Rand Paul’s Fauci diary dump exposed more than 20 people’s names and medical histories, a NOTUS review finds, with some still unredacted.
GOP Rep. Max Miller demands an ethics probe of himself as his ex-wife’s lawyer says his document dump included a sensitive photo of their toddler.
House Ethics panel recommends censure for GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards, finding his conduct toward 2 young staffers violated the “spirit” of harassment rules.
Senate GOP holdouts Cornyn and Tillis agree to advance Blanche’s attorney general nomination after DOJ puts the weaponization fund’s death in writing.
Acting AG Blanche formally kills the $1.8 billion payout fund for Trump’s prosecuted allies to win two GOP holdouts, a day after Trump vowed to revive it.
Senate appropriators reach a bipartisan deal funding the government through Dec. 11 and blocking OMB Director Vought’s rule giving the White House final say over federal grants.
GOP Sen. Moreno says former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller should not serve in Congress, two days after declining to say whether Miller should quit the race.
Trump vows to revive the $1.8 billion weaponization fund he declared dead 2 days ago, even at the cost of Blanche’s confirmation.
All 14 GOP senators on Armed Services vote to kill expanded military IVF coverage, reversing course on the treatment Trump promised free for all.
Senate panel advances a CDC director nominee after nearly a year without one and a preparedness pick who repeated vaccine falsehoods.
Trump floats withdrawing Blanche’s attorney general nomination until two GOP holdout senators leave office, keeping him in the job as acting.
Senate rejects a bid to limit Trump’s war powers 49-50 as the Iran war spreads to Egypt for the first time.
Interior Dept. asks Congress for $10 million more to cover Freedom 250 costs after promising private donors would fund events beyond the $150 million appropriated.
Grassley cancels the committee vote on acting Attorney General Blanche after two GOP senators demand written proof the $1.776 billion weaponization fund is dead.
Ex-White House adviser Fauci invokes the Fifth at a Senate COVID hearing, saying Chairman Paul called it solely to trap him into a false statement.
Energy Department names Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah as potential nuclear waste hosts while seeking to scrap the law requiring Yucca Mountain storage.
Trump eulogizes Graham as a force of nature at Washington National Cathedral, calling the senator’s sister and appointed successor his proudest legacy.
Kentucky Gov. Beshear demands McConnell prove he can serve or resign after 43 days without a vote, asking Senate leader Thune to investigate his condition.
Senate confirms Manhattan prosecutor Jay Clayton as intelligence director hours after the acting chief announced a fifth round of staff cuts since June.
House Ethics Committee opens a review of Texas Rep. Lance Gooden over what he says are spending allegations, its fifth Texas Republican probe.
Sen. McConnell remains medically uncleared to leave rehab six weeks after his fall as the Capitol physician’s office issues an update naming no doctor.
GOP Sen. Cassidy, who voted to confirm Kennedy, calls the CDC website’s claim linking vaccines and autism almost an insult to Americans.
Pentagon restarts its Iran war casualty count under a new Overseas Operations category, days after cutting four dead troops from the official toll.
McConnell’s spokesman tells the Washington Post the senator works from rehab, responding to transparency demands six weeks into his absence from the Senate.
Biden drops his lawsuit blocking release of his private ghostwriter recordings, clearing DOJ to hand them to House Republicans and the Heritage Foundation.
House votes 214-208 to end the Iran war, its second rebuke since June, hours before the Senate blocks a companion resolution and strikes continue.
Trump makes the Saudi nuclear deal contingent on normalizing relations with Israel, declaring no enrichment a day after officials said the pact might allow it.
House Judiciary Chairman Jordan asks the Justice Department to prosecute former special counsel Jack Smith for perjury his lawyers say Republicans never asked about.
Senate Republican blocks a bill barring taxpayer money to retrofit Trump’s Qatari jet after he flew home from Turkey on the old Air Force One.
House passes a ban on lawmakers buying stocks that lets them keep existing shares, the second bill today carrying Trump’s voter ID demand.
House votes to officially rename the Defense Department the Department of War, a change the Congressional Budget Office says could cost $125 million.
House passes a $1.15 trillion defense bill over Democratic objections to the Iran war, tying it to Trump’s stalled voter ID legislation.
Cornyn threatens to sink Kari Lake and Mastriano ambassador nominations unless the administration releases $1.3 billion in appropriated AIDS relief funding.
Senate Intelligence panel advances Clayton for DNI on a 9-8 vote after he refused to say who won the 2020 election.
Appeals court unanimously upholds Trump adviser Navarro’s contempt of Congress conviction, ruling he invented an executive privilege claim Trump never actually made.
Hegseth tells senators the Iran war will cost $37.5 billion by September as the Pentagon seeks $88 billion, most unrelated to the war.
House passes a stopgap funding bill through Dec. 4 on a mostly party-line vote as Senate Republicans plan a rewrite and Thune threatens reconciliation as backup.
North Carolina Rep. Edwards gave personalized handguns to two young female staffers now at the center of his House Ethics harassment investigation, Axios reports.
Missouri Senator Hawley says former majority leader McConnell owes voters an explanation for a month-long absence as Republicans hold a slim Senate majority.
Trump endorses Darline Graham for a full Senate term three days after she was sworn in to her late brother Lindsey Graham’s seat.
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer calls Blanche abrasive and condescending after the meeting a GOP senator required before voting on his confirmation as attorney general.
Trump orders voter roll purges and criminal probes of intelligence officials in a primetime address airing debunked election claims four months before midterms.
Former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler tells House investigators Epstein was a masterful liar who used respectable people to legitimize himself.
Senate hearings for Trump’s attorney general and spy chief nominees turn contentious in one day, spanning the weaponization fund, Epstein redactions, and 2020 election denial.
House defeats a $3.3 billion cut to Israel military aid 104-314, with more Democrats voting to end the funding than to keep it.
Trump says the FBI is wasting its time chasing conspiracy theories about Lindsey Graham’s death, a day after agents entered the senator’s Washington home.
Darline Graham, who has never held elected office, is sworn in to her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat a day after her appointment.
House votes 308-117 to make daylight saving time permanent, sending the Trump-backed Sunshine Protection Act to a Senate where it stalled last year.
Senate Democrats block the $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill, refusing to advance Pentagon programs while Trump resumes the Iran war Congress never authorized.
Protesters pack Sen. Collins’ Biddeford office chanting vote her out after ICE killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero, targeting her deciding vote for $70 billion in ICE funding.
