A new bipartisan bill would remove the U.S. Secret Service from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), following several threats to President Trump’s life and a record-breaking lapse in DHS funding. Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and Russell Fry (R-S.C.) are co-leading the legislation, which would transfer the federal law enforcement agency to the Executive Office…
Many GOP lawmakers are pressing for another budget reconciliation bill that could help address voters’ affordability concerns.
The hard-fought clash over 2026 appropriations may have just ended, but House GOP leaders aren’t getting any respite as they plunge into the battle over spending for fiscal 2027 — the last major legislative fight expected before November’s elections. After a bruising 2026 appropriations cycle that pushed Congress to two lengthy government shutdowns, Speaker Mike…
Many GOP lawmakers are pressing for another budget reconciliation bill that could help address voters’ affordability concerns.
Democratic Sen. Peter Welch (Vt.) and Rep. Dave Min (Calif.) on Thursday sent letters to 17 people who received pardons or commutations from President Trump, asking whether the president granted them leniency under “pay-for-play” circumstances. The lawmakers said the individuals got Trump’s clemency “under suspicious circumstances,” according to a list of recipients released by Min’s…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) clapped back at President Trump over a Truth Social post the president made saying he “should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE!” “What’s up, y’all? The [New York] Knicks are up two-zip, I’m feeling good, and then I got to wake up this morning and deal with another deranged rant…
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee mocked FBI Director Kash Patel after a new report came out saying the Trump administration official occasionally travels with a “personalized branded bourbon” engraved with his name and title. “The Kash Patel bourbon: strong notes of insecurity, narcissism, incompetence and alcohol-fueled national security risk,” the lawmakers wrote in a…