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.
Defense Secretary Hegseth campaigns for Trump-backed challenger to Rep. Massie a day before Kentucky primary, claiming “personal capacity” as private citizen.
Former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean says son Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has serious undisclosed illness, will keep his seat through more than 10 weeks of missed votes.
Trump threatens to pull endorsement of Rep. Boebert and seeks primary challenger after she campaigns in Kentucky for Rep. Massie.
Sen. Cassidy finishes third in Louisiana Republican primary after Trump endorses Rep. Letlow over his 2021 vote to convict the president for January 6.
Senate parliamentarian blocks $220 million for Trump’s East Wing ballroom from GOP immigration package, denying 60-vote workaround.
Tennessee’s lone Democratic congressman Steve Cohen retires after state Republicans split his majority-Black Memphis district three ways, the first such House retirement after Louisiana v. Callais.
House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards over allegations of sexual harassment and fostering a hostile work environment.
House war powers resolution to end Iran conflict dies on 212-212 tie vote, third defeat in the chamber since the war began, with three Republicans crossing over.
Senate adopts internal rule freezing senators’ pay during shutdowns starting in November, with no force on House and no binding effect on future Senates.
Three Republicans join Democrats in seventh failed Senate attempt to limit Trump’s Iran war powers, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski flipping after past opposition.
Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair 54-45 with Democratic Sen. John Fetterman crossing over, two days before Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends.
Transcript released Wednesday shows Commerce Secretary Lutnick told House Oversight last week his three Epstein encounters were ‘meaningless,’ including a 2012 island lunch.
Senate advances Warsh to chair Federal Reserve, putting him on track to replace Powell this week, after DOJ dropped its criminal probe of Powell.
Virginia Democrats ask Supreme Court to revive voter-approved redistricting map that state high court tossed Friday, days before ballot deadline.
Missouri Supreme Court hears three challenges Tuesday to mid-decade congressional map designed to flip Cleaver’s Kansas City seat.
Defense Secretary Hegseth calls for second investigation into Senator Kelly over depleted munitions warning, days after appeals court signaled rejection of first retaliation effort.
Federal appeals court unanimously backs lawmakers’ right to inspect ICE detention centers without advance notice.
Man pleads guilty to assaulting Representative Ilhan Omar with vinegar-filled syringe at January Minneapolis town hall, faces eight years.
Sen. Collins discloses benign essential tremor she has had her entire 30 years in Senate as she seeks sixth term.
Commerce Secretary Lutnick tells House Oversight he met Epstein only three times during 14 years as next-door neighbor, drawing Democratic resignation calls.
South Carolina joins Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana in mid-decade redistricting push targeting Black-majority districts after SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling.
Senate GOP attaches $1 billion in taxpayer money for Trump ballroom security to immigration reconciliation bill, contradicting “not one penny” pledge.
Florida Governor DeSantis signs congressional map targeting four of the state’s eight Democratic House seats in mid-decade partisan redraw.
Trump threatens deeper Germany troop cuts beyond Pentagon’s 5,000 after Chancellor Merz called US humiliated by Iran.