White House, Senate skeptical about House’s amended housing bill
The House-amended version of a housing supply and homeownership bill bucks the directive of the Senate to pass the upper chamber’s bill.
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Reps. Davis, Tenney push for genetically targeted heart disease technologies
Reps. Don Davis (D-N.C.) and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) said Thursday the House is prepared to pass legislation supporting wider access to genetically targeted technologies (GTTs) that can treat conditions like heart disease, with the current challenge of getting it on the “front burner” in the Senate. Appearing at The Hill’s “Protecting Patients from America’s Number…
Senators vote to block their pay during government shutdowns
The rule change will kick in after the midterm elections in November.
Senators discuss tweaks to $1B request
Senate Republicans are discussing possible changes to a $1 billion line item in the pending reconciliation bill for Secret Service security funding, which can be used for parts of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, according to five people granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter. The discussions come as the GOP prepares to argue
Ways and Means Chief says he’s focused on bipartisanship
Missouri Republican Rep. Jason Smith had kind words for his Democratic counterparts at a D.C. tax conference.
What is MK-Ultra and why is it making headlines
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has amplified her push to uncover the details of CIA’s Project MK-Ultra with claims this week that the agency took relevant documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The program started in 1953 and over the next two decades used 80 institutes across the country, including 44…
Navy Admiral: Epic Fury could force tough cuts, personnel problems by July
Naval Operations Chief Adm. Daryl Caudle said Thursday that without supplemental funding for the U.S. war in Iran, he will have to implement cuts in training, routine operations and personnel by July. “The [fiscal year 2026] budget didn’t bake in [Operation] Epic fury,” Caudle said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. “You see a large