Democrats clash with Hegseth over Guard deployment, shipbuilding
Rosa DeLauro, the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee, sought to drill down on the fiscal 2026 budget request’s shipyard investments.
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Hannah Pingree, daughter of Maine congresswoman, enters race for governor
Jared Golden said he would not seek statewide office in 2026 and would instead run for reelection to his competitive 2nd District seat.Â
In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker
The Mississippi Republican called the bill "a start," but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget — a plan that hinges the bulk of its Defense Department
House considers Trump cuts as Senate Republicans work on reconciliation bill
The headline committee action for the week is Tuesday’s kickoff of the regular appropriations markup process for fiscal 2026.
Explaining Trump’s claim of a ‘68 percent’ tax increase
"We estimate 64.2 percent of households would pay more taxes in 2026 if the law expires," John Buhl, spokesman for the Tax Policy Center, told us in an email, referring to a March analysis of the effect
White House seeks to diminish Office on Violence Against Women
The White House, in the fine print of its fiscal 2026 budget request appendix released last week, proposed a 29 percent cut to appropriated OVW program funding, writing that it and other department grantmaking
‘Eerie similarities’: Dems tea partied in 2010 say today’s GOP faces own reckoningÂ
And that’s Election Day 2026." If there’s a difference between 2010 and now, Carney and Pomeroy said, it’s what power the parties are willing to sacrifice.
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At the races: Big, beautiful bickering
Moderates in the Senate such as Maine’s Susan Collins, who is on the ballot in 2026, and even some red-state conservatives such as Missouri’s Josh Hawley have raised alarms over the measure’s proposed
Trump-Musk alliance ends with personal attacks, threats to end federal contracts
it would do, if signed into law. ’Truth will come out’ The world’s richest man on Thursday showed no signs of going down without a rhetorical fight, appearing to take aim at Republicans ahead of the 2026
Biden alums could boost their House ranks in midterm elections
As Trump tries to unwind much of his Democratic predecessor’s agenda, a handful of federal employees who helped carry out the Biden administration’s policy priorities are seeking House seats in 2026.
Time and voters will determine who is right in current Medicaid fight
While voters have expressed general concerns about the national debt and deficit, the change of heart on the CBO from some Republicans is unlikely to be the biggest issue of the 2026 midterm elections.
CBO sees lower deficits from tariffs, but with big caveats
The CBO said the tariffs will reduce the rate of real growth in gross domestic product by 0.06 percentage points per year through fiscal 2035 and increase inflation by 0.4 percentage points in 2025 and 2026
White House bid to cut funding could spell trouble for Smithsonian American Latino museum
Instead, the request returns the Smithsonian to the integrated approach previously used to share the collections throughout the Institution that chronicle American Latino history and culture," the fiscal 2026
TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point
Senators from both parties challenged Education Secretary Linda McMahon about her agency’s detailed fiscal 2026 budget proposal Tuesday, with a focus on cuts to the bipartisan federal TRIO programs.
Interior eyes Land and Water Conservation Fund for maintenance
The fiscal 2026 detailed budget request released Monday asks Congress for $387 million from the fund for deferred maintenance programs for the National Park Service, U.S.
Senators spar over nationwide injunctions stopping Trump policies
Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, urged House appropriators to consider including language in fiscal 2026 funding bills that would "address the abusive use of nationwide
Congressional agencies look for boost amid government downsizing
Several legislative branch agencies are seeking substantial funding hikes for fiscal 2026, even as the White House proposes steep cuts to domestic spending and foreign aid, as outlined in a detailed request
Checking the math on White House, GOP claims about ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Rutherford was responding to a Congressional Budget Office report on the bill that said for the years 2026 to 2034, despite some proposed spending cuts, there would, on net, be "an increase in the federal
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At the races: A Democratic boogeyman steps aside
Still, Musk was unlikely to have remained the center of attention in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections.
Trump, GOP prep next chapter in spending cuts agenda
the next phase of its plans to downsize the federal government, submitting a formal request to Congress to take back unspent funds in out-of-favor areas and fleshing out the president’s "skinny" fiscal 2026