Congress

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will chair a House subcommittee with congressional oversight of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Greene confirmed the news on social media platform X, writing that it is “BIG NEWS.” “We will identify and investigate the waste, corruption and absolutely useless parts of our federal government,” Greene told Fox […]

Nearly three million Americans are waiting Senate approval of a bipartisan-supported bill that could grant them long-anticipated Social Security benefits. Co-sponsors Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), along with two senators, urged the Senate in a Nov. 14 letter to bring House Resolution 82, also known as the Social Security Fairness Act […]

The House Ethics Committee will not release a report on its findings on a probe on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for now after no consensus was reached. “There was not an agreement by the committee to release the report,” Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), chairman of the committee, told reporters after the panel met to […]

Amid mounting pressure to release an ethics report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), House Speaker Mike Johnson has cemented his stance. “There’s a very important reason for the tradition and the rule that we always, have almost always followed, and that is that we don’t issue investigations and ethics reports on people who are […]

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is urging Congress to allocate $100 billion in disaster relief to assist communities across the Southeast affected by the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton. “With the Congress now back in session, I write to request urgently needed emergency funding to provide for an expeditious and meaningful Federal response to Hurricanes Helene and […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said he is open to allowing recess appointments of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections outside of the standard Senate nominating process. Over the past week or so, the president-elect has been making announcements for positions he wants to fill in his incoming administration.  Last week, while weighing in […]

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Nov. 17 urged the Senate to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it continued to pursue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over the Israel–Hamas war in Gaza. In June, the House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at imposing sanctions on those involved in […]

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has responded to a question about President-elect Donald Trump’s selections for his cabinet and the likelihood of those individuals being confirmed by the Senate, saying he isn’t taking recess appointments off the table. Before being elected as the Senate majority leader, Thune issued a statement that he would […]

Preparing for the next pandemic was the focus of a House hearing on Thursday. Representatives from the CDC, FDA, and NIH were questioned on mistakes made during the COVID response and ways to move forward.  

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability held a hearing on Nov. 13 where they heard testimony about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), which are more commonly known as unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The hearing, titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,” was opened up by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who made clear that the goal […]

Kelly Wright sits down with two guests who have powerful stories to share. The first guest is retired Lt. Col. Allen West, a former member of Congress, who discusses America’s political landscape and the way forward. The second guest is Heather Aitken, who shares her family’s military legacy. Her father, an author on illegal immigration, […]

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) as their new leader, putting him on track to become Senate majority leader next year. Conducted by secret ballot in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, the vote was between Thune, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.). Thune won in the second round […]

News Analysis WASHINGTON—Washington pundits are portraying the contest for Senate majority leader as pitting two well-liked GOP establishment favorites—Sen. John Thune of South Dakota and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas—against Florida conservative Sen. Rick Scott, a relative youngster in Congress, who is expected to rock the boat big-time. But that narrative breaks down when the […]

House GOP leadership says they are “ready to work” for the American people and implement Donald Trump’s agenda as they prepare to meet with the President-elect. On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the media on Capitol Hill, along with Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.). While the GOP has […]

New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has paused proceedings in President-elect Donald Trump’s already-decided criminal case, according to a document made public on Tuesday. Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the crises in Gaza and Lebanon. The 118th Congress returned on Tuesday […]

WASHINGTON—After a long recess that began in September, both houses of the 118th Congress will return on Nov. 12 for its final session. It’s the first time the legislature will convene after general elections on Nov. 5, in which Republicans gained control of the Senate in the 119th Congress that takes office on Jan. 3, […]

Republicans lead in several crucial races that will determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and they appear to be on the verge of ensuring that President-elect Donald Trump will enter his second term with a trifecta. A party has a trifecta if it controls the White House, the Senate, and the House of […]