Tag: Congress

President Donald Trump talks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

HUD finds billions worth of possible payment errors ‘incentivized’ under Biden administration

Ross O'Keefe · December 30, 2025 12:44 pm

Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Trump’s latest funding cuts dampen bipartisan dealmaking in 2026

Ramsey Touchberry · December 30, 2025 7:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

The fight for the Senate: Where battleground races stand in the polls

Ramsey Touchberry · December 30, 2025 6:00 am

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a news conference in Minneapolis City Hall.

Ilhan Omar’s obscure financial disclosures under scrutiny amid Minnesota fraud scandal

Robert Schmad · December 30, 2025 6:00 am

A driver fills up their car at a gasoline pump.

Energy and Environment

National average gas prices drop for fifth week in a row

Maydeen Merino · December 29, 2025 3:46 pm

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) speaks during a news conference.

DeSantis dismisses Mike Johnson’s boasting of ‘productive’ Congress: ‘Paltry’

Emily Hallas · December 29, 2025 12:54 pm

Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a news conference.

Zelensky asked for 50-year security guarantees after Trump agreed to 15

Emily Hallas · December 29, 2025 11:12 am

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule next week on whether it will go along with President Trump's executive order on reversing Obama-era climate change regulations affecting coal-fired power plants, according to the president of a coal group involved in the underlying litigation.

Fairness and Justice

Extreme climate activists are manipulating judges

Jason Chaffetz · December 29, 2025 11:00 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters

Trump stress-tests Thune’s Senate majority with record-breaking year

David Sivak, Ramsey Touchberry · December 29, 2025 6:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., reacts to reporters

Health insurers drift leftward in campaign donations even as they seek to sway GOP

Robert Schmad · December 29, 2025 5:30 am

Collage of Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO), Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH).

The 2026 battleground: Congress’s most vulnerable House and Senate seats

Samantha-Jo Roth · December 29, 2025 4:00 am

Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi says GOP has ‘abolished’ Congress, vows Democrats will retake House in 2026

Molly Parks · December 28, 2025 12:49 pm