Former Senate Republican leader McConnell, 84, is hospitalized for the second time this year, with his office declining to say why.
Trump and allies push Congress to expunge his two impeachments, a power legal scholars say the Constitution does not give lawmakers.
Ohio Republicans place a constitutional amendment requiring photo voter ID on November’s ballot, enshrining a requirement already in state law since 2023.
Trump picks Manhattan U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for intelligence chief as his interim choice of housing regulator Bill Pulte sinks surveillance law renewal.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates tells the House Oversight Committee he never knew of Epstein’s crimes but that Epstein leveraged his marital affairs against him.
Florida’s Supreme Court lets Republicans use newly gerrymandered House districts in the midterms, potentially handing the GOP four more seats.
Twenty House Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to pass a bill fast-tracking first contracts for new unions, the fourth successful discharge petition this Congress.
Trump-backed Pamela Evette advances to a South Carolina governor runoff as Nancy Mace finishes fifth and blames her vote to release the Epstein files.
Social Security trustees project the trust fund empties in late 2032, forcing an automatic 22% benefit cut of roughly $500 monthly unless Congress acts.
House passes $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol by a 214-212 vote, funding the agencies through the end of Trump’s term without Democratic support.
Georgia Republicans seek to impeach Judge Eleanor Ross as the Justice Department pushes to remove her from its voter roll case against the state.
Trump formally nominates his former defense lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general, sending the choice to the Senate.
Pentagon reverses its religious-affiliation list after Latter-day Saints lawmakers protest being excluded from its Christian categories.
Lawyer who defended Ken Paxton in his impeachment and fraud cases endorses Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race.
Activists move their “Trump and Epstein Memorial Reading Room,” displaying all 3.5 million pages of the released DOJ files, to downtown Washington for the president’s birthday.
House committee votes along party lines to codify the Defense Department’s renaming as the Department of War, a change Trump ordered in September.
Justice Department tells a federal court it won’t proceed with Trump’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund while urging the judge not to block it.
Known donors to Trump’s White House ballroom won more than $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months, a watchdog finds, while the full donor list stays secret.
Senate rejects Schumer’s motion to permanently kill Trump’s $1.8 billion fund to compensate January 6 rioters, 49 to 50, as three Republicans cross over.
House votes 215 to 208 to halt the Iran war, but the measure still needs the Senate and may not legally bind Trump.
New York’s Assembly advances an amendment to allow partisan redistricting, a Democratic bid to answer Republican map redraws and net four House seats by 2028.
Senate Republicans drop up to $1 billion for Trump’s White House ballroom from their budget package, denying a project he pushed for weeks.
Acting Attorney General Blanche says the administration is permanently killing its $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund but keeping the order that shields Trump’s family from tax audits.
Missing New Jersey Representative Kean introduces a House bill 88 days into an unexplained disappearance, still legislating and trading stocks while neighbors say they have not seen him.
Former Vice President Pence urges Trump to scrap the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, calling it deeply offensive that it could pay January 6 rioters.
Louisiana legislature passes a congressional map cutting majority-Black districts from two to one, a month after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
Former Attorney General Bondi tells House investigators she delegated the Epstein files review to acting Attorney General Blanche, as survivors demand sworn testimony.
Louisiana House votes 66-35 to cut majority-Black congressional districts from two to one, sending the map back to the Senate before a June 1 deadline.
Treasury prepares to issue a new $250 bill featuring Trump’s face, pending congressional approval to put a living person on U.S. currency.
Newsom and New York lawmakers threaten 100% taxes to claw back Trump anti-weaponization fund payouts as Senate Democrats push a national version.
Virginia Representative Beyer introduces a bill to block Trump’s 250-foot arch planned for his Northern Virginia district near Arlington National Cemetery.
Trump-endorsed Paxton ousts 24-year incumbent Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate runoff with 8% voter turnout.
Trump administration says Iran agreed in principle to dispose of highly enriched uranium under framework reopening Strait of Hormuz.
Trump claims peace deal ‘largely negotiated’ as Iran excludes nuclear program from initial framework and disputes Strait of Hormuz reopening.
Commerce Secretary Lutnick donated $5 million to House GOP super PAC one month before his Epstein testimony to the House Oversight Committee.
Trump administration prepares fresh Iran strikes as military and intelligence officials cancel Memorial Day plans and recall rosters activated overseas.
Louisiana House committee advances new congressional map eliminating second majority-Black district three weeks after Supreme Court’s Callais ruling, hiding voided ballot counts from disclosure.
Rep. Kean tells New Jersey Globe he’ll return in weeks after missing 99 votes since March, will run for third term in toss-up district.
House defeats Smithsonian women’s history museum bill 204-216 after Republicans add transgender exclusion and presidential site-relocation power.
Senate Republicans punt $72 billion ICE funding past Trump’s June 1 deadline after McConnell rejects $1.8 billion DOJ slush fund.
Speaker Johnson pulls Iran war powers vote rather than lose first congressional rebuke of Trump’s war to GOP defections.
Trump administration claims 1925 congressional ratification of unbuilt Arlington Memorial Bridge columns authorizes 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
Cassidy flips and joins Collins, Murkowski, Paul to advance Senate Iran war powers resolution 50-47, three days after Trump declared his career “OVER.”
Trump’s former HHS spokesman Caputo, named in Mueller report for brokering Russian-Stone meeting, files first $2.7 million Anti-Weaponization Fund claim.
Trump endorses 2020 election overturn leader Paxton over Sen. Cornyn in Texas Senate runoff mid-early-voting, escalating primary purge to GOP leadership.
$1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund addendum, signed by Trump’s former defense lawyer Blanche, permanently shields already-filed Trump family tax returns from IRS audits.
Trump-recruited Navy SEAL Gallrein ousts 7-term Rep. Massie in Kentucky GOP primary after Massie led Epstein files release and opposed OBBBA.
Trump pressures Senate Majority Leader Thune to fire parliamentarian after she rules $220 million ballroom funding can’t ride filibuster-proof reconciliation bill.
Senate confirms 49 Trump nominees in single batch vote including Billy Long as ambassador to Iceland after his “52nd state” joke about the country.
