Maine Democrats tout ‘outsider’ approach to unseating Collins
The minority party faces a difficult Senate map in its quest to win the majority in 2026, and defeating Collins would be key to any Democratic hopes of flipping the chamber. Â
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Fiscal 2026 funding discussions to dominate House, Senate agenda
In the immediate term, the Senate plans to work through its version of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill, another must-pass measure.
House votes to stand up Loudermilk-led subpanel investigating Jan. 6
House leaders tucked the resolution creating the subpanel, which will operate under the Judiciary Committee, into a rule teeing up the fiscal 2026 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill and other
Trump willing to meet with Democrats before shutdown deadline
A continuing resolution or some kind of fiscal 2026 spending legislation would need 60 votes in that chamber; Republicans have fewer than that with 53 seats and the vote of Vice President JD Vance.Â
Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns
Morelle, D-N.Y., during the markup of its fiscal 2026 Interior-Environment funding bill that would bar any funds provided for the Smithsonian Institution to be used for the planned transfer.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Redrawing the majority?
Beto O’Rourke, a past Senate candidate who may run again in 2026, said of Newsom during an event hosted by the Center for American Progress on Tuesday.
Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names
The House fiscal 2026 NDAA contains an amendment by Rep.
Trump’s Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance’s ‘big’ bill sales pitch
Vance said administration officials intend to spend the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections "talking about these big wins," while asserting that Democrats and the "corporate media" would like to focus
Appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill without GAO cuts
Senate appropriators approved their fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch bill Thursday, which would boost spending for Congress by roughly 5 percent and avoid cuts to the Government Accountability Office.
Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others
"With the bill easily portrayed as benefiting the rich, they have also created a likely problem for themselves in 2026 and, more likely, 2028 elections," according to Giles Alston, an analyst for the private
‘Only way out is deportation’: Trump talks tough at Everglades detention site
are not about deporting a violent criminal or violent felon that was found guilty in a court of law, as they should be deported," Espaillat said at a June 24 House Appropriations markup of the fiscal 2026
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: A speedy special electionÂ
Trump’s political team recently launched Kentucky MAGA, a super PAC with the aim of defeating Massie in the 2026 Republican primary.
Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon
She’s hoping to extend that streak in 2026. "I’m a happy person. God’s given me good health, and I know this is what I was meant to do," she said in an interview.
Walz and Johnson make misleading claims about bill’s impact on SNAP
And about 65 percent of households receiving SNAP benefits would see a decline in monthly benefits of about $10 on average, beginning in 2026, due to the change in counting internet costs as household
CBO: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich
The nonpartisan agency said it estimates that over the fiscal 2026 through 2034 period, after-tax income and federal benefits "would decrease for households toward the bottom of the income distribution
Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn
"We’ve got some real opportunities here in 2026, and it’s evidenced by the fact that we have so many candidates who are throwing their hat in the ring," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart said.
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
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.
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