Lawmakers’ prescription data at risk after data breach
Congress’ Office of the Attending Physician informed affected members this week about the hack affecting a key contractor.
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Florida shutting down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Wednesday that the state’s immigration detention facility, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” will soon close. “When we opened it in the summer of 2025, it was always intended to be temporary, because we were only doing it, because the federal government didn’t have the resources to hold these people themselves,”…
Democrat Neguse presses Burgum on reflecting pool, $13M ‘no-bid’ contract
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) on Wednesday pressed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on how his department awarded the contract for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project to Atlantic Industrial Coatings. During Burgum’s appearance before the House Natural Resource Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, Neguse asked the Interior secretary if he was “familiar”…
Kennedy to support Senate crypto bill
The Louisiana Republican’s vote on the legislation has been a major question mark for months.
Senators give House GOP’s summer reconciliation plan a cool reception
“We’re still working on reconciliation 2.0,” Majority Leader John Thune said.
Florida defends new congressional map, says it lacks ‘signs’ of partisan gerrymandering
Voting rights and civil rights groups have filed multiple lawsuits challenging a new map pushed into law by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Ballroom security can’t be privately funded, Mullin tells GOP lawmakers
The DHS secretary made a new pitch for a $1 billion Secret Service funding request to centrist Republicans.