Jun. 5, 2026, 5:38 AM EDT After a marathon session of votes Thursday and Friday, senators passed a roughly $70 billion reconciliation bill funding immigration enforcement as more moderate Republicans abandoned efforts to constrain President Donald Trump’s
Jun. 1, 2026, 8:17 PM EDT Almost no one on Capitol Hill is convinced by the White House’s offer to drop its plans for President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund, a pot of money that
Apr. 14, 2026, 8:50 PM EDT When White House budget director Russell Vought appears before lawmakers on Wednesday, he will almost certainly face questions about a ballooning Pentagon budget, a special war-funding request and an extended Homeland
Apr. 3, 2026, 4:49 PM EDT The White House released a massive defense budget on Friday that would be historic if passed, as lawmakers and voters continue to express concerns about whether the month-long U.S. military operation
Mar. 10, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT President Donald Trump’s pledge to stop signing bills until the Senate passes a hard-line voter-ID measure is already causing heartburn for Republicans, with GOP senators warning that a standoff could freeze
Feb. 25, 2026, 7:20 PM EST When Donald Trump came before lawmakers Tuesday night during the first State of the Union to ever occur during a partial government shutdown, the president used the occasion to issue Democrats
Jan. 29, 2026, 7:45 PM EST President Donald Trump has blessed an emerging deal to stave off a partial government shutdown at 12:00 a.m. Saturday, handing Democrats a potential victory in their fight to clamp down on
Jan. 28, 2026, 5:00 AM EST With less than 72 hours until most of the federal government runs out of funding, a partial shutdown now appears likely. The more pressing question is how much of the government