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- House proxy-voting mess threatens to jam up the GOP agendaby By Meredith Lee Hill on April 3, 2025 at 8:45 am
Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.
- Republicans weigh selling public lands to pay for Trump agenda billon April 2, 2025 at 9:12 pm
Congressional Republicans are mulling the sale of some public lands to help pay for a massive bill to enact President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, according to lawmakers aware of the […]
- Johnson digs in against proxy voting, citing House’s ‘integrity’on April 2, 2025 at 8:27 pm
Speaker Mike Johnson is digging in against allowing proxy voting for the House's new parents, heightening a standoff with members of his own party that has frozen legislative action in the chamber. […]
- Former aide skewers California House Dem in primary launchby By Ally Mutnick on April 2, 2025 at 12:55 pm
Jake Rakov is running against his ex-boss, Rep. Brad Sherman, a 15-term incumbent representing Los Angeles' fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades.
- Capitol agenda: Trump's tariff teston April 2, 2025 at 12:00 pm
At least three Senate Republicans are poised to mark President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” escalation of his trade war by formally rebuking a key piece of his tariff strategy. Trump is […]
- State Sen. Mallory McMorrow announces Michigan Senate bidon April 2, 2025 at 10:00 am
Democrat Mallory McMorrow formally launched a bid on Wednesday to succeed retiring Michigan Sen. Gary Peters. The state senator framed herself as an outsider, declaring that the “same old crap out […]
- Schumer and Jeffries appear together for the first time since funding blowupon April 1, 2025 at 11:17 pm
The top two Democratic congressional leaders stressed unity during their first joint appearance since a government funding fight put them on opposing sides and exposed deep rifts within the party. […]
- Oliver or Roger? First JFK hearing has a bit of an identity crisis.on April 1, 2025 at 11:01 pm
The surprise of the first hearing of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets wasn’t about the identify of who shot John F. Kennedy. Instead it was about who wrote a conspiratorial […]