What to Know About the Standing Filibuster as Republicans Remain Divided

As Republicans push to advance a voter ID law through the U.S. Senate, talks are again swirling on Capitol Hill about making changes to the filibuster. Some Republicans are calling for the “standing filibuster” to be brought back in order to pass the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a bill that would impose

Patel Says Biden’s FBI Obtained His and Susie Wiles’s Phone Records

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images FBI Director Kash Patel has said the FBI, under the Biden administration, obtained his and Susie Wiles’s phone records when they were both private citizens and attempted to conceal the

Capitol agenda: GOP bets on immigration fight, not big bills

Republicans are betting that Donald Trump just handed them a political lifeline on immigration. But when it comes to demands for legislative action, the president’s big speech this week gave Congress little to do. — Reframing the immigration fight: The National Republican Congressional Committee huddled Wednesday to strategize how to best capitalize on the State of