Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: A summer of decisions
Jon Ossoff, while fellow Republican John King, the state insurance commissioner, dropped his bid after concluding he had no path to victory. #SCGOV: South Carolina Rep.
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GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House
House Republican appropriators are running into headwinds in their attempt to move fiscal 2026 spending bills before the August break, struggling both with a tight schedule and intraparty differences on
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.
Senate appropriators to weigh in on Justice Department revamp
The administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request seeks to end the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a separate component, wipe away the Office on Violence Against Women’s status as
Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF
The House and Senate have not released their fiscal 2026 spending bills that includes DOJ funding, although the House is expected to do so in early July.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the races: Democrats get a reprieve
Virginia special election: Early voting for the June 28 Democratic “firehouse primary” in the special election for Virginia’s 11th District will take place on Thursday, June 26.
As House members run for Senate, their seats become prime targets
"Their failing party has no leader, no message, and no solutions. Republicans look forward to flipping these open seats red."
Kennedy defends budget request but is silent on big HHS changes
Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee — that are examining the Trump administration’s $94 billion budget request for the department in fiscal 2026
Progressive stalwart Rep. Jan Schakowsky announces retirement
Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the chamber, announced in April that he wouldn’t seek a sixth term in 2026.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Spring fever
“With this week’s executive order from the Trump administration, I firmly believe the president is laying the groundwork to cancel elections in 2026,” the Democrat said in a statement.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: House by the numbers
Greg Abbott has no similar legal guardrails, and he seems to be in no hurry to call a special election to fill the seat left behind by freshman Democrat Sylvester Turner, the former Houston mayor who died
GOP senators fall in line behind Trump’s nominees, even the contentious ones
"There may be in ’26 some lingering effects of that. There may be a primary challenger who wants to throw their hat in the ring based off of some of those preliminary comments.
What happened and what’s next after the 2024 elections?
It wasn’t a surprise Unlike 2016, no one was making firm declarations about who was going to get elected president in 2024.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: The big sort
“My core decision to run was the belief that the state must continue to be a place that anyone from anywhere can get into the middle class, no matter your background, no matter your ZIP code.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Money comin’, money goin’
Tim Scott, R-S.C., appears to be gearing up for a run to lead the NRSC into the 2026 midterms.
Afghanistan withdrawal becomes 2024 election issue
Like Trump’s contention that there would be no war in the Middle East or Ukraine if he had been reelected in 2020, there is no way to prove that the outcome in Afghanistan would have turned out better
Key results from congressional primaries on Super Tuesday
When The AP called the race at 12:26 a.m. Wednesday, the leaders had 26 percent and 24 percent, respectively. No Democrat ran for the nomination after Rep. Kathy Manning bowed out.
Congress · 117th Congress
Tensions rise over drought-stricken Colorado River water use
The two largest reservoirs in the United States, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, were at 28 percent and 26 percent of capacity, respectively, on Aug. 22, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory.
Congress · 117th Congress
Carper sets ‘aggressive’ timeline for marking up Senate highway bill
Carper, D-Del., told reporters Wednesday that his committee, which has jurisdiction over the highway portions of the surface transportation bill, has penciled in its markup for May 26.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas
“There was no effort to do that.”