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House lawmakers who met with Trump administration officials Wednesday on Capitol Hill emerged with no clear consensus, with some still undecided over whether to reauthorize a powerful surveillance authority without adding more privacy guardrails. The administration, according to lawmakers, has said it wants Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to continue with no […]
Three months after Inside Elections shifted a dozen House race ratings toward Democrats, nine more are moving the same way.
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith appeared to downplay a question about rising beef prices last month by saying Americans have “so many proteins to choose from.” Fellow Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio told a conservative podcaster last week that people living in poverty lack the experience to handle the “real world.” And Kansas GOP Sen. […]
Senators on both sides of the aisle criticized liability protections for social media platforms at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, but largely stopped short of supporting a full repeal as sought by some lawmakers. The hearing, billed as a review of Section 230 of a 1996 communications law 30 years after enactment, saw […]
U.S. intelligence leaders testified on Wednesday that Iran’s clerical leadership has been damaged but not ousted from power, and the mullahs may rebuild their degraded military capabilities over the next several years despite ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes. The top civilian witnesses before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, […]
Chairman Rand Paul, left, appears on a monitor in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday as he listens to Sen. Markwayne Mullin, nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, during the Oklahoma Republican’s confirmation hearing.
Stricter scrutiny of nutrition and food additives has been a focal point of the MAHA movement, gaining support from experts and lawmakers.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin faced his colleagues Wednesday in an often-heated confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security, fielding questions about enforcing the administration’s immigration deportations, the ongoing shutdown and concerns about his previous travel. The Oklahoma Republican was tapped by President Donald Trump earlier this month to replace outgoing Secretary Kristi Noem, who […]
A Smithsonian museum honoring women has been stalled for years, waiting on Congress to clear the way for its construction. On Wednesday the House Administration panel advanced a measure that would finally place it on the National Mall. But the vote on the once bipartisan issue fell along party lines, after Democrats pulled their support […]
Less than 24 hours after Senate Majority Leader John Thune kicked off his attempt to satisfy those demanding passage of a voter identification bill, House Republicans were already saying they weren’t fooled. “What’s happening right now in the Senate is a SHOW VOTE,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., a leader of the House push to […]
Illinois Democrats picked their nominees for four open House seats with mixed results for pro-Israel groups and former members.
Tuesday’s primary elections in Illinois were a test of how far big money can go in Democratic elections, while also underscoring the political clout of Gov. JB Pritzker. In the closely watched Democratic primary to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton defeated Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin […]
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to establish a task force to eliminate fraud in federal nutrition programs.
Speaker Mike Johnson and reporters are reflected in a hallway mirror in the Capitol on Tuesday following a House Republican news conference.
The NRCC has named nine candidates to its initial list of House hopefuls eligible for extra resources in this year’s midterm elections.
As President Trump slammed NATO allies over the Strait of Hormuz, his Irish counterpart urged him to start wrapping up his war with Iran.
The Senate on Tuesday afternoon voted to begin what could become a long, extended debate on what is known as the SAVE America Act.
As past presidents have learned, dealing with either inflation or with jobs is tough enough. Dealing with both is exponentially harder.
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won the Democratic primary Tuesday in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Richard J. Durbin.
Texas Republicans' redraw of the congressional map is running headlong into a Latino electorate disgruntled with Trump and the economy.