UNBELIEVABLE: 10 | History Defined

Top Republican is on a collision course with Donald Trump. Can John Thune survive the crash?

ANALYSIS: Thursday’s showdown in the Senate was significant, writes John Bowden, but would the majority leader dare being labeled disloyal to King MAGA?

The Independent UK · May 24

War Powers Vote Is the Latest Embarrassment for House Speaker Mike Johnson

Johnson is seemingly incapable of standing up to the Trump administration, even when one of Congress' core responsibilities is at stake.

Reason · May 22

Republican lawmakers call off vote on Trump's War Powers Resolution that was on the verge of passing

Democrats slammed Republicans as “cowards” for delaying the voting procedure into next month, while Republicans argue the move was to allow lawmakers unable to attend the vote a chance to cast their say.

Euronews · May 22

House NIL bill gets benched

House Republican leaders have once again scrubbed plans to vote on legislation that would usher in substantial changes to college sports, leaving an uncertain path ahead. Attention is now turning to the Senate, where Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., are reportedly preparing their own bipartisan proposal to…

Roll Call · May 19

Trump’s trip to China doesn’t move the needle on low approval ratings

President Donald Trump returned from China with few concrete wins, and his refusal to owe Xi Jinping a favor in return for the Chinese president’s help reopening the Strait of Hormuz highlights his lack of a plan to ease Republicans’ gas prices concerns as Democrats hammer his 79-day-old conflict. After…

Roll Call · May 18

Mike Johnson said members of Congress should ‘engage in some stock trading’, how else could they possibly ‘take care of their family’?

Just a little corruption. As a treat.

We Got This Covered · May 18

Taiwan’s president defends US arms purchases that Trump called 'bargaining chip'

Trump’s calling of arms sales to Taiwan a “bargaining chip” has raised concerns on the self-governing island of a potential change in US foreign policy towards the territory after the US president’s latest visit to China.

Euronews · May 18

Fake Congressman Post Triggers MAGA Fury Over $200,000 Salary Before Parody Is Revealed

A satirical account posing as a Californian representative incited outrage in conservative media by making false demands, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the modern information ecosystem.

International Business Times UK · May 17

Lindsey Graham rants about Churchill and Nazis when asked to defend Trump’s comments on Americans’ finances

Graham compares Trump to Winston Churchill amid the war in Iran causing gas prices to spike

The Independent UK · May 17

Mike Johnson shrugs off Black voters’ concerns about GOP gerrymandering: ‘This brings back fairness’

Johnson’s home state of Louisiana will draw out a second majority-Black district after the Supreme Court’s ruling that all but killed the Voting Rights Act

The Independent UK · May 17