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House Republicans are scrambling to produce a third reconciliation bill this Congress focused on defense…
Heading for retirement, Pelosi still lends political heft to fellow Dems
For the first time in four decades, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi won’t be on the ballot in November, but she’s lending her political clout and prodigious fundraising skills to dozens of Democrats who will. Pelosi, who concludes her barrier-breaking tenure in the House early next year, has offered up a string of endorsements to incumbents […]
Alabama groups urge Supreme Court to halt congressional map
Challengers to Alabama’s latest redistricting push urged the Supreme Court on Monday not to let the state use a congressional map in this fall’s elections that a lower court found likely discriminated against Black voters. The groups, including voters and Democratic officials in the state, argued the justices should keep the state’s congressional lines used […]
This week: Reconciliation round two?
After a weeklong recess, Senate Republicans return Monday with their focus set on ways to move their budget reconciliation package, which hit several hurdles before the Memorial Day break. The House, which has been on standby while Senate leadership works out how much of the White House wishlist they can salvage, is returning later this […]
Louisiana legislators adopt new House map, giving GOP pickup opportunity
Louisiana lawmakers have approved a congressional map that would give Republicans another pickup opportunity, sending it to Gov. Jeff Landry for final approval. The Louisiana state Senate approved the new lines on Friday, a day after the state House did so. The newly drawn map would favor Republicans in five out of six House districts, […]
Bondi sits for closed-door interview over Epstein files release
Former Attorney General Pamela Bondi appeared for a closed-door interview with a House panel Friday over the handling of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and Democrats say she told them that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made many of the decisions. The interview by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform […]
Judge blocks moves to add Trump to Kennedy Center name
A federal judge in Washington on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s moves to rename the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump and close the center for two years — and gave two weeks for removal of the changed signage on the building’s façade. The opinion and order came in a lawsuit filed in December by […]
Judge temporarily halts DOJ ‘anti-weaponization fund’
A federal judge in Virginia on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from proceeding with the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” created by the Justice Department last week. The two-page order from Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia directed the administration not to take any steps to […]
Florida’s Frederica Wilson announces retirement
Rep. Frederica S. Wilson will not seek reelection this year, bringing to a close a decadeslong career in Florida politics and decreasing the number of colorful cowboy hats worn on Capitol Hill. With her decision not to run for a ninth term, which she announced Friday at a ceremony in Miami Gardens to rename a […]
Judge declines to block parts of Trump mail voting order, for now
A federal judge on Thursday denied an effort to pause President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting in federal elections, finding that it was too early to say whether anyone has been harmed by the effort. The opinion and order, from Judge Carl Nichols for the U.S. District Court for the District […]
Geothermal energy package coming to House floor
The House is expected next week to consider a measure intended to help speed up permitting of geothermal projects on public lands. The legislation includes portions of six bills from Republicans and Democrats that the House Natural Resources Committee approved in March. The bills had bipartisan backing in committee, and their placement on the suspension […]