Trump asks Congress to supersize military budget, slash domestic programs
The president’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for Republicans to use a partisan process for enacting billions for the Pentagon.
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Republicans want to go it alone on ICE funding. It might be a slippery slope.
A Trump-blessed plan would use the budget reconciliation process to deliver yearly agency funding without a bipartisan agreement.
Bondi isn’t off the hook yet for Epstein testimony
House Oversight Chair James Comer isn’t ruling out making Bondi honor the subpoena the panel slapped her with last month.
House Republicans kvetch anew about DHS funding plan
Speaker Mike Johnson will likely have to rely on Democrats to act when the chamber returns April 14.
Florida’s budget stalemate takes on Cherfilius-McCormick probe-related twist
A January Office of Congressional Conduct report showed the review also looked at funding that went to a foundation led by Freddie Figgers, a telecommunications executive from Broward County with ties to the governor.
Why Republicans aren’t rushing to save Trump’s ballroom
A judge has challenged Congress to approve Trump’s multimillion-dollar construction project, but Republicans aren’t showing any immediate interest in the subject.
Senate gives House a second chance to deliver DHS funding
The early morning vote in a mostly empty chamber paves the way for an end to the record-setting agency shutdown.