Capitol agenda: Trump-Powell clash hijacks Warsh hearing
Senate Banking holds a hearing Tuesday on Kevin Warsh’s nomination to be Federal Reserve chair.
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This is how Democrats say Oversight Republicans are trying to quash the Epstein investigation
The committee chair has started hosting frequent “roundtables,” where his members can’t force subpoena votes.
Johnson faces political gauntlet as legislative fights collide
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling toward a brutal end-of-the-month crunch, juggling a slate of high-stakes legislative fights with intensifying calls for one of his members to step down and growing unease within the GOP as the Iran conflict nears the 60-day mark. The Speaker and his leadership team are scrambling in search of deals…
What to know about Tuesday’s redistricting referendum in Virginia
Democrats in Virginia are eyeing one last opportunity to pass new congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as the national redistricting war nears its end. Virginia Democrats teed up a Tuesday referendum asking voters if lawmakers can temporarily pass a Democratic-favored 10-1 House map before the 2030 Census. Democrats in the Old Dominion
Virginians Head to Polls for Special Election on Redistricting Map Drawn to Favor Democrats
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in the Hillsboro Old Stone School in Hillsboro, Va., on Nov. 4, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Voters in Virginia head to the polls on April 21 to decide whether the state legislature can redraw the commonwealth’s congressional map. If a majority of voters choose “Yes” on
This is how Democrats say Oversight Republicans are trying to squash the Epstein investigation
The committee chair has started hosting frequent “roundtables,” where his members can’t force subpoena votes.
House Ethics Panel Requests Victims Come Forward After 2 Lawmakers Resign
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The House Ethics Committee issued a public statement Monday asking victims of congressional sexual misconduct to come forward and published a record of publicly disclosed investigations involving House members spanning decades. The bipartisan panel, chaired by Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), revealed