House Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., returned to the Capitol on Thursday for the first time since his cancer diagnosis and said his treatments are “going well.” Scalise, who was diagnosed with blood cancer three weeks ago, told reporters he has begun chemotherapy and said his doctor is “encouraged” …
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Liberals on social media lashed out in response to interim House Speaker Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., evicting Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., from her private Capitol office. Pro-Democrat X (formally Twitter) users slammed McHenry’s move as “petty,” with one calling it a “d— move” and another describing it as “authoritarian.” McHenry, who …
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Congress just passed – and President Biden just signed – the latest short-term government funding bill to keep the government running. The bill, which essentially kicks the can down the road, ensures that taxpayers will continue to pay for a bloated government until January, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray …
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New York Republican Rep. George Santoswas expelled from the House of Representatives in a historic vote on Friday, but four Democrats either voted “present” or against kicking the controversial lawmaker out of Congress. Santos’ fate was sealed when 311 House lawmakers voted to expel him, while 114 voted against it. …
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NASHVILLE – Some Americans are split over whether aid to Ukraine or fixing the migrant crisis at the southern border should take priority as lawmakers in Washington, D.C., remain stuck in a stalemate over the issues. “We need to support Ukraine,” Mel told Fox News while on Music City’s famous …
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EXCLUSIVE: A retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel who commanded the final American evacuation flights out of Afghanistan four years ago on Monday launched a Republican campaign in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. Alex Pelbath, who describes himself as a “Trump Conservative,” is running in the 2026 race to succeed …
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A former attorney general under George W. Bush’s administration is testifying to House Oversight Committee investigators on Tuesday. Alberto Gonzales, who led the Department of Justice (DOJ) from February 2005 until mid-September 2007, is the second witness being called in the bipartisan House probe into Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice …
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees who signed an open letter slamming the Trump administration’s leadership of the office have been placed on leave, with FEMA leadership subsequently slamming the “bureaucrats who presided over decades of inefficiency” for “objecting to reform.” More than 190 current and former FEMA employees signed …
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Both the House and Senate return to session Tuesday after a lengthy summer recess — with a hectic fall and a looming deadline to fund the government on the horizon. Front and center is an Oct. 1 deadline to fund the government. Democratic votes are essential to break a filibuster …
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It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics. The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending. The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the squelch knob, you may detect the signal. We …
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