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.
Missouri Republicans approve a gerrymandered map to gain a U.S. House seat while simultaneously gutting the citizen initiative process.
Led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, 16 House Republicans are now pushing for a permanent statue of Charlie Kirk in the U.S. Capitol.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Senate Republicans changed chamber rules to confirm Trump’s nominees in batches, bypassing Democratic opposition and immediately advancing 48 nominees.
The military strike on a Venezuelan boat reportedly occurred after the vessel turned back to shore, fueling bipartisan congressional backlash over its legality.
Florida police arrest former Rep. Madison Cawthorn for failure to appear in court as he explores a new congressional run.
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.
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.”
The Pentagon begins deploying a new satellite network intended to serve as the foundation for Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense shield.
Trump threatens a $10 billion lawsuit against The New York Times for its analysis linking his signature to an Epstein note released by Congress.
Sen. Chuck Schumer disrupts bipartisan defense bill talks with a surprise amendment to force the release of all Jeffrey Epstein files.
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.
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.
The Social Security Administration cuts its congressional casework office from 50 staffers to three, leaving lawmakers with unresponsive liaisons.
Democrat James Walkinshaw wins the Virginia congressional seat of his late boss, Gerry Connolly, narrowing the GOP House majority to 219-213.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez will testify to the Senate next week about her firing by HHS Secretary Kennedy over a vaccine dispute.
The Missouri House passes a gerrymandered congressional map and new rules to curb voter-led initiatives during a special session prompted by Trump.
The Supreme Court expedites its review of Trump’s tariffs just weeks after lower courts ruled the president usurped congressional power over trade.
House Democrats release an alleged Trump note from Jeffrey Epstein’s birthday book months after the president sued reporters over its existence.
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.
House Republicans propose 14 bills to assert federal control over D.C. criminal justice one day after the city’s attorney general sued Trump.
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.
As the DOJ investigates Lisa Cook and Adam Schiff for mortgage fraud, a report finds three Trump Cabinet members have similar mortgage issues.
Representative Tim Burchett pushed a Gaza war protester who bumped him, prompting an intervention by Capitol Police.
Trump’s Federal Reserve nominee says he will keep his White House job if confirmed, contradicting his own 2024 paper calling for Fed independence.
The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to quickly reverse a lower court ruling that found his emergency tariffs usurp congressional power.
A federal judge orders the Trump administration to release $11.5 billion in foreign aid, blocking a presidential move identified as a “pocket rescission.”
On the same day RFK Jr. testified to Congress, Massachusetts bypassed the CDC to require insurers to cover state-recommended vaccines.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces bipartisan calls for his resignation during a chaotic hearing on his CDC shake-up and vaccine policies.
The Trump administration cuts hundreds of millions in security funding for nations bordering Russia one month after approving a major arms sale to Ukraine.
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.
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.
Senate Republicans are preparing a rules change that would allow them to mass-confirm Trump nominees and bypass a Democratic blockade
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.
Five House Republicans joined Democrats to kill a GOP resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, arguing the Ethics Committee should investigate first.
A coalition of far-right and progressive House members has introduced a unified bill to ban lawmakers and their spouses from trading individual stocks.
As Epstein survivors and bipartisan lawmakers demanded the Justice Dept release all case files, Trump dismissed their effort as a “Democrat hoax.”
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.
Senator Ron Wyden accuses the Treasury Department of withholding suspicious activity reports on Jeffrey Epstein’s financial network.
The House Oversight Committee’s release of Epstein files consists almost entirely of previously public records.
Trump administration appointees cancel Senator Mark Warner’s intelligence meeting after social media attacks from conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
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.
Senator Rand Paul attacks former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis’s ‘lifestyle’ days after he resigned to protest administration policy.
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.
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
Trump proposes a 1% pay raise for most federal employees in 2026 but a 3.8% increase for some law enforcement personnel.
