Vance looms as Trump spirals DC whispers about impeachment — but forget the 25th Amendment Salon · Apr 17
Rep. Luna took down 2 congressmen for sexual misconduct in one week. Now she’s knocking on the Senate majority leader’s door Not done yet We Got This Covered · Apr 16
Budget resolution for immigration funds expected next week Senate Republicans plan to release a budget resolution next week that would kick-start the process for a reconciliation bill on immigration enforcement funding and help end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers said Thursday. The party is aiming to provide about $70 billion in funding for… Roll Call · Apr 16
Theological squabble distracts from Tax Day messaging On a day when they had hoped to focus messaging on last year’s tax cut law, congressional Republicans spent Tax Day focusing on theology. A dayslong spat between the Trump administration and the Vatican left lawmakers urging the White House to stay in its lane on matters of liturgy and… Roll Call · Apr 15
Trump’s Vatican clash and AI Jesus ‘blasphemy’ is fueling a GOP holy war: ‘He should not be treating the Pope as a rival’ ANALYSIS: Trump’s latest attack on the Holy Father and depicting himself as Christ has plenty of Republicans squirming in their seats, Eric Garcia writes The Independent UK · Apr 14
Republicans fear looking ‘out of touch’ on key issues because party keeps appealing ‘to our loony folks,’ report says ‘People are feeling it,’ Senate Majority Leader John Thune said of elevated gas prices The Independent UK · Apr 13
Democrats opened the door to a third Trump impeachment over Iran. Here’s what they need to happen next ANALYSIS: Even if Democrats win back the majority, Eric Garcia writes, they have to ask themselves: Should they try to impeach Trump again? The Independent UK · Apr 9
Trump could keep an acting attorney general for months President Donald Trump will have wide latitude to keep his preferred pick leading the Justice Department after his firing of ally Pamela Bondi, including scenarios that could entirely avoid a Senate confirmation process well into the future. Any permanent attorney general nominee could face a tough path to confirmation in… Roll Call · Apr 9
Mike Johnson’s ‘bait-and-switch’ on DHS bill has left even his closest allies ‘furious,’ report says Speaker Johnson will reportedly not bring up the DHS funding bill when the House returns next week, unless the Senate makes progress on funding for ICE The Independent UK · Apr 7
Fed-Up Republicans Want Trump Impeached After Threatening to Destroy 'Entire' Iran: 'Unhinged Supervillain' President Trump faces backlash from both Republicans and Democrats over his threats to Iran, sparking calls for impeachment. International Business Times UK · Apr 7
Republican Super PAC Drops $342M on Senate Elections in 8 Key States North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Alaska, Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire are at the center of a new $342 million ad reservation from the Senate Leadership Fund, the Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a move that underscores how defensive the 2026 Senate map has become… Latin Times · Apr 7
House Republicans Demand Guaranteed ICE Funding Before Agreeing to End Record DHS Shutdown House Republicans are threatening to hold up a bipartisan Senate plan to reopen most of the Department of Homeland Security unless they first secure guaranteed funding for ICE and Border Patrol. International Business Times UK · Apr 3
Mike Johnson will wait on holding a vote to fund DHS The House speaker told his conference in a call Thursday he thinks the Senate could pass a narrow reconciliation package funding ICE and CBP within two weeks. Axios · Apr 2
'Suffered far too long': Trump says he'll sign order to pay DHS employees amid funding deadlock US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will soon sign an order to ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees who have gone without pay during the ongoing partial government shutdown receive their salaries, as the funding impasse stretched to 48 days. The Times of India · Apr 2
The Guardian - US · Apr 2 Partial shutdown drags on as US House takes no action on compromise deal Senate-passed funding plan for DHS languishes despite agreement between Republican congressional leaders
The Independent UK · Apr 2 The Latest: Oil prices surge, stocks fall with Trump offering no clear end to war U.S. President Donald Trump says the U.S. will keep hitting Iran very hard in the next two or three weeks even though he says all of his administration's military objectives have been met or exceeded
The Independent UK · Apr 2 Senate set to approve funding deal to end government shutdown of homeland security Republican leaders unveiled a plan to end the government shutdown on Wednesday
Axios · Apr 1 Republicans announce plan to end record-long DHS shutdown House Speaker Mike Johnson Johnson on Friday called the Senate bill a "joke."
The Guardian - US · Apr 1 Republican leaders agree to advance funding deal to end DHS shutdown Measure that would fund homeland security but exclude money for ICE could conclude lengthy funding lapse
Roll Call · Apr 1 Trump unites divided GOP leadership behind Homeland Security deal President Donald Trump and GOP leaders united behind a plan Wednesday to end the record-breaking partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, committing themselves to a two-track strategy that includes passing a reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement funding by June 1. With the shutdown stretching into its seventh week…
The Independent UK · Mar 31 Republicans turn on their own over shutdown and call on Congress to cancel their spring break ANALYSIS: Republicans are turning on each other — delicately — as they can’t figure out how to break a DHS funding logjam without handing Democrats a win, writes John Bowden
Roll Call · Mar 31 Who’s the shutdown scapegoat now? As Senate Majority Leader John Thune hashed out a deal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, he may have thought Democrats were its biggest threat. Instead, his fellow Republicans across the Capitol were the ones to tank it. Now, instead of blaming Democrats for prolonging the shutdown,…
The Independent UK · Mar 28 MAGA lawmakers at war as House Republicans slam Senate GOPers for fleeing DC amid shutdown ‘Could the Senate be any more lazy than to send to us a bill that doesn't do the job and then leave town?’ one MAGA congressman said
Axios · Mar 27 Johnson calls out GOP Senate over "joke" of a DHS plan "This gambit that was done last night is a joke," Speaker Mike Johnson said.
The Independent UK · Mar 27 This is the dumbest government shutdown ever — and Americans will continue to pay the price. Here’s who’s to blame ANALYSIS: The wraparound lines at airports will continue, ICE won’t be reined in and the Senate’s left. Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg break down who’s at fault