats.” November 22, 2025 View Details Former Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces January resignation days after Trump withdrew endorsement, called her a “disgrace” over Epstein files criticism. November 22, 2025 View Details Justice Department reverses itself one day after admitting full grand jury never saw final Comey indictment, now claims charges were properly approved. November 21, 2025 View Details Trump calls for death penalty for six Democratic lawmakers with military backgrounds after they told service members that they can refuse illegal orders. November 21, 2025 View Details Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA), witness in Trump’s first impeachment, calls for release of Trump call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. November 20, 2025 View Details Former GOP rep aide charged with fake personal attack blamed on anti-Trump assailants with cuts and “Trump whore” written on body. November 20, 2025 View Details Trump nominates Stuart Levenbach for CFPB director three weeks before Russ Vought’s 210-day acting limit expires, with OMB spokesperson calling it a “technical nomination” and saying “Vought’s not going anywhere.” November 20, 2025 View Details House votes 426-0 to repeal Senate-inserted provision allowing only senators to sue DOJ for up to $500,000 over seized phone records, with Johnson saying he learned of it after Senate passage. November 20, 2025 View Details House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) as Rep. Nancy Mace introduces censure resolution, with Mace calling the probe a “naked attempt” to kill her measure. November 20, 2025 View Details Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) indicted for stealing $5 million FEMA COVID vaccination overpayment, laundering it through multiple accounts to fund her 2021 congressional campaign. November 20, 2025 View Details Six Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds urge servicemembers to refuse illegal orders after Trump’s Caribbean boat strikes kill at least 83 people. November 19, 2025 View Details House blocks censure of Del. Stacey Plaskett after revelations she texted with Jeffrey Epstein during 2019 Michael Cohen hearing, received suggested questions from him. November 19, 2025 View Details Education Department begins transferring employees to six other agencies as proof-of-concept before asking Congress to permanently shut down the department. November 19, 2025 View Details Federal panel blocks Texas congressional map, finding racial gerrymandering after Gov. Greg Abbott explicitly directed Legislature to redistrict based on race. November 19, 2025 View Details House disapproves of Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García waiting until after Illinois filing deadline to announce retirement, boxing out Democrats except his chief of staff. November 19, 2025 View Details Senate passes Epstein files release bill by unanimous consent after Trump reverses monthslong opposition following rebellion by his own supporters. November 19, 2025 View Details Trump says he would sign bill releasing Epstein files after Sunday reversal, claims “it is really a Democrat problem” while attempting to shift attention to Clinton and Summers. November 18, 2025 View Details Judge orders prosecutors to hand over 30 additional videos by Nov. 26 in Rep. McIver assault case, frustrated by “piecemeal” evidence delivery months after indictment. November 18, 2025 View Details 44% of Americans believe Trump involved in Epstein crimes according to YouGov poll published as House prepares vote on releasing all Justice Department files. November 18, 2025 View Details U.S. military kills three in 21st strike on alleged drug boat since September, providing no evidence as death toll from attacks in Caribbean and Pacific exceeds 75. November 17, 2025 View Details FAA lifts emergency 10% flight reduction at 40 airports Monday after air traffic control staffing recovers from longest government shutdown in U.S. history. November 17, 2025 View Details Indiana State Sen. Greg Goode swatted hours after Trump names him on Truth Social for refusing to advance redistricting Trump says would help House Republican majority. November 17, 2025 View Details Trump calls on House GOP to release Epstein files after discharge petition forces vote, reversing opposition following email revelation that he ‘knew about the girls.’ November 17, 2025 View Details Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says she is receiving death threats after Trump withdrew support for her stance on Epstein files and Affordable Care Act. November 16, 2025 View Details FAA halves mandatory flight cuts from 6% to 3% after airlines refused to comply and cut only 2% Friday, as House Democrats demand safety data and 3,500 controller shortage persists. November 15, 2025 View Details USVI House delegate Plaskett received real-time texts from Epstein during 2019 Michael Cohen hearing that appeared to influence her questioning about Trump assistant, newly released documents show. November 15, 2025 View Details Indiana Senate won’t vote on mid-decade congressional redistricting despite Trump phone pressure and two Vance visits, with Senate President announcing not enough Republican votes to pass. November 15, 2025 View Details Bureau of Labor Statistics schedules delayed September jobs report for Thursday with Democratic senators accusing Trump administration of intentionally restricting economic data release as October CPI may never be compiled. November 15, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws endorsement of Marjorie Taylor Greene hours after she texts him urging support for Epstein files release, ending months-long feud as she claims attack aims to intimidate Republicans before House vote. November 15, 2025 View Details Postmaster General Steiner refuses to reevaluate USPS modernization plan despite $9 billion loss, $900 million controllable loss increase, and bipartisan congressional caucus demanding pause. November 15, 2025 View Details Trump housing chief Bill Pulte sends fourth mortgage fraud referral targeting Democratic Trump critic Eric Swalwell, who has surviving lawsuit against president and appeared on FBI Director Kash Patel’s government gangster list. November 14, 2025 View Details Judge rules two charges can proceed against Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver for May confrontation during ICE facility oversight visit, prosecuted by Trump’s former lawyer. November 14, 2025 View Details Justice Department sues to block voter-approved California map designed to flip five GOP House seats, accusing racial gerrymandering after Texas redrew districts to gain five. November 14, 2025 View Details Former Newsom chief of staff charged with stealing $225,000 from Becerra campaign funds for private jets and designer handbags while claiming $1 million in false tax deductions. November 13, 2025 View Details Johnson vows next week repeal of Senate provision allowing senators $500,000 lawsuits over phone records searched during Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation. November 13, 2025 View Details Johnson swears in Grijalva 50 days after Arizona special election, immediately before shutdown vote she signs as 218th name on Epstein files discharge petition. November 13, 2025 View Details House Democrats release Epstein emails claiming Trump knew about underage girls hours before shutdown vote, prompting GOP to release 20,000 more pages. November 13, 2025 View Details Trump signs funding bill ending 43-day shutdown after Senate Democrats accept promised vote on health care subsidies instead of immediate extension. November 13, 2025 View Details Trump pardons Rep. Diana Harshbarger’s husband for 2013 medical fraud conviction three days after endorsing her 2026 reelection though he already served 48-month prison sentence and paying $848,504 restitution. November 12, 2025 View Details Speaker Johnson schedules Adelita Grijalva swearing-in after nearly seven-week delay Democrats say prevented her signature on Epstein files discharge petition that would force House floor vote. November 12, 2025 View Details Supreme Court extends block on full SNAP payments to 42 million Americans until midnight Thursday as House prepares Wednesday vote on Senate-passed bill to end shutdown. November 12, 2025 View Details Utah judge blocks Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map minutes before midnight deadline, rules it shows “substantial pro-Republican bias” violating voter-approved redistricting law, picks plaintiffs’ alternative. November 11, 2025 View Details Senate passes bill ending 41-day shutdown as eight Democrats join Republicans in exchange for promised December vote on health care subsidies set to expire. November 11, 2025 View Details Federalist co-founder Sean Davis warns Trump “looks weak and rudderless” with no accomplishments or vision, telling Republicans to “wake up” before 2026 midterms in scathing Sunday post. November 10, 2025 View Details Senate advances deal to end 40-day shutdown without guaranteeing expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies will be extended by Dec. 31 deadline. November 10, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats propose one-year ACA subsidy extension to end shutdown, but Republicans reject offer as “political terrorism” and nonstarter. November 8, 2025 View Details Nancy Pelosi announces she will not seek reelection to U.S. House, ending nearly 40-year career representing San Francisco as first woman House speaker. November 7, 2025 View Details Congressional Budget Office identifies cybersecurity incident and takes action to contain breach while investigators examine possible foreign intrusion. November 7, 2025 View Details Maryland sues Trump administration for scrapping congressionally approved FBI headquarters move to Greenbelt and redirecting over $1 billion in appropriated funds to Ronald Reagan Building instead. November 7, 2025 View Details GOP senators reject resolution that would have blocked Trump from conducting military action in Venezuela without congressional authorization. November 7, 2025 View Details Key Congressional Republicans demand Chief Justice Roberts investigate federal judges who anonymously told NY Times that Supreme Court issues orders too vague for lower courts to follow. November 6, 2025 View Details Rubio and Hegseth brief Democrats and Republicans together on boat attacks for first time in two months after Warner said someone should be fired for last week’s Republicans-only briefing. November 6, 2025 View Details Trump demands Republican senators eliminate filibuster to end record 36-day shutdown at White House breakfast the morning after acknowledging his party shoulders more blame following Democratic election victories. November 6, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans slam Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby for not informing Armed Services Committee about Romania troop withdrawal and Ukraine assistance decisions as Democrats echo frustration over being excluded. November 5, 2025 View Details Utah Legislature’s congressional map architect used partisan election data legislators previously called disqualifying as judge faces November 10 deadline to choose 2026 district boundaries. November 4, 2025 View Details White House tells Congress it can attack boats and kill people without congressional approval. November 2, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces 17th vessel attack killing 3 people one day after UN called for halt to strikes, condemned attacks as extrajudicial killings violating international law. November 2, 2025 View Details FDIC Acting Chair Hill faces bipartisan opposition at confirmation hearing as Sen. Kennedy threatens “no” vote over workplace culture inaction and Warren slams undisclosed 20% workforce cuts. November 1, 2025 View Details Ohio Redistricting Commission unanimously passes congressional map giving Republicans 12-3 advantage as Democrats vote yes to avoid “disaster,” blocking voter referendum on gerrymandering. November 1, 2025 View Details Senate Armed Services leaders Wicker and Reed publicly release letters demanding Pentagon provide legal justification for Caribbean boat strikes that killed at least 61 people after documents not provided. November 1, 2025 View Details Senate Republican leaders reject Trump’s call to eliminate 60-vote filibuster and end shutdown without Democrats, with Thune spokesman saying position “unchanged.” November 1, 2025 View Details USDA moves $13 billion from farm programs to tariff relief fund over career staff objections, ignoring congressional notification rules as conservation and dairy aid programs lose funding. October 31, 2025 View Details Federal judge likely to order Trump administration to use emergency funds for November SNAP benefits during 30-day shutdown despite USDA objections. October 31, 2025 View Details House Democrats leave briefing on Trump’s drug boat strikes unsatisfied after Pentagon lawyers fail to appear to explain legal basis for 61 deaths. October 31, 2025 View Details Trump demands Senate eliminate 60-vote filibuster requirement to end 29-day shutdown without negotiating with Democrats. October 31, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws 1,400 US troops from Romania’s NATO air base without consulting Congress, drawing rebuke from Republican Armed Services chairs who say move sends “wrong signal” to Putin during Ukraine war. October 30, 2025 View Details Maryland Gov. Moore pushes mid-cycle congressional redistricting despite Senate President Ferguson rejecting it as “too risky,” setting up Democratic confrontation over response to GOP gerrymanders. October 30, 2025 View Details Trump Export-Import Bank nominee McFerran withdraws after Warren scrutiny over work at Russian-owned steel firm and family ties to Kremlin through wife’s relatives. October 30, 2025 View Details Federal prosecutors charge congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five other political candidates with conspiracy to impede officers at Broadview ICE protests, drawing criticism as effort to silence dissent. October 30, 2025 View Details Hegseth announces 4 killed in latest Eastern Pacific strike on alleged drug boat, the 14th such attack since Sept 2, as Pentagon briefs only Republican senators on campaign. October 30, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans Murkowski, Collins, McConnell and Paul join Democrats in 50-46 vote to terminate Trump’s Canada tariffs in symbolic rebuke blocked by House. October 30, 2025 View Details FCC Chair Brendan Carr delays prison phone call price caps until April 2027, more than two years after January 2025 implementation date, prompting Senate Democrats to call delay “unlawful.” October 29, 2025 View Details House Republican report offers no evidence of conspiracy but urges Bondi to investigate Biden doctor who pleaded the Fifth and claims all autopen actions should be considered void. October 29, 2025 View Details Five Senate Republicans join Democrats to reject Trump’s Brazil tariffs imposed over Bolsonaro indictment, but House GOP procedural rule prevents any vote on presidential trade policy. October 29, 2025 View Details DHS removes ICE field office chiefs in five major cities, replacing them with Border Patrol officials to meet Stephen Miller’s demand for 1 million deportations per year. October 29, 2025 View Details Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley breaks with Speaker Johnson by showing up to Capitol during House recess, calling for immediate swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva after her special election win. October 28, 2025 View Details Virginia House Democrats advance constitutional amendment allowing future mid-decade congressional redistricting in response to GOP map changes, one week before election. October 28, 2025 View Details Health insurance premiums double for 225,000 Coloradans after Congress fails to extend tax credits during shutdown. October 28, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws nomination of Middle East envoy Joel Rayburn for assistant secretary post after Sen. Rand Paul opposed him for allegedly hiding Syria troop levels from Trump. October 28, 2025 View Details Nation’s largest federal employee union calls for clean spending bill with backpay guarantee as shutdown enters fifth week and workers miss first full paycheck. October 28, 2025 View Details Trump administration asks Supreme Court to reverse ruling protecting Copyright Office director fired for AI advice to Congress. October 28, 2025 View Details Pentagon to use $130 million from anonymous Trump friend for military pay during shutdown despite experts saying private donations cannot legally offset appropriations lapses. October 25, 2025 View Details Virginia House Speaker Don Scott called special session for Monday to pursue redistricting that could add two Democratic congressional seats in response to Republican gerrymandering in Texas and other states. October 24, 2025 View Details Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks for 22 hours and 39 minutes on Senate floor protesting Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland and indictments of political opponents, calling it “biggest threat to republic since Civil War.” October 23, 2025 View Details Thirteen vulnerable House Republicans urge Johnson to extend expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies after shutdown, warning constituents face premium spike. October 22, 2025 View Details House Judiciary Chair Jordan sends criminal referral to Justice Department accusing former CIA Director Brennan of lying to Congress about 2016 election investigation. October 22, 2025 View Details Trump fires Export-Import Bank inspector general without notifying Congress or providing rationale as required by law. October 22, 2025 View Details North Carolina House advances GOP redistricting plan flipping swing district to Republicans at Trump’s urging as former Black rep who held seat denounces “power grab.” October 22, 2025 View Details Trump’s nominee to lead whistleblower office withdraws after racist texts surface showing him describing himself with “Nazi streak” and losing Republican support. October 22, 2025 View Details Man pardoned by Trump for Jan. 6 Capitol breach arrested for threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries after anonymous FBI tip. October 22, 2025 View Details Rep. McIver fights to dismiss assault charges from Newark mayor’s arrest, citing selective prosecution after DOJ dropped 160 Jan. 6 cases with same charge. October 22, 2025 View Details Arizona Attorney General sues House after Speaker Johnson refuses to swear in Grijalva until Democrats end shutdown, leaving district without representation for four weeks. October 22, 2025 View Details Hegseth orders all Pentagon personnel to seek approval from legislative affairs office before communicating with Congress, marking departure from current practice. October 22, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans refuse Democratic demands for health care funding at White House Rose Garden meeting with Trump during fourth week of shutdown. October 22, 2025 View Details Comey asks judge to dismiss charges, arguing career prosecutors found no case but Trump installed White House aide who filed indictment days before statute of limitations expired. October 21, 2025 View Details North Carolina Senate advances Trump-backed congressional map to flip Don Davis’s Democratic district, moving state delegation to 11 Republicans and 3 Democrats. October 21, 2025 View Details Nuclear weapons agency furloughs 1,400 employees for first time in a shutdown, keeping 400 working to protect property and human life. October 21, 2025 View Details Government shutdown threatens 65,000 Head Start preschoolers as 134 programs face funding cutoff Nov. 1. October 21, 2025 View Details Republican budget failure will halt November food stamps for 42 million Americans, multiple states warn. October 21, 2025 View Details IRS files tax lien against Sen. Jim Justice and wife for more than $8 million in unpaid assessments, the only personal lien against him in decades of public records. October 20, 2025 View Details Trump frees former Rep. George Santos after 84 days of a 7-year sentence for wire fraud and identity theft, with Santos now vowing prison reform. October 20, 2025 View Details Trump joins call with Indiana Senate Republicans urging mid-decade redistricting to eliminate the state’s two Democratic U.S. House seats and help Republicans maintain majority. October 18, 2025 View Details Trump commutes George Santos’s seven-year prison sentence three months into his term for wire fraud and identity theft convictions. October 18, 2025 View Details Sen. McConnell, 83, stumbles and falls in Senate office building after reporter questions him about ICE deportations, his latest health incident following multiple falls and freezing episodes. October 17, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats block annual Defense appropriations bill in 50-44 vote, demanding it be paired with Labor and Health spending bill as government shutdown enters third week. October 17, 2025 View Details Sen. Shelley Moore Capito voted to confirm her son Moore Capito as U.S. Attorney for Southern District of West Virginia, with ethics watchdog citing a growing trend of senators voting for relatives. October 17, 2025 View Details House Democrats march to Speaker Mike Johnson’s office demanding he swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva while keeping Congress out of session during shutdown. October 16, 2025 View Details Trump says Gateway Tunnel funding Schumer “worked 20 years to get” is “terminated,” along with Second Avenue Subway extension, targeting billions in NY area infrastructure projects. October 16, 2025 View Details House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Rep. Cory Mills a “faithful colleague” after judge grants restraining order barring Mills from coming within 500 feet of ex-girlfriend and finds his testimony untruthful. October 16, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from firing workers during shutdown, calling cuts politically motivated and carried out with “very much ready, fire, aim” approach that “has a human cost.” October 16, 2025 View Details Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes threatens legal action against House Speaker Mike Johnson for refusing to seat Adelita Grijalva three weeks after special election win with 70% of vote. October 15, 2025 View Details Trump doubles down on threat to withhold federal money from New York if Zohran Mamdani wins City Hall, calling assemblymember a communist who would squander taxpayer money. October 15, 2025 View Details House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan demands Jack Smith testify after revelations former special counsel obtained phone records of sitting Republican lawmakers during 2020 election probe. October 15, 2025 View Details Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday, five weeks after conservative activist was fatally shot at Utah Valley University. October 15, 2025 View Details Illinois officials call for fence removal at Broadview ICE facility before Tuesday court deadline, as congressman denied access to check on detained 15-year-old from his district. October 14, 2025 View Details North Carolina Republicans will redraw congressional districts next week to gain GOP seat, part of nationwide redistricting fight including Texas, Missouri and California. October 14, 2025 View Details Vance warns deeper cuts to federal workforce coming as shutdown enters 12th day, threatening painful reductions beyond the over 4,000 employees set to be fired. October 13, 2025 View Details Speaker Johnson keeps House out of session during 10-day shutdown, canceling votes through at least next Tuesday while blaming Senate Democrats for blocking GOP stopgap bill. October 11, 2025 View Details Senate passes defense bill 77-20 after Democrats fail to limit Trump’s domestic troop deployments, with all four amendments restricting National Guard use rejected along party lines. October 10, 2025 View Details Republicans repeal Biden mining and drilling restrictions in Alaska, Montana and North Dakota despite findings projects threaten wildlife and Alaska Native tribes reliant on hunting. October 10, 2025 View Details Vance makes second Indiana trip to salvage stalled mid-cycle redistricting after state Republicans warn White House that Senate leader is subtly discouraging the partisan remap effort. October 10, 2025 View Details Senate votes to repeal 1991 and 2003 Iraq war authorizations despite Trump’s opposition to limits on his military power, with even Republican opponents declining to fight the measure. October 10, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans block war powers resolution to stop Trump’s unauthorized strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela that killed at least 21 people without trial or evidence. October 9, 2025 View Details Trump appoints retired Marine Col. Daren Margolin to lead immigration courts despite 2013 firing from Quantico security command for negligently discharging gun in his office. October 8, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Neil Jacobs as NOAA chief despite 2019 ethics violation when he criticized forecasters who corrected Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama. October 8, 2025 View Details AG Bondi calls senators “liar” and “failed lawyer” during hearing while refusing to answer questions about Epstein files, Homan bribery probe and politicization of Justice Department. October 8, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans use month-old rule allowing group confirmations to approve more than 100 Trump nominees at once, including former football star Herschel Walker as ambassador to the Bahamas. October 8, 2025 View Details GOP senators reveal FBI analyzed cellphone records of nine Republican lawmakers during Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation, calling it privacy violations and promising consequences. October 8, 2025 View Details Trump says he will decide which furloughed federal workers receive back pay after OMB deletes from its website reference to 2019 law he signed guaranteeing retroactive pay for all employees. October 8, 2025 View Details Cruz uses Senate committee authority to demand Wikipedia bias documents weeks after criticizing FCC chair for pressuring ABC, comparing government media pressure to mafia shakedown. October 7, 2025 View Details Trump demands Democrats reopen government before discussing health care, reversing earlier Monday openness to ACA subsidy deal as Democratic leaders deny any negotiations exist. October 7, 2025 View Details Trump tells Navy sailors not to worry about paychecks held by government shutdown, promising back pay while blaming Democrats for funding standoff. October 6, 2025 View Details Speaker Johnson cancels House votes through Oct. 13 to pressure Democrats on shutdown while delaying Epstein files discharge petition set to succeed once new Democrat sworn in. October 4, 2025 View Details Speaker Johnson continues blocking Arizona Democrat’s swearing-in for 8th day, keeping her from becoming 218th signature to force Epstein files vote. October 2, 2025 View Details Trump posts second AI-generated deepfake video mocking House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries with sombrero and mustache hours after Jeffries condemned first video as racist bigotry. October 1, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats demand clarity from White House after Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano says he’d consider raising retirement age, then walks back comment claiming administration “not considering” changes. October 1, 2025 View Details House Republicans abruptly adjourn session to avoid swearing in newly-elected Arizona Democrat whose vote would provide 218th vote needed to pass bill releasing Epstein files. October 1, 2025 View Details Federal government shuts down as Republicans refuse to negotiate health care funding Democrats say is required for 60-vote Senate passage. October 1, 2025 View Details House Democrats release district-by-district tool showing Medicaid, Medicare and ACA cuts’ local impact as they refuse to capitulate in shutdown negotiations over Republican healthcare changes. September 30, 2025 View Details Government shutdown appears unavoidable after White House meeting fails as Trump administration authorizes permanent firing of federal workers during funding lapse. September 30, 2025 View Details Missouri governor signs Trump-backed map splitting Kansas City’s 20-year Democratic district into rural conservative areas ahead of 2026 midterms. September 29, 2025 View Details Trump agrees to meet congressional leaders Monday after canceling last Thursday talks, threatening mass federal firings if government shuts down September 30. September 28, 2025 View Details House Democrats release Epstein records showing scheduled meetings with Bannon, Thiel and Gates, plus query about Musk visiting island. September 27, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid despite GAO ruling the move illegal. September 27, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose renaming career training Pell Grants as “Trump Grants” despite Rhode Island opposition to changing the 45-year-old name. September 26, 2025 View Details Justice Department indicts James Comey for lying to Congress days after Trump replaces prosecutor who refused to charge him. September 26, 2025 View Details Sen. Lindsey Graham used a national Fox News interview to endorse a third presidential term for Trump, a direct challenge to the 22nd Amendment. September 25, 2025 View Details A federal judge finds Trump’s firing of 17 government watchdogs unlawful but denies their reinstatement, stating he could legally fire them again with proper notice. September 25, 2025 View Details The White House tells federal agencies to plan permanent layoffs ahead of a shutdown, targeting employees in programs “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” September 25, 2025 View Details The Justice Dept. appears poised to charge James Comey with lying to Congress just days after Trump installed his former personal lawyer as the new prosecutor. September 25, 2025 View Details In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Alphabet said YouTube will restore channels banned for spreading pandemic-era COVID and election misinformation, blaming the original bans on pressure from the Biden administration. September 24, 2025 View Details House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded Trump to cancel a shutdown meeting with Democrats, fearing the president would cut a deal unfavorable to the GOP. September 24, 2025 View Details Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins her late father’s Arizona House seat, shrinking the GOP majority and delivering the final signature needed to force a vote on releasing Epstein files. September 24, 2025 View Details Trump will meet Democratic leaders on Thursday to avert a government shutdown after they bypassed GOP leadership for direct talks. September 23, 2025 View Details Republican Senator Rand Paul calls the FCC chair’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license “absolutely inappropriate,” breaking with Trump who defended the action. September 22, 2025 View Details Trump taps his legal adversary Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell for the U.S. investor group buying TikTok after freezing a congressionally mandated sale. September 22, 2025 View Details Democratic leaders demanded a meeting with Trump 10 days before a government shutdown deadline, blaming him for a standoff over health care funding. September 21, 2025 View Details The White House detailed a TikTok deal giving Oracle control of U.S. data months after Trump used executive orders to bypass a congressionally mandated ban. September 21, 2025 View Details George Soros gives $10 million to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure to redraw congressional maps to oust Republicans. September 20, 2025 View Details Senator Ted Cruz likens the FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics, drawing a rebuke from President Trump. September 20, 2025 View Details The House passes a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk, but dozens of Democrats object to language praising his character. September 20, 2025 View Details The Senate confirms former NSA Michael Waltz as UN ambassador after a deal to release foreign aid secured Democratic support. September 20, 2025 View Details The Senate rejects both Republican and Democratic stopgap funding bills, moving the government closer to a shutdown in 11 days. September 20, 2025 View Details D.C. officials deny federal efforts reduce crime and accuse the police union chief of lying to Congress during a contentious hearing. September 19, 2025 View Details Sen. Bernie Sanders becomes the first U.S. senator to declare Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing a U.N. panel’s conclusion from two days prior. September 19, 2025 View Details Eight months after a fatal crash, Sens. Warner and Kaine demand Congress roll back flights at National Airport, citing a report that confirmed their prior safety warnings. September 19, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans use a newly-created ‘nuclear option’ to confirm 48 Trump nominees, including Kimberly Guilfoyle, in a single party-line vote. September 19, 2025 View Details One week after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, House leaders doubled lawmakers’ personal security allowance to $10,000 per month. September 18, 2025 View Details House Judiciary Republicans voted down a request to subpoena bank CEOs about their ties to Jeffrey Epstein, with one Republican breaking ranks. September 18, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations. September 18, 2025 View Details House Democrats and four Republicans block Rep. Nancy Mace’s resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments following Charlie Kirk’s murder. September 18, 2025 View Details Democrats warn OPM is unprepared to run the new postal health benefits program due to staffing and funding shortfalls September 17, 2025 View Details The GAO determined the Trump administration illegally withheld FEMA funds for the homeless for the sixth time this year. September 17, 2025 View Details House Republicans released a seven-week government funding bill, setting up a shutdown fight with Democrats over health care provisions September 17, 2025 View Details House Republican leaders flipped party holdouts in a floor vote to surrender Congress’s tariff authority to Trump until early 2026. September 17, 2025 View Details The House passed two bills to charge more D.C. juveniles as adults, with dozens of Democrats joining Republicans to override local control. September 17, 2025 View Details Democrats accused FBI Director Kash Patel of gutting the bureau for political reasons during a combative Senate hearing days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. September 17, 2025 View Details Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene echoes the White House in blaming the left for Kirk’s murder, calling for a ‘national divorce.’ September 16, 2025 View Details Trump uses an executive order to shift federal public school funds to private vouchers, sidestepping congressional authority. September 16, 2025 View Details The Senate confirms White House economic adviser Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve board in a 48-47 vote, advancing Trump’s pressure campaign for lower interest rates. September 16, 2025 View Details Trump reposted a supporter’s call to revive a misunderstood anti-propaganda law as the ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ to punish media outlets. September 14, 2025 View Details Two days after the killing of his friend Charlie Kirk, Vice President JD Vance urged Republican donors to fund a 2026 midterm congressional victory in his honor. September 14, 2025 View Details Missouri Republicans approve a gerrymandered map to gain a U.S. House seat while simultaneously gutting the citizen initiative process. September 13, 2025 View Details Led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, 16 House Republicans are now pushing for a permanent statue of Charlie Kirk in the U.S. Capitol. September 12, 2025 View Details A top Senate Republican is investigating the SSA after its chief data officer resigned, alleging DOGE put every Social Security number on a vulnerable server. September 12, 2025 View Details The publisher of Florida Politics suspended a reporter after Rep. Randy Fine fueled a backlash over a question about campus carry minutes after the Kirk shooting. September 12, 2025 View Details Speaker Mike Johnson appointed a new GOP-led House panel to re-investigate the January 6 attack and issue a report rebuking the original committee’s findings. September 12, 2025 View Details Nearly 300 South Korean workers arrested in a raid at a Georgia battery plant rejected Trump’s offer to let them stay and train Americans. September 12, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans changed chamber rules to confirm Trump’s nominees in batches, bypassing Democratic opposition and immediately advancing 48 nominees. September 12, 2025 View Details The military strike on a Venezuelan boat reportedly occurred after the vessel turned back to shore, fueling bipartisan congressional backlash over its legality. September 12, 2025 View Details Florida police arrest former Rep. Madison Cawthorn for failure to appear in court as he explores a new congressional run. September 11, 2025 View Details The Trump administration has amassed data on 33 million voters with a new citizenship tool while ignoring questions from states and Congress about its use. September 11, 2025 View Details A House moment of silence for Charlie Kirk devolves into shouting after Rep. Lauren Boebert demands an audible prayer, saying “silent prayers get silent results.” September 11, 2025 View Details The Pentagon begins deploying a new satellite network intended to serve as the foundation for Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield. September 11, 2025 View Details Trump threatens a $10 billion lawsuit against The New York Times for its analysis linking his signature to an Epstein note released by Congress. September 11, 2025 View Details Sen. Chuck Schumer disrupts bipartisan defense bill talks with a surprise amendment to force the release of all Jeffrey Epstein files. September 11, 2025 View Details A new CBO report finds Trump’s deportation agenda will remove 320,000 people and shrink the nation’s prime-age workforce over the next decade. September 11, 2025 View Details House Republicans push bills to give the president control over D.C.’s attorney general and judges the day after Trump’s federal police takeover expired. September 11, 2025 View Details The Social Security Administration cuts its congressional casework office from 50 staffers to three, leaving lawmakers with unresponsive liaisons. September 10, 2025 View Details Democrat James Walkinshaw wins the Virginia congressional seat of his late boss, Gerry Connolly, narrowing the GOP House majority to 219-213. September 10, 2025 View Details Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez will testify to the Senate next week about her firing by HHS Secretary Kennedy over a vaccine dispute. September 10, 2025 View Details The Missouri House passes a gerrymandered congressional map and new rules to curb voter-led initiatives during a special session prompted by Trump. September 10, 2025 View Details The Supreme Court expedites its review of Trump’s tariffs just weeks after lower courts ruled the president usurped congressional power over trade. September 10, 2025 View Details House Democrats release an alleged Trump note from Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book months after the president sued reporters over its existence. September 9, 2025 View Details Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted Vice President JD Vance for praising the military killing of 11 alleged cartel members in international waters without a trial. September 8, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose 14 bills to assert federal control over D.C. criminal justice one day after the city’s attorney general sued Trump. September 6, 2025 View Details DHS gave a no-bid sniper training contract to the brother of a GOP congressman whose firm was not authorized to operate in its listed state. September 5, 2025 View Details As the DOJ investigates Lisa Cook and Adam Schiff for mortgage fraud, a report finds three Trump Cabinet members have similar mortgage issues. September 5, 2025 View Details Representative Tim Burchett pushed a Gaza war protester who bumped him, prompting an intervention by Capitol Police. September 5, 2025 View Details Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee says he will keep his White House job if confirmed, contradicting his own 2024 paper calling for Fed independence. September 5, 2025 View Details The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to quickly reverse a lower court ruling that found his emergency tariffs usurp congressional power. September 5, 2025 View Details A federal judge orders the Trump administration to release $11.5 billion in foreign aid, blocking a presidential move identified as a “pocket rescission.” September 5, 2025 View Details On the same day RFK Jr. testified to Congress, Massachusetts bypassed the CDC to require insurers to cover state-recommended vaccines. September 5, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces bipartisan calls for his resignation during a chaotic hearing on his CDC shake-up and vaccine policies. September 5, 2025 View Details The Trump administration cuts hundreds of millions in security funding for nations bordering Russia one month after approving a major arms sale to Ukraine. September 5, 2025 View Details House Republicans created a new committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack in an effort to rewrite the findings of the previous Democratic-led panel. September 4, 2025 View Details FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is moving to end a school Wi-Fi hotspot program after a similar legislative ban from Sen. Ted Cruz passed the Senate but stalled in the House. September 4, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans are preparing a rules change that would allow them to mass-confirm Trump nominees and bypass a Democratic blockade September 4, 2025 View Details Four conservative Republicans have joined Democrats on a petition to release the Epstein files, leaving the effort two votes short of forcing a House vote. September 4, 2025 View Details Five House Republicans joined Democrats to kill a GOP resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, arguing the Ethics Committee should investigate first. September 4, 2025 View Details A coalition of far-right and progressive House members has introduced a unified bill to ban lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks. September 4, 2025 View Details As Epstein survivors and bipartisan lawmakers demanded the Justice Dept release all case files, Trump dismissed their effort as a “Democrat hoax.” September 4, 2025 View Details Texas AG Ken Paxton uses a new school prayer law to endorse the Lord’s Prayer just weeks after a court struck down a Ten Commandments mandate. September 3, 2025 View Details Senator Ron Wyden accuses the Treasury Department of withholding suspicious activity reports on Jeffrey Epstein’s financial network. September 3, 2025 View Details The House Oversight Committee’s release of Epstein files consists almost entirely of previously public records. September 3, 2025 View Details Trump administration appointees cancel Senator Mark Warner’s intelligence meeting after social media attacks from conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. September 3, 2025 View Details A D.C. Circuit panel led by Trump appointees allows the EPA to cancel $16 billion in green energy grants following congressional repeal of the program. September 3, 2025 View Details Senator Rand Paul attacks former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis’s ‘lifestyle’ days after he resigned to protest administration policy. September 3, 2025 View Details DC Mayor Bowser orders police to create a joint operations center with federal agencies as Congress advances bills expanding Trump’s control of the District. September 3, 2025 View Details Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie will hold a Wednesday press conference at the Capitol with ten of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims to demand the release of DOJ case files September 2, 2025 View Details Trump proposes a 1% pay raise for most federal employees in 2026 but a 3.8% increase for some law enforcement personnel. September 1, 2025 View Details DHS officials block Rep. Emily Randall from an ICE facility even after she cited the federal law granting her immediate access. September 1, 2025 View Details Robert Mueller’s family reveals he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease four years ago, following a House subpoena for his testimony on the Epstein case. September 1, 2025 View Details Months after Trump’s blanket pardon, a lawyer for Jan. 6 rioters says he pitched top Justice Dept. officials on a plan to pay them financial damages. September 1, 2025 View Details Trump moves to eliminate the George H.W. Bush-era HOME program, a housing grant heavily used in rural Republican districts. August 31, 2025 View Details Video shows Rep. Barry Moore fleeing Alabama town hall after crowd erupts over Trump deportation policies and his claim that non-citizens lack due process. August 30, 2025 View Details House Democrats probe Trump son-in-law Michael Boulos over $100K Saudi wedding deal that appeared to sell access to Trump family. August 30, 2025 View Details Days after the Justice Dept. said it would not release most Epstein files, Rep. Robert Garcia announced the estate will hand over new documents on September 8, including the book with Trump’s alleged note. August 30, 2025 View Details A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans, ruling Congress did not grant it that authority. August 30, 2025 View Details Trump is using a ‘pocket rescission’ to bypass Congress and block $4.9 billion in foreign aid, a maneuver unused for nearly 50 years. August 30, 2025 View Details A federal appeals court ruled Trump overstepped his authority by imposing tariffs without Congress, but allowed the illegal duties to remain for now. August 30, 2025 View Details Missouri’s governor calls a special session to redraw congressional maps mid-decade, drawing praise from Trump and condemnation from Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. August 30, 2025 View Details Appeals court keeps nonprofits’ challenge alive against Trump administration’s freeze on $15B in foreign aid, sending dispute back to lower court. August 29, 2025 View Details Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel set to testify before House Judiciary in coming weeks as Congress presses DOJ over Epstein files. August 29, 2025 View Details Pentagon orders West Point to reinstall Robert E. Lee portrait with enslaved figure, defying 2021 law banning Confederate memorials at military sites. August 29, 2025 View Details Pentagon drops oversight of XM7 rifle and nearly 100 other weapons programs after Hegseth cuts testing office staff, reviving fears of unproven arms in combat. August 29, 2025 View Details HHS Secretary Kennedy installed his own deputy as acting CDC director after his fired chief, Susan Monarez, refused to leave the agency. August 29, 2025 View Details The Trump administration approved an $825 million missile sale to Ukraine as peace talks with Russia stall and Russian attacks escalate. August 29, 2025 View Details Key Trump allies in Congress launch a probe into Wikipedia, alleging coordinated campaigns to inject anti-Israel and pro-Russia bias. August 28, 2025 View Details In a major reversal, Louisiana’s attorney general now asks the Supreme Court to find a key provision of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. August 28, 2025 View Details Air Force reverses Biden-era denial and will grant military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, four years after her burial, in recognition of her service. August 28, 2025 View Details Trump calls Utah redistricting order unconstitutional after judge ruled GOP legislature defied voter-approved safeguards against gerrymandering. August 28, 2025 View Details Justice Department tells Supreme Court only Congress can contest Trump’s withholding of foreign aid, advancing his effort to strengthen executive control over congressional spending appropriations. August 27, 2025 View Details Trump and Vice President JD Vance press Indiana Republicans in White House meetings to redraw congressional maps, threatening primary challengers for those resisting. August 27, 2025 View Details Trump proposes renaming Defense Department as Department of War to signal more aggressive posture, dismissing need for congressional approval. August 26, 2025 View Details Utah judge orders GOP legislature to redraw congressional maps within 30 days, enforcing voter-approved Prop 4 after lawmakers’ unconstitutional bid to weaken it. August 26, 2025 View Details Trump and California Republicans move to block Newsom’s Prop 50 redistricting plan as Democrats push voter-approved mid-decade map. August 26, 2025 View Details Trump pressures Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley to end the blue slip veto that lets home-state senators block federal prosecutor nominations. August 25, 2025 View Details Trump threatens to revoke Key Bridge funding and deploy troops to Baltimore after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore challenges his crime narrative. August 25, 2025 View Details Democrats say only 3% of Epstein files given to Congress are new flight location records, with 97% recycled from old investigations. August 24, 2025 View Details Trump pressures Missouri Republicans to redraw congressional map before 2026 midterms to target Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s seat. August 24, 2025 View Details Rep. Andy Biggs introduces bill to extend Trump control of D.C. police for six months, joining GOP push to expand federal power. August 24, 2025 View Details DOJ turns over first batch of Epstein files to House Oversight panel after subpoena, with more disclosures expected. August 23, 2025 View Details Texas Senate approves Republican-drawn congressional map giving Trump’s party up to 5 more seats as Democrats vow legal challenges. August 23, 2025 View Details Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $783 million in research grants Congress had appropriated under anti-DEI push. August 22, 2025 View Details Trump budget office withholds over half of PEPFAR’s $6 billion despite congressional appropriation, jeopardizing a program credited with saving millions of lives. August 22, 2025 View Details Tarrant County commissioners slash early voting sites nearly in half and cut more than 100 Election Day polling places, sparking voter suppression charges. August 21, 2025 View Details Texas House Republicans approve mid-decade gerrymander adding 5 GOP U.S. House seats after Democrats’ two-week walkout under Trump pressure. August 21, 2025 View Details Texas Rep. Nicole Collier refuses GOP demand to sign “permission slip” for 24/7 police surveillance, spends second night on House floor as Democrats protest Trump-backed redistricting August 20, 2025 View Details White House launches official TikTok account while Trump refuses to enforce law requiring its ban. August 20, 2025 View Details Foundations pledge $37M lifeline to rural PBS and NPR after Trump, GOP cut $1.1B August 20, 2025 View Details Federal judge certifies all former USAID employees and contractors in class action over Musk, DOGE shutdown plan August 20, 2025 View Details Trump administration restores public spending database after court order, but Democrats warn budget office may still be concealing funding details. August 20, 2025 View Details Trump nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics Erwin Antoni linked to deleted account that spread election denial, Covid conspiracies, and violent rhetoric before Jan. 6. August 19, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forces out Air Force Chief of Staff David Allvin two years into term, extending Pentagon purge of senior officers. August 19, 2025 View Details Trump administration presses to complete 10,000 HHS layoffs after Supreme Court backing, challenging judge’s injunction as executive authority fight deepens. August 19, 2025 View Details Comer says DOJ will begin turning over Epstein files Friday after subpoena, regardless of prior resistance. August 19, 2025 View Details House Speaker Mike Johnson vows to stop Newsom’s California redistricting as an “illegal power grab” while ignoring Texas doing the same. August 19, 2025 View Details Texas Democrats ordered to sign police surveillance agreements as they return from walkout, clearing way for Trump-backed redistricting. August 19, 2025 View Details Rubio defends halting medical visas for Gazans following inquiries from GOP congressmen, citing concerns about Hamas-linked organizations. August 18, 2025 View Details Restaurant attendance in DC plunges after Trump seizes control of police and floods city with federal officers and National Guard. August 18, 2025 View Details CBO warns Trump’s new tax law could trigger hundreds of billions in automatic cuts beginning in 2026, including up to $250B from Medicare, unless Congress intervenes. August 17, 2025 View Details Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expands restraining order to block Beto O’Rourke’s group and ActBlue from moving funds after $1M donations to Democrats. August 17, 2025 View Details Trump administration dropped 165 corporate enforcement cases, created loyalty scorecard for 553 companies, and halted probes of major tech firms. August 16, 2025 View Details Trump administration tightens solar and wind tax-credit rules under new GOP guidance, threatening clean-energy projects as it undercuts Inflation Reduction Act incentives. August 16, 2025 View Details California Democrats unveil congressional map aimed at netting five additional U.S. House seats to counter GOP redistricting in Texas. August 16, 2025 View Details Attorney General Bondi names DEA head Terry Cole emergency police commissioner for DC as city mayor, attorney general and council declare the order unlawful. August 15, 2025 View Details Illinois judge rejects Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to arrest Democrats who fled the state to block redistricting. August 14, 2025 View Details Residents protest federal and ICE checkpoints Wednesday night after Trump’s federal takeover of D.C. police and National Guard deployment. August 14, 2025 View Details Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for violating injunction against fundraising for Democratic redistricting walkout. August 13, 2025 View Details White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggests Trump’s takeover of D.C. police could extend beyond the 30-day legal limit despite requiring Congressional approval. August 13, 2025 View Details Abbott threatens to “eliminate” additional 5 Democratic House seats beyond original five in escalating Texas redistricting fight. August 12, 2025 View Details Federal appeals court orders Trump budget office to restore spending transparency website by Friday after separation of powers dispute. August 12, 2025 View Details Nonpartisan CBO report shows Trump’s tax law benefits richest 10% with $13,600 while poorest lose $1,200 in aid cuts. August 12, 2025 View Details Abbott says he’ll continually call special sessions for years to pass Trump-backed redistricting after more than 50 Democrats flee Texas. August 11, 2025 View Details Arizona senator Ruben Gallego rallies Iowa Democrats against Trump’s tax law, spotlighting Medicaid cuts and targeting Iowa GOP politicians ahead of 2026 August 10, 2025 View Details Justice Department names Trump ally Ed Martin special prosecutor in probes of AG Letitia James and Adam Schiff after D.C. U.S. attorney bid withdrawn. August 10, 2025 View Details Trump administration demands over $1 billion settlement from UCLA including $172 million for victims after freezing $584 million in research grants. August 9, 2025 View Details California Gov. Newsom to call November special election to let voters approve new congressional map in response to Texas GOP redistricting. August 9, 2025 View Details Texas Sen. John Cornyn says FBI will track Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois to block GOP maps after asking Director Kash Patel. August 8, 2025 View Details Library of Congress blames coding error after parts of US Constitution, including powers of Congress, habeas corpus and emoluments clause, vanish from website. August 7, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump administration from canceling humanities grants citing constitutional violation of congressional spending power. August 7, 2025 View Details Bomb threat forces Texas Democrats from Illinois hotel on third day of redistricting standoff after Abbott vows to hunt them down. August 7, 2025 View Details Nebraska GOP Rep. Flood faces hostile town hall with “vote him out” chants while defending Trump’s agenda, with constituent asking “how much does it cost for fascism?” August 6, 2025 View Details Republican Rep. Mills accused in police report of threatening to release nude videos of Miss United States winner after relationship ended. August 6, 2025 View Details Trump says FBI “may have to” help arrest Texas Democrats who fled state to block Republican redistricting plan gaining GOP five congressional seats. August 6, 2025 View Details House Republicans subpoena Clintons and former Justice officials for depositions while demanding unredacted Epstein files, expanding Democratic transparency effort into partisan targeting. August 6, 2025 View Details Texas House votes to arrest Democrats who fled state to block redistricting maps designed to gain five more GOP seats. August 5, 2025 View Details Marjorie Taylor Greene asks Trump to pardon George Santos days after former congressman reported to prison for defrauding donors. August 5, 2025 View Details GOP senators block Trump Treasury nominees until agency clarifies it won’t prematurely end renewable energy tax credits. August 5, 2025 View Details Texas House Democrats flee to Democratic states to block Trump’s congressional gerrymandering push as Republicans threaten arrests and expulsions. August 3, 2025 View Details Sen. Alex Padilla says California should redistrict if Texas gerrymandering succeeds, warning “stakes are simply too high” for Democrats not to respond. August 3, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Trump loyalist Andrew Puzder as EU ambassador seven years after he withdrew from Labor Secretary nomination over spousal abuse allegations and employing undocumented housekeeper. August 3, 2025 View Details Democrats lead generic congressional ballot 45.2% to 42.8% after roughly six-point swing from Republican advantages earlier in 2025. August 3, 2025 View Details Senate leaves for recess without confirmation deal after Trump posts for Schumer to “go to hell” and Republicans threaten rules changes. August 3, 2025 View Details Trump forces Senate to delay August recess over stalled confirmations as Democrats block nominees and Thune considers rule changes. August 2, 2025 View Details Corporation for Public Broadcasting that funds NPR and PBS announces shutdown after Republican legislation yanks back over $1 billion at Trump’s request. August 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration blocks up to $300 million in CDC funding for gun violence prevention and health programs despite congressional approval in escalating appropriations fight. August 2, 2025 View Details Wyden releases YouTube video saying DOJ ignored $1B in Epstein wire transfers August 1, 2025 View Details Eleven-judge federal appeals panel questions Trump’s claim that the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act lets him impose sweeping tariffs without Congress. August 1, 2025 View Details House Democrats sue Trump administration for week-notice rule restricting unannounced ICE detention inspections, citing law guaranteeing congressional access. July 31, 2025 View Details Former Biden counselor Steve Ricchetti testifies to House GOP investigators that the president stayed fully in charge and staff never hid his mental fitness. July 31, 2025 View Details After Trump labels him a “second-tier senator,” Hawley defends his congressional stock-trading ban bill and offers changes to win the president’s backing. July 31, 2025 View Details Judge Lamberth demands Trump administration justify ignoring order to revive Voice of America and account for $260 million budget by Aug. 13. July 31, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats invoke 100-year-old Rule of Five to force DOJ to hand over full Epstein files by Aug. 15, spotlighting Trump ties. July 31, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Joe Kent to lead National Counterterrorism Center by 52 to 44 despite far-right extremist ties and Jan. 6 conspiracy claims. July 31, 2025 View Details Senate blocks bid to halt $675 million arms sale to Israel as 27 Democrats break over Gaza’s soaring death toll. July 31, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats erupt in rare floor fight as Booker accuses party of being complicit with Trump. July 30, 2025 View Details Ghislaine Maxwell offers to testify before Congress about Jeffrey Epstein only if granted pardon, but House Oversight Committee already rejects immunity deal. July 30, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans confirm former Trump lawyer Emil Bove to lifetime appeals court position despite three whistleblowers alleging he told subordinates to ignore court orders. July 30, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Susan Monarez as first CDC director under 2023 law requiring confirmation as agency faces massive staffing cuts. July 30, 2025 View Details Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes first Republican lawmaker to call Israel’s Gaza campaign genocide, breaking with party’s unified support for Israel. July 30, 2025 View Details Second whistleblower claims Emil Bove, now nominated for lifetime judgeship, advised Justice Department attorneys to ignore court orders during March deportations. July 28, 2025 View Details Paul suggests Jill Biden and Anthony Fauci could face autopen probe questioning whether First Lady’s staff controlled presidential pardons. July 28, 2025 View Details Trump releases $6 billion in education grants after Republican senators reject his claim that after-school programs and adult literacy courses support “radical leftwing agenda.” July 27, 2025 View Details DOJ sues New York City and Mayor Adams over sanctuary policies, accusing city of enabling criminal activity and violating the Supremacy Clause. July 25, 2025 View Details Deputy AG conducts six-hour interview with Ghislaine Maxwell after she reached out, schedules follow‑up Friday as DOJ faces backlash over sealed Epstein files and grand jury transparency. July 25, 2025 View Details IRS reviews phasing out multilingual tax filing services and translation assistance after executive order declaring English the official language. July 25, 2025 View Details Democrats are demanding Pam Bondi testify about why she privately briefed Trump on the contents of the sealed Epstein files after her department refused a public release. July 24, 2025 View Details Trump administration illegally withheld $825 million in Head Start preschool funding for three months despite congressional approval, government watchdog finds. July 24, 2025 View Details Bipartisan House panel votes to subpoena Epstein files despite Trump’s two-week effort to shut down transparency calls. July 24, 2025 View Details State Dept. quietly plans to end AIDS program that saved 26 million lives despite Congress restoring funding during negotiations this month. July 24, 2025 View Details FEMA chief calls Texas flood response a “model” despite Noem policy requiring her personal approval delaying urban rescue teams after 135 people died. July 24, 2025 View Details A House subcommittee has advanced a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center opera house for Melania Trump, months after the president took control of the institution’s board. July 23, 2025 View Details NPR news chief Edith Chapin is resigning just days after congressional Republicans axed federal funding for public broadcasting, though she denies a link. July 23, 2025 View Details To block a Democratic campaign forcing votes on the Jeffrey Epstein files, Speaker Mike Johnson will send the House on a five-week summer recess a day early. July 23, 2025 View Details A federal judge has partially blocked a Trump administration law to defund Planned Parenthood, shielding some clinics while the legal fight continues. July 22, 2025 View Details A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to “stop violating the law!” and restore a public database detailing government spending. July 22, 2025 View Details CBO says Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” adds $3.3T to debt and leaves 11.8M uninsured, while the GOP uses an alternate baseline to claim savings. July 22, 2025 View Details Trump calls on Thune to cancel Senate August recess to speed confirmation of judicial and executive nominees. July 20, 2025 View Details Senate panel advances Trump nominees Bove and Pirro after Democrats walk out over allegations Bove told staff to defy court orders. July 18, 2025 View Details Congress passes first major crypto legislation benefiting Trump’s family stablecoin business after his intervention to secure passage. July 18, 2025 View Details House narrowly passes Trump’s $9 billion budget cuts targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid. July 18, 2025 View Details Ten GOP senators urge Trump to reverse administrative pause on $6 billion education funding, saying cuts to after-school programs will harm students despite administration’s “woke” concerns. July 17, 2025 View Details Jill Biden’s chief of staff Anthony Bernal invokes Fifth Amendment in House GOP probe of Joe Biden’s mental acuity. July 17, 2025 View Details GOP senators warn Trump against firing Fed chair Jerome Powell after he claimed to have dismissal letter and asked lawmakers for their opinion. July 17, 2025 View Details The Senate passed Trump’s requested $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid in a late-night vote that concluded after 2 a.m. July 17, 2025 View Details Speaker Mike Johnson said Attorney General Pam Bondi “needs to explain” her Epstein remarks in a notable public break with Trump. July 16, 2025 View Details House conservative hard-liners tanked a procedural vote in a dispute over crypto policy, stalling major bills on defense and funding cuts. July 16, 2025 View Details Trump is pushing Texas lawmakers for a mid-cycle redistricting to gain five GOP seats despite DOJ warnings of potential racial gerrymandering. July 16, 2025 View Details Trump called for Sen. Adam Schiff’s prosecution for mortgage fraud in the latest example of his administration targeting political rivals. July 16, 2025 View Details With Vice President JD Vance breaking a tie, the Senate advanced a Trump-backed plan to rescind $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for public media. July 16, 2025 View Details On a strict party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Anthony Tata as Pentagon personnel chief, a nominee previously rejected for calling former President Obama a “terrorist leader.” July 16, 2025 View Details Senators Warren and Wyden demand answers from Social Security Commissioner over reassigning 1,000 field workers to cover failing phone system. July 15, 2025 View Details ICE acting director declares millions of longtime undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings as Congress allocates $45 billion to double detention capacity. July 15, 2025 View Details Senate report documents Secret Service denial of Trump security resources while former director Cheatle testified to Congress that no assets were refused before Butler assassination attempt. July 14, 2025 View Details 500 former Presidential Management Fellows urge Congress to restore 48-year-old federal leadership program Trump eliminated as unnecessary. July 13, 2025 View Details House Democrats demand review of whether Trump’s weather service staff cuts delayed flood warnings that could have saved lives. July 12, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats release whistleblower texts showing Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove advised telling court ‘fuck you’ after he denied to Congress that he told staff to ignore court orders. July 11, 2025 View Details Federal agents fire rubber bullets and deploy tear gas against protesters including Rep. Salud Carbajal during Glass House Farms cannabis raid. July 11, 2025 View Details Senate confirms airline executive Bryan Bedford to head FAA in 53-43 vote despite Democratic opposition over safety concerns regarding pilot training requirements. July 10, 2025 View Details Senate confirms venture capital executive Scott Kupor as head of Office of Personnel Management in 49-46 vote with only Republican Murkowski opposing nomination. July 10, 2025 View Details Former White House doctor Kevin O’Connor pleads Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in House Oversight Committee probe of Biden’s mental fitness while president. July 10, 2025 View Details Republican Senator Tillis says he wouldn’t vote for Defense Secretary Hegseth confirmation now, questioning his capabilities to manage world’s largest organization. July 10, 2025 View Details House Majority Leader Steve Scalise secures release of Iranian New Orleans resident after 47-year community member’s ICE detention sparked bipartisan outcry. July 9, 2025 View Details Biden’s former doctor requests postponement of House GOP deposition over mental acuity probe citing unprecedented violation of doctor-patient privilege. July 8, 2025 View Details Musk announces unregistered America Party following administration exit, budget fight, and Trump threats of retaliation against billionaire’s government subsidies. July 6, 2025 View Details Green resigns from Congress after voting for Trump’s megabill, citing vague anti-China business venture while shrinking GOP’s narrow House majority further. July 6, 2025 View Details Trump plans TikTok sale talks with China next week, claiming deal “pretty much” reached after three orders postponing law’s enforcement. July 6, 2025 View Details Trump officially signs bill extending tax cuts for wealthy and cutting $1.2 trillion in Medicaid and food stamps at White House July 4 event. July 4, 2025 View Details Planned Parenthood vows to sue Trump administration over provision in megabill that blocks Medicaid funding for one year. July 4, 2025 View Details Texas Republicans secure $85 million in Trump’s tax bill to move Space Shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian museum in Virginia despite museum’s ownership claim and refusal. July 4, 2025 View Details House Republicans pass Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill and here’s exactly how it changes your taxes, healthcare and benefits. July 4, 2025 View Details House passes procedural vote 219-213 just after 3 a.m. as Trump threatens GOP holdouts blocking his tax package that would add more than $3 trillion to federal debt. July 3, 2025 View Details Trump calls daughter-in-law Lara Trump his “first choice” for North Carolina Senate seat vacated by Thom Tillis after president attacked him for opposing his legislation. July 2, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from dismantling African Development Foundation after ruling his appointment of Pete Marocco violated law requiring Senate confirmation. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration picks Ronald Reagan Building for new FBI headquarters after scrapping congressionally funded Greenbelt facility that would have cost $845 million. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump nominates Republican fundraiser and three other political allies to TVA board after firing Biden appointees left utility unable to conduct business. July 2, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill only after Vance casts tie-breaking vote following three GOP defections. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump budget proposes eliminating all NOAA climate research and shutting weather labs nationwide while cutting 17 percent of the agency’s staff. July 2, 2025 View Details Trump administration takes down U.S. climate research website containing congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports four months after dismantling the program. July 2, 2025 View Details Free spreadsheet maps donors and their contacts tied to three GOP senators weighing Trump’s budget bill. For transparency, not harassment. July 1, 2025 View Details Five-term congressman and former Air Force brigadier general Don Bacon, one of few GOP Trump critics, announces retirement from competitive Nebraska district Harris won in 2024. July 1, 2025 View Details ICE requires week’s notice for congressional detention visits despite federal law mandating immediate access, escalating restrictions after charging Democrat with assault. July 1, 2025 View Details House Republicans fume over Senate tax bill changes before Senate even passes it, with at least six planning to vote no. July 1, 2025 View Details CALL RIGHT NOW: CBS breaks down how Trump megabill cuts healthcare and food assistance for seniors, disabled and poor Americans while extending $4 trillion in tax cuts for wealthy as Senate voting begins Monday. June 30, 2025 View Details GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin says U.S. citizen children should be deported with undocumented parents after Supreme Court allows Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions in some states. June 30, 2025 View Details Trump urges Senate Republicans to overrule nonpartisan parliamentarian after she strikes down Medicaid cuts, dismissing her as “unelected Senate Staffer” who shouldn’t hurt GOP bill. June 30, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian strikes down several healthcare cuts in Trump’s megabill including Alaska Medicaid carveouts, nursing home staffing protections and drug price provisions, but approves anti-immigrant restrictions to help fund tax cuts. June 30, 2025 View Details GOP Sen. Thom Tillis announces retirement day after Trump threatens primary challenge over opposition to Medicaid cuts, saying independent-thinking lawmakers are becoming “endangered species.” June 30, 2025 View Details Trump claims “very wealthy” TikTok buyers will be announced in two weeks while continuing to suspend enforcement of federal law requiring TikTok sale through executive orders. June 30, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans add new taxes on wind and solar projects while tightening renewable energy credit requirements in updated Trump megabill draft hours before voting begins. June 30, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans postpone overnight voting on Trump’s $4 trillion package until Monday after Democrats force 16-hour reading of 940-page bill and threaten marathon amendment session. June 30, 2025 View Details Trump says he will meet with potential GOP primary challengers to oppose Tillis after North Carolina senator votes against “big, beautiful bill” over Medicaid cuts. June 29, 2025 View Details Every major Louisiana health system warns Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise that Senate GOP Medicaid cuts would cause “historic devastation” and slash $4 billion from the state. June 29, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans advance Trump’s tax cuts after midnight bill release that would strip health insurance from 11 million and food assistance from millions more while offering tax cuts to top earners. June 29, 2025 View Details Senate GOP rushes near-1,000-page domestic package to Saturday vote without Finance text, leaving Thune pressuring colleagues to approve a bill they still haven’t seen. June 28, 2025 View Details Senate defeats Tim Kaine’s war-powers resolution 53-47, with Rand Paul siding with Democrats, leaving Trump free to strike Iran again without new congressional authorization. June 28, 2025 View Details TN GOP congressman calls for denaturalization and deportation of NYC Democratic mayoral winner over rap lyrics allegedly supporting charity leaders convicted of funneling money to Hamas. June 27, 2025 View Details House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Harvard over alleged Ivy League tuition price-fixing after university provides fewer than 400 documents, lowest among peers. June 27, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks $250 billion in Medicaid cuts from Trump’s signature bill, jeopardizing July 4th deadline and tax cut funding. June 27, 2025 View Details Trump administration limits classified information sharing with Congress days after Iran strikes as first delayed briefing finally scheduled for Thursday. June 26, 2025 View Details Over 20 state attorneys general sue Trump administration for using obscure five-word clause to justify billions in federal funding cuts they claim bypasses Congress. June 25, 2025 View Details Trump administration cancels classified congressional briefing on Iran strikes as Democrats suspect White House hiding assessment that bombs only set back nuclear program by months. June 25, 2025 View Details House Democrats overwhelmingly join Republicans to kill impeachment resolution against Trump over unauthorized Iran strikes as leadership rejects impeachment efforts. June 25, 2025 View Details GOP Sen. Grassley demands Trump administration fix benefits program backlog leaving police and firefighter families waiting years for payments. June 25, 2025 View Details GOP proposes nearly 50% GAO budget cut and restricts its enforcement powers after watchdog found Trump administration violated funding laws twice. June 24, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian strikes down multiple Trump megabill provisions including state immigration enforcement and limits on court contempt powers, effectively killing measures Republicans can’t pass without Democratic support. June 24, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP provision forcing Postal Service to sell electric vehicles from Trump’s reconciliation megabill, citing Byrd Rule violations. June 24, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian strikes down GOP provision that would have limited courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt. There have been 190 rulings against the administration since January. June 23, 2025 View Details Senate GOP slashes apparent cost of tax cuts from $3.8 trillion to $441 billion using never-before-used accounting method that eliminates expiring tax cut costs. June 23, 2025 View Details GOP tax bill would force USPS to auction off brand-new electric vehicles for “negligible” revenue to eliminate Biden climate initiatives from postal service. June 22, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP plan to shift food stamp costs to states, eliminating tens of billions in savings needed for Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax cut package. June 22, 2025 View Details Trump launches U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites without congressional approval, directly joining Israel’s war despite promises to avoid foreign conflicts. June 22, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Rodney Scott to lead Customs and Border Protection despite evidence officers under his command covered up migrant death and tampered with video. June 21, 2025 View Details Senate parliamentarian blocks Trump’s plan to zero out CFPB funding and slash financial oversight agencies after Democrats challenge megabill provisions. June 21, 2025 View Details Supreme Court declines to fast-track challenge to Trump’s emergency tariffs, keeping congressional bypass in place while toy companies report rising prices. June 21, 2025 View Details With National Guard troops patrolling Los Angeles, ICE tells lawmakers they must give 72-hour notice before touring detention sites, thwarting surprise oversight visits and, experts say, flouting clear federal law. June 20, 2025 View Details Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, under Senate pressure, pledges to deliver Congress a detailed plan in 10 days for $48 billion cuts in his transformation initiative. June 20, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats walk out of Judiciary Committee hearing on Biden mental fitness as Durbin accuses Republicans of ignoring oversight of Trump administration’s military deployments and Sen. Padilla handcuffing. June 19, 2025 View Details EEOC Acting Chair Lucas tells senators agency will follow White House directives and defends dropping transgender discrimination cases to comply with Trump executive order. June 19, 2025 View Details New CBO analysis finds Trump tax cuts would increase deficits by $2.8 trillion over decade, contradicting Republican claims they would pay for themselves. June 18, 2025 View Details Federal judge blocks Trump from unconstitutionally cutting congressionally-approved CDC funding to four Democratic cities. June 18, 2025 View Details GAO finds Trump administration’s second violation of federal spending law after cutting library and museum funding by more than half despite congressional approval. June 17, 2025 View Details Senate Republicans from both wings reject Finance Committee’s Medicaid cuts hours after rollout, threatening Trump’s July 4th deadline for “big, beautiful bill.” June 17, 2025 View Details Congress schedules emergency security briefings after MN shooter’s writings listed dozens of federal lawmakers as additional targets. June 17, 2025 View Details Senator Mike Lee posts “This is what happens when Marxists don’t get their way” and “Nightmare on Waltz Street” about MN lawmaker assassinations. June 17, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Hegseth refuses to commit to following court rulings on LA National Guard and Marine deployment during House Armed Services Committee testimony. June 13, 2025 View Details Senator Padilla handcuffed and forced to ground by federal agents after trying to question DHS Secretary Noem at FBI office press conference about immigration raids in his own state. June 13, 2025 View Details House GOP narrowly passes $9.4 billion in cuts to foreign aid and NPR-PBS funding to help offset tax breaks for wealthy in reconciliation package. June 13, 2025 View Details Independent CBO analysis finds GOP’s $3 trillion tax bill would give wealthy families $12,000 annually while costing poorest families $1,600 through benefit cuts. June 13, 2025 View Details Former Rep. Long wins party line vote to lead IRS despite Democratic accusations he profited from tax fraud schemes and previously called for agency’s elimination. June 13, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Hegseth won’t dismiss military action against Greenland and Panama during House Armed Services Committee testimony, saying Pentagon must plan for any contingency. June 13, 2025 View Details Rand Paul says Trump’s decision to “uninvite” his family from White House picnic shows “immaturity” and makes him “lose a lot of respect” for president. June 12, 2025 View Details Senators Warren and Wyden warn DOGE’s rushed Social Security IT overhaul could cause “catastrophic cuts to all benefits” and system collapse. June 12, 2025 View Details Senators accuse VA of “stonewalling” requests for details on 655 contracts canceled using flawed DOGE AI tool, including services preventing veterans from receiving benefits. June 12, 2025 View Details Defense Secretary Hegseth refuses to tell Senate Appropriations Committee cost of renovating Trump’s $400 million Qatari plane during hearing. June 12, 2025 View Details Trump’s Joint Chiefs chairman testifies to Senate committee that no foreign invasion is occurring, undercutting legal basis for immigration crackdown as anti-ICE protests spread nationwide. June 12, 2025 View Details Senate approves $3.2 billion in arms sales to Qatar and UAE despite Trump receiving $400 million jet and $2 billion cryptocurrency investment from the same countries. June 12, 2025 View Details Trump’s DOJ indicts Democratic Rep. McIver on federal charges carrying eight years in prison for interfering with ICE agents during congressional oversight visit. June 11, 2025 View Details NIH Director Bhattacharya accepts responsibility for canceling $9.5 billion in research grants to move away from “politicized science” during Senate budget hearing. June 11, 2025 View Details House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, who led Mayorkas impeachment effort, to resign from Congress after Trump budget bill passes citing “exciting” private sector opportunity. June 10, 2025 View Details Hegseth faces GOP criticism starting Tuesday in first oversight hearings since narrowest defense secretary confirmation ever, with Republicans blasting budget cuts and Signal leaks scandal involving attack plans. June 10, 2025 View Details Democrats block Trump Justice nominee citing “Vance precedent” after current VP spent months obstructing Biden prosecutors as senator. June 7, 2025 View Details White House directs Transportation Department to ignore GAO ruling that freezing $5 billion EV funding violated law, calling congressional watchdog efforts to “thwart President Trump’s agenda.” June 7, 2025 View Details GOP Rep. Mary Miller faces bipartisan fury after misidentifying Sikh prayer leader as Muslim and saying he should never have been allowed to deliver House prayer. June 7, 2025 View Details House GOP subpoenas Biden’s personal physician over alleged effort to hide former president’s condition from American people. June 6, 2025 View Details Raskin warns Defense Secretary Hegseth to return $400 million Qatari jet or risk personal fines, calling the gift “blatant corruption” as bipartisan criticism grows. June 6, 2025 View Details House passes GOP bill to force Small Business Administration offices out of “sanctuary cities”; Senate prospects uncertain as Democrats call it political retaliation. June 6, 2025 View Details GOP budget bill would block millions of U.S. citizen children from the Child Tax Credit if their parents lack Social Security numbers, making eligibility depend on parental immigration status. June 6, 2025 View Details Congressional letter reveals Trump appointee Kari Lake plans to slash Voice of America from over 1,000 employees to just 81 as administration dismantles decades-old news organization. June 5, 2025 View Details Army leaders defend $45 million parade for service’s 250th birthday as House Armed Services Committee questions spending money on pageantry while cutting $1 billion from base housing and barracks plagued by mold and sewage. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump calls for scrapping debt limit entirely after Congressional Budget Office projects his policies would add $2.4 trillion to deficits and require $4 trillion debt ceiling increase. June 5, 2025 View Details Independent Congressional Budget Office says Trump’s tax bill would add $2.4 trillion to federal deficits over 10 years as Elon Musk escalates attacks and GOP senators join opposition. June 5, 2025 View Details Trump sends Congress his first formal request to eliminate $9.4 billion in funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid while his budget director threatens to bypass lawmakers entirely using “pocket rescission” tactics. June 4, 2025 View Details Musk calls Trump’s agenda bill a “disgusting abomination” days after leaving his government role, surprising officials who expected private disagreement to remain quiet. June 4, 2025 View Details Rep. Nadler calls Trump administration “fascist” and demands House Judiciary investigation after DHS agents handcuffed his staffer in Manhattan office. June 3, 2025 View Details Sen. Joni Ernst doubles down on “we all are going to die” Medicaid comment with sarcastic cemetery video apologizing for assuming constituents knew humans are mortal and recommending Jesus Christ. June 2, 2025 View Details Sens. Graham and Blumenthal warn Putin is stalling peace talks while preparing a new military offensive against Ukraine within two weeks after meeting with Zelenskyy in Paris. June 2, 2025 View Details Sen. Joni Ernst tells Iowa town hall “we all are going to die” when confronted about Medicaid cuts, later dismissing criticism as “hysteria coming from the left.” May 31, 2025 View Details House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin demands guest list from Trump’s private dinner for major cryptocurrency investors over foreign influence concerns. May 30, 2025 View Details Attorney General Bondi cuts American Bar Association’s access to judicial nominees after group rated 10 Trump picks as unqualified. May 30, 2025 View Details Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. will begin revoking visas for Chinese students and revising visa rules. May 29, 2025 View Details El Salvador denies Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey access to wrongly deported union worker despite Supreme Court order. May 28, 2025 View Details Johnson defends GOP plan to shift SNAP food stamp costs to states, says “states are not properly administering” program because they don’t have “enough skin in the game.” May 26, 2025 View Details House passes Trump’s $2.3 trillion tax cut and spending bill by one vote despite CBO projections that 8.6 million people would lose health coverage. May 23, 2025 View Details Senate GOP establish new precedent to bypass filibuster rules and block CA clean air standards with simple majority vote. May 22, 2025 View Details House GOP leaders schedule vote within hours on Trump budget bill after making concessions to conservative holdouts despite Congressional Budget Office finding it would add $3.8 trillion to deficit. May 22, 2025 View Details Acting TSA Administrator tells House committee “nothing is off the table” regarding potential privatization of airport screening while Trump administration proposes $247 million budget cut to agency. May 21, 2025 View Details Justice Department launches investigation into former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo over testimony to Congress about his pandemic nursing home policies. May 21, 2025 View Details Trump IRS nominee Billy Long grilled by Senate Democrats over nonexistent ‘tribal tax credits’ after committee reveals recording of promised favorable treatment. May 21, 2025 View Details House Republicans push trillion-dollar tax cut package forward after Trump visits Capitol and warns lawmakers, “Don’t f— around with Medicaid,” despite CBO projections of $3.8 trillion deficit increase. May 21, 2025 View Details Senate unexpectedly passes “No Tax on Tips” bill through unanimous consent, sending legislation to House for consideration. May 21, 2025 View Details Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shocks Senate committee by incorrectly defining habeas corpus as presidential power to deport immigrants. May 21, 2025 View Details Justice Department charges Democratic Rep. McIver with assaulting federal officers and drops trespassing case against Newark mayor at immigration detention center. May 20, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Charles Kushner as France ambassador despite previous felony conviction for tax evasion and witness retaliation that Trump pardoned in 2020. May 20, 2025 View Details House Budget Committee approves Trump’s budget bill, sending it to full House after Republican holdouts drop opposition for undisclosed changes. May 19, 2025 View Details Congressional watchdog GAO rejects Trump’s DOGE team citing their lack of authority over legislative branch. May 17, 2025 View Details Conservative Republicans block Trump’s agenda bill in House Budget Committee for not cutting enough government spending despite Trump’s public rebuke. May 17, 2025 View Details Senate Democrats move to block arms sales to Qatar and UAE after nations offered Trump a luxury jet and $2 billion crypto investment. May 17, 2025 View Details Prosecutor in Trump classified documents case invokes Fifth Amendment during House Judiciary Committee interview citing fear of retaliation. May 15, 2025 View Details Noem tells Congress conditions could justify suspending habeas corpus for immigration enforcement. May 15, 2025 View Details Kennedy claims he is protecting Head Start funding weeks after Trump budget sought to eliminate the program. May 15, 2025 View Details Kennedy tells Congress “people shouldn’t take medical advice from me” despite being the nation’s top health official. May 15, 2025 View Details Schumer blocks all DOJ nominees over Qatar’s $400 million jet gift to Trump with unknown strings attached. May 14, 2025 View Details Gabbard fires top National Intelligence Council officials and moves office from CIA in Trump-backed purge targeting officials tied to ‘deep state’ narrative. May 14, 2025 View Details NIOSH director and key teams reinstated ahead of RFK Jr.’s congressional hearing on HHS layoffs, but major worker safety programs remain shuttered. May 14, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose $5 billion private school voucher program funded by donors who would receive 100% tax credits, diverting resources from public schools. May 13, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose $900 billion Medicaid cuts requiring work for benefits and $35 copays per visit. May 12, 2025 View Details Trump fires US Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter two days after dismissing Librarian of Congress and one day after she questioned Musk’s AI copyright requests. May 11, 2025 View Details DHS confirms Democratic members of Congress may face arrests after scuffle with ICE officers during protest of Newark mayor’s arrest. May 11, 2025 View Details White House claims Librarian of Congress Hayden fired over “inappropriate books for children” and DEI initiatives despite mandatory collection requirements. May 10, 2025 View Details Ed Martin appointed to Justice Department roles overseeing ‘Weaponization Working Group’ and pardons after Senate rejected his U.S. attorney nomination. May 10, 2025 View Details Treasury Secretary Bessent warns Congress to raise debt ceiling by mid-July before August recess as cash reserves dwindle. May 10, 2025 View Details Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden by email after criticism over costly visitor center project. May 9, 2025 View Details Democrats block stablecoin bill over concerns Trump family would profit from crypto windfall. May 9, 2025 View Details FBI Director Kash Patel walks back call for more funding, says bureau will “make it work” under Trump’s proposed budget cuts. May 9, 2025 View Details Trump names Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro interim U.S. attorney for D.C. after Senate pushback derails Ed Martin nomination. May 9, 2025 View Details Trump withdraws Ed Martin’s DC attorney nomination amid Senate pushback over Jan. 6 ties. May 9, 2025 View Details Haverford College president grilled by GOP reps over refusal to share student discipline details, with some threatening her job and federal funding. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump-backed tax cut package includes controversial plan to sell public lands in Nevada and Utah, drawing sharp backlash. May 8, 2025 View Details Trump administration considers releasing Biden classified document interview blocked by executive privilege. May 8, 2025 View Details GOP Senator Tillis opposition likely to sink Trump’s pick Ed Martin for D.C. U.S. attorney. May 7, 2025 View Details At a House hearing, Kristi Noem says FEMA should be scrapped and disaster aid converted to state grants. May 7, 2025 View Details Former JPMorgan Chase COO Frank Bisignano confirmed to lead Social Security. May 7, 2025 View Details Democratic senators press Trump administration over plan to gut endangered species habitat protections. May 6, 2025 View Details Voters ejected while confronting GOP’s Lawler over Trump agenda at raucous town hall. May 5, 2025 View Details Trump weighs third TikTok deadline extension as U.S. ban approaches. May 5, 2025 View Details Pence to receive JFK Profile in Courage award for certifying 2020 election on Jan. 6. May 4, 2025 View Details Colorado House passes immigrant protection bill one day after Trump sues state over enforcement limits. May 4, 2025 View Details Trump settles lawsuit over rioter shot breaking into Capitol during 2021 attack. May 3, 2025 View Details House Republicans vote to block California’s clean air waivers and revoke Biden-era vehicle rules in legally dubious move. May 2, 2025 View Details Breaking Overnight: Stripping roughly $500 million a year in subsidies, Trump signs order to cut PBS and NPR funding. May 2, 2025 View Details Senate fails to pass resolution blocking Trump’s tariffs as GDP drops for first time since pandemic. May 1, 2025 View Details House GOP blocks vote to probe Hegseth’s Signal chats on Yemen plans April 30, 2025 View Details House Republicans propose $1,000 asylum fee and billions for border crackdown in 2025 budget. April 29, 2025 View Details Jeffries and Booker stage 12-hour Capitol sit-in protesting GOP budget plan advancing Trump’s agenda. April 28, 2025 View Details Trump claims Democrats are paying protesters to disrupt Republican town halls and urges lawmakers to eject them. April 28, 2025 View Details Senators demand answers from Hegseth over U.S. strikes in Yemen that killed civilians. April 25, 2025 View Details Judge rules only Congress can require proof of citizenship, blocks Trump order. April 25, 2025 View Details Donalds booed and jeered at Florida town hall for backing Musk’s Social Security cuts and data access push. April 23, 2025 View Details House Oversight Chair James Comer refers former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for criminal charges over COVID nursing home cover-up. April 22, 2025 View Details Retired general and GOP Rep. Don Bacon says Trump should fire Defense Secretary Hegseth over leaks and Pentagon chaos April 22, 2025 View Details House Democrats go to El Salvador to demand return of immigrant deported in defiance of court order. April 22, 2025 View Details Senate Armed Services leaders renew calls for Pentagon IG to probe Hegseth’s Signal chat sharing strike plans with family. April 21, 2025 View Details Judiciary warns Congress that stagnant court security funding is unsustainable amid rising threats and judge harassment. April 19, 2025 View Details Van Hollen accuses Trump administration of law-breaking after visiting deported Maryland man in El Salvador. April 19, 2025 View Details Sen. Murkowski admits fear of Trump retaliation, says ‘we are all afraid’ to speak out. April 18, 2025 View Details Schumer blocks Trump’s New York prosecutor picks, calls them part of plan to weaponize the Justice Department. April 17, 2025 View Details Protester tased to audience applause at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s restricted-access town hall; 6 removed, 3 arrested, including for vulgarity. April 16, 2025 View Details Whistleblower report to Congress says DOGE illegally downloaded NLRB data, deleted logs, and threatened him with drone surveillance at home. April 16, 2025 View Details Trump White House asks Congress to defund NPR, PBS, and USAID, clawing back $9.3 billion. April 15, 2025 View Details GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought tanking stocks during Trump’s tariff chaos just before he told supporters to buy. April 11, 2025 View Details GAO audits Musk’s DOGE after untrained operatives gained access to tax records, Social Security data, and Treasury code. April 10, 2025 View Details House GOP kills $5 overdraft cap, freeing banks to charge whatever they want if your account goes negative. April 10, 2025 View Details Texas Gov. Abbott delays special election for deep-blue House seat in Houston, keeping Democrats short in narrowly divided Congress for most of 2025. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump State Department installs junior officer with anti-immigrant record to lead personnel bureau, drawing fire from diplomats, union, and career ambassadors. April 8, 2025 View Details Trump DOJ sent armed marshals to warn fired DOJ attorney before testimony; she accused department of corruption and abuse of power. April 8, 2025 View Details House GOP ends proxy voting standoff sparked by new parent rules, clears path for Trump budget vote with deal allowing absent lawmakers to cancel out votes. April 7, 2025 View Details House GOP leaders push Trump budget forward despite backlash from GOP fiscal hardliners over weak Senate cuts, setting stage for final bill vote soon. April 6, 2025 View Details Judge says Columbia must give 30 days’ notice before handing student records to Congress in antisemitism probe. April 5, 2025 View Details Prosecutors seek 7 years for former GOP congressman George Santos over donor fraud and falsified campaign finances. April 5, 2025 View Details Trump administration continues blocking court-ordered funding to Radio Free Europe, forcing layoffs. April 4, 2025 View Details Senate confirms TV’s ‘Dr. Oz’ to lead Medicare and Medicaid, overseeing coverage for 160 million people, in party-line vote. April 4, 2025 View Details Trump backs proxy voting for new parents serving in Congress, undercutting Speaker Johnson’s opposition. April 4, 2025 View Details Sen. Schiff places indefinite hold on Ed Martin’s nomination as D.C. prosecutor, citing abuse of office and political intimidation. April 3, 2025 View Details GOP Senator Jim Banks, a close Trump ally, called a fired HHS worker “a clown” who “probably deserved it” when his constituent asked him about mass firings. April 3, 2025 View Details Four Republicans vote for Kaine-led Senate resolution to repeal Trump’s Canada tariffs, but GOP House likely to block it. April 3, 2025 View Details House defies Speaker Johnson as bipartisan revolt forces proxy vote for members who are new parents by Friday. April 2, 2025 View Details Republicans retain 2 Florida House seats as Democrats cut Trump-era margins by more than half. April 2, 2025 View Details Texas governor delays special election in traditionally Democratic Houston district after Democrat’s death, boosting Trump’s House majority. April 1, 2025 View Details Trump admin withholds $27.5M in congressionally approved health funds from Planned Parenthood, citing DEI and care for undocumented patients. April 1, 2025 View Details GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz faced boos, protests, and chaos over Signal leak, deportations, and Musk-led service cuts while defying party leadership’s call to skip town halls. March 30, 2025 View Details Judge blocks Trump appointees from defunding Voice of America, ruling Kari Lake’s move “usurps Congress’s power of the purse.” March 29, 2025 View Details Trump pulls Stefanik’s UN nomination to avoid risking GOP’s razor-thin House majority. March 28, 2025 View Details Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene chaired a House hearing attacking NPR and PBS as “communist” and “anti-American,” and ended with her calling for the complete dismantling of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—even though NPR and PBS get nearly all of their funding from non-government sources. March 27, 2025 View Details House Speaker Mike Johnson claims Congress can eliminate courts, backs bill to block judges from halting Trump policies. March 26, 2025 View Details Sen. Wyden accuses Trump’s Social Security nominee of lying about role in installing Musk-aligned officials during tense confirmation hearing. March 26, 2025 View Details Jordan briefs Trump on House Judiciary hearing to rein in federal judges after deportation rulings, eyes cuts and court restrictions. March 25, 2025 View Details GOP Sen. John Curtis called on Republicans to be honest about plans to change Social Security for future generations. March 24, 2025 View Details Embattled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he won’t step down as Democratic anger grows over his decision not to block Trump-backed funding bill. March 24, 2025 View Details White House scrambles after Trump’s JFK file dump exposes 400+ Social Security numbers—double yesterday’s count—including CIA staff, Senate investigators, and a former Trump attorney. March 21, 2025 View Details Trump signs long-threatened order to dismantle Education Department as Sen. Cassidy, a physician, vows legislation to fully abolish it. March 21, 2025 View Details Musk donates legal max to GOP lawmakers backing Trump’s push to impeach judges blocking his agenda. March 20, 2025 View Details Trump signs six-month funding bill after Schumer, 9 other Senate Democrats back controversial deal. March 16, 2025 View Details Six GOP congressmen introduced a bill to bar Chinese nationals from U.S. student visas and exchange programs. March 15, 2025 View Details Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the DOJ Inspector General to investigate interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin. March 14, 2025 View Details The WH withdrew its CDC nominee, former FL Rep. and physician Dave Weldon, who supports the debunked claim that vaccines cause autism and other conditions. March 14, 2025 View Details Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender representative, was misgendered today by Rep. Keith Self, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe. March 12, 2025 View Details U.S. Attorney Ed Martin has targeted Trump whistleblower and now Rep. Eugene Vindman with two demands related to a family-owned business. March 12, 2025 View Details The House passed a stopgap funding bill by 4 votes; Senate must pass it in 3 days, requiring support from 8 Dems. March 12, 2025 View Details DC began the 6-8 week process of erasing Black Lives Matter Plaza at a cost of $610K following GOP threats. March 11, 2025 View Details Elon Musk called Sen. Mark Kelly a traitor after Kelly described conditions he observed in Ukraine last weekend. March 11, 2025 View Details GOP Rep. Rich Hudson, head of House campaign committee, says voters “will reward” Republicans for cuts. March 9, 2025 View Details House GOP unveils stopgap funding bill, Dems vow to block over deep cuts with shutdown deadline in 6 days. March 9, 2025 View Details Ten Dem House members join with the GOP to censure Green for Trump speech protest. March 8, 2025 View Details Trump attorney Todd Blache confirmed 52-46 as deputy attorney general. March 7, 2025 View Details Cong. Budget Office: GOP budget targets require Medicare or Medicaid cuts. March 7, 2025 View Details Texas Rep. Al Green was ejected from the chamber for continuing to heckle Trump during his speech to Congress. March 6, 2025 View Details DC may repaint BLM Plaza after GOP Rep Clyde threatens funding. March 6, 2025 View Details Senate Dems vote in unison to block GOP bill banning transgender athletes from schools receiving federal funds. March 5, 2025 View Details Senate confirms Linda McMahon, former wrestling magnate and SBA head, as education secretary by a 51-45 vote. March 5, 2025 ttps://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5307078/trump-cabinet-linda-mcmahon-confirmed-education Speaker Mike Johnson calls to fund the government through Sept and include Musk’s efficiency cuts in the 2026 budget. Stopgap deadline: March 14. March 4, 2025 View Details Sec of State Marco Rubio expedited $4B military aid to Israel as the Trump admin bypassed Congress approval for a second time in weeks. March 4, 2025 View Details Rep. Andy Ogles filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge who blocked Trump’s freeze of USAID funds, the 2nd GOP action against a judge. March 2, 2025 View Details Top GOP politicians slam Zelenskyy, demand apology or his resignation March 1, 2025 View Details Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s “reckless firing” of the Joint Chiefs chair and top officers, urging Congress to block replacements. February 28, 2025 View Details Fired USAID employees and HIV advocates protested in the Capitol including a “die-in”. Police arrested 20 people. February 27, 2025 View Details House GOP passes $4.5 trillion in tax breaks, $2T in cuts. Senate next. February 26, 2025 View Details GOP Senator Grassley: Trump broke law firing IGs without required notice February 24, 2025 View Details House GOP Slashes Medicaid by $880B, Eyes Food Aid Cuts, Approves $5.4 Trillion in Tax Cuts February 24, 2025 View Details
