House of Representatives
Epstein Clamor Holds Up House Business Before Summer Recess
The man who is the focus of the most attention on Capitol Hill this week is not the speaker of the House—it’s the late Jeffrey Epstein. On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., fielded a number of questions on his…
Green’s Retirement Spurs Race to Chair Homeland Security Panel
Rep. Mark Green’s sudden retirement from Congress has left a major job opening for his fellow Republicans—replacing the Tennessean as chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Now, with President Donald Trump in…
At-Risk Ohio Dem Embraces Crockett
Ohio could help determine which party controls the House of Representatives following the 2026 midterms. Two Democrats, Reps. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio’s 9th Congressional District and Emilia Sykes of Ohio’s 13th Congressional…
Mamdani Misses Out on Key Endorsement from Top Dem Leader
As one of the most powerful Democrats from New York City right now, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries probably wishes that both former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Eric Adams — two of the three…
Aging Congress Copes With Hospitalizations, Deaths of Legislators
The sudden hospitalization this week of retiring Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., was a reminder of the stresses of politics on an aging Congress. Smith, 67, was hospitalized Wednesday after not feeling well. She was discharged from…
It Took 19 Hours to Post Anything
With the U.S. Senate voting to defund both the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio, what losses will the American people suffer without tax dollars going towards two largely politicized networks that take…
House Cuts Funding From NPR, PBS
House Republicans passed a bill defunding foreign aid and public broadcasting shortly after Midnight on Friday, in the first legislative codification of President Donald Trump’s cuts to discretionary spending. “This isn’t the…
House Democrats in Turmoil as Republicans Hand Trump an Enormous Late-Night Win
In a major win for President Donald Trump, the House narrowly passed a $9 billion rescissions package late Thursday night. The vote was 216-213, according to ABC News, and left some House Democrats reeling. The bill slashes…
Jamie Raskin Flails After Host Corners Him on Why Dems Didn’t Care About the Epstein Files Until Now
MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, in a moment of honest journalism, pressed Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland on his party’s sudden push to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, when his coalition had the power to…
Rep. Luna’s Update on JFK Files: Lone Gunman Theory Destroyed by Witness at Hospital
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida discussed evidence Wednesday that her congressional task force uncovered, undermining the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman in the 1963 assassination of President John F.…
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