US politics – Congress matters

The Finance Committee hearing was in the works before Wednesday’s CDC shakeup.

Teixeira was a superstar on the diamond, going yard 409 times in a career saw him play for four big league outfits, including the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees.

The president said Wednesday there would be “more to follow” amid preliminary talks on Capitol Hill.

The solicitor general argues that only Congress has the authority to challenge impoundment of federal money.

Trump is warning he will try to sue over the precedent and criticizing Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley for not ceding to his demands to nix the practice.

The 2026 fight for control of Congress runs through New Jersey’s swing seats. But one party is arriving better prepared than the other.

“We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people,” he said.

Now comes the waiting game as congressional Republicans and the DOJ coordinate on redactions.

The DOJ is expected to make heavy redactions for an initial tranche of Epstein documents.

Vice President JD Vance will be in Georgia on Thursday to take a stab at pitching a massive bill that hasn’t yet been fully implemented.

The White House is now within the window of attempting a contentious “pocket rescission” to cancel federal cash no matter what Congress says.

It is the latest chapter in Trump’s escalating effort to leverage the federal government against his political foes.

Her statement comes after saying the “genocide and destruction” in Gaza needs to end.

Senators are fiercely protective of the longstanding precedent that gives them deference over who serves as U.S. attorneys and district court judges back home.

A House committee was forced to issue a subpoena to DOJ compelling the release of the materials.

The president must secure congressional approval to extend the 30-day federal takeover.

The 88-year-old congressional delegate has mounted a back-seat response to the most serious federal threat to the city’s government in 30 years.

The politically ambitious Connecticut Democrat is walking away from bipartisan government funding negotiations as his party clamors for a seat at the table.

But it will be difficult to get actual legislation to the president’s desk.

The capital is already subject to significant federal control — and Trump is invoking his emergency powers to solidify it.

The White House has yet to articulate its vision for a second, or third, reconciliation package.

“What would a good deal look like? Making sure that 2022 doesn’t happen again,” he told NBC’s Kristen Welker.

An order issued Saturday evening by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel gives the administration until Friday to restore the data online.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who pushed for national reforms, now says her party “cannot and will not unilaterally disarm.”

So long as national party operatives view the Florida lawmaker’s seat as safe, there is little incentive for GOP leaders to engage.

The explosive events could reflect broad backlash to GOP governance. Or they might be just another outgrowth of political polarization.

Lindsey Langston, winner of the 2024 Miss United States contest, filed a police report in Florida. Mills denied wrongdoing.

The House Oversight Committee chair was required to send the subpoenas after a Democratic-led subcommittee vote in July.

Ahead of a critical spending showdown, the two leaders’ relationship is almost nonexistent.