House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that lawmakers are waiting for the White House to formally request emergency cash to support the war in Iran, as administration officials reportedly consider seeking up to $50 billion. In an interview, Johnson said he hadn’t heard yet about a specific funding level but that “we’ll pass a supplemental
The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday announced that it opened an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who has been under growing scrutiny over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer in his office who later died after setting herself on fire. The panel said in a statement that it voted to establish…
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) and former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) are projected to head to a runoff in the Democratic primary for Texas’s newly drawn 33rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Johnson succeeded Allred last cycle after the former lawmaker vacated his seat to run against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). He later lost to Cruz in 2024. The…
The Democratic primary between Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) is projected to head to a runoff in the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The race will shift to another May 26 showdown between Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the late
Maybe, just maybe, this is the year Texas really matters. While the outcome wasn’t shocking, the confirmation of a May 26 runoff between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed the fears of many Republicans who now face a likely scorched-earth campaign that could seriously hobble the victor in November’s general
Congressional Republicans are denying that President Trump is waging a war in Iran, arguing instead that the U.S. is responding to acts of war by the Iranian regime and engaging in a limited combat operation. “This isn’t a war. We haven’t declared war,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said on CNN on Monday, later adding that Iranian Supreme…
House lawmakers returned to Washington on Tuesday to confront the Iran conflict and joust over Congress’s role, or lack thereof, in governing the terms of the fight. President Trump launched the Iran operations with a hail of strikes early Saturday, after weeks of threats and a massive buildup of military power in the surrounding region….