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Between ‘The Rock’ and a hard place — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week ending May 9, 2025

Cabinet secretaries descended on Capitol Hill this week, some with departmental budget requests — and others, without. Other highlights included talk of Alcatraz, the electric slide and monkey dung.

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