Skip to content

Staff

Jim Saksa

The Latest From Jim Saksa
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., defeated Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in a closely watched contest for the top Democratic slot on the Oversight Committee.

Robert Garcia wins top Democratic spot on Oversight panel

A spokesperson for the Government Accountability Office  said it has “declined any requests” to have a team assigned to it from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

DOGE attempt at GAO is ‘intrusion’ into legislative branch, Dems say

Speaker Mike Johnson, center, appears in the House chamber on Friday with vote flippers Ralph Norman, second from right, center, and Keith Self, far right, who were critical to his election.

GOP’s fragile majority

Mike Johnson was elected speaker on Friday in a nail-biter of a vote, as the 119th Congress began.

Johnson wins gavel on first ballot after flipping holdouts