Tag: Congress

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

Thune floats ballot harvesting ban as Trump hammers Senate on SAVE Act

David Sivak · March 11, 2026 1:41 pm

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

Sherrod Brown, with taste for luxury chauffeurs, hits Jon Husted for allegedly not driving his own car

Robert Schmad · March 11, 2026 12:59 pm

Former first lady of Virginia Dorothy McAuliffe.

Dorothy McAuliffe launches run for Congress in redrawn district

David Zimmermann · March 11, 2026 10:08 am

Airline passengers wait in long lines outside the terminal to get through the TSA security screening at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Sunday, March 8, 2026.

DHS reopens Global Entry after shutdown causes airport chaos

David Zimmermann · March 11, 2026 8:10 am

President Donald Trump dances as Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., applaud at the Republican Members Issues Conference, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Johnson pushes reconciliation 2.0 with no clear plan and Trump’s focus elsewhere

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · March 11, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, as returning to Joint Base Andrews, Md

Lindsey Graham’s war rhetoric complicates Trump’s push to calm MAGA base

Ramsey Touchberry, Naomi Lim · March 11, 2026 7:00 am

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) talks on the phone at the Capitol subway.

Trump administration urged to take on China’s ‘Pharma Death Grip’

Barnini Chakraborty · March 11, 2026 6:00 am

Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., departs as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kevin Hern to meet with GOP campaign chief on Oklahoma Senate run

David Sivak · March 10, 2026 7:08 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is surrounded by congressional reporters looking for updates on a plan to end the 38-day government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote as MAGA pushes filibuster showdown

David Sivak · March 10, 2026 5:12 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks before President Donald Trump

Johnson ‘optimistic’ on second reconciliation bill as top GOP tax writer says it won’t happen

Rachel Schilke · March 10, 2026 4:38 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

GOP prays for ‘speedy resolution’ of Iran war to ease economic fallout

Ramsey Touchberry, Rachel Schilke · March 10, 2026 4:24 pm

Real estate stock image.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Don’t tax the public housing poor like they’re rich

Howard Husock · March 10, 2026 6:00 am