House appropriators not ready for next minibus yet
Appropriators are racing to pass more FY2026 funding bills before the Jan. 30 CR deadline but can’t agree yet on which bills should be up next.
Trump purges FBI agents on J6 and criminal probes
Raskin says impeachment report clears Biden
House Republicans’ impeachment report is out. It means very little.
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House GOP sits on Biden impeachment report as Democrats implode
Top House Republicans are privately wrestling with both the timing and content of a long-awaited report wrapping up their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, according to multiple lawmakers and GOP aides.
Mike Johnson says House will sue over subpoena of Biden-Hur interview
Johnson said House Republicans will “fight vigorously” in a federal district court in D.C. next week over obtaining the recording.
Oversight Democrats: Garland contempt is distraction from ‘sham impeachment’
House Oversight Committee Democrats are circulating a memo painting the Republican move to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt as a way to distract from the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
House GOP issues Biden family criminal referrals
The trio of House committees conducting the Biden impeachment inquiry issued criminal referrals for the president’s son and brother.
Ways and Means slated to release Hunter Biden testimony
House Ways and Means Committee Republicans are preparing to release more confidential information related to the Hunter Biden case. The move is the latest step in the floundering impeachment case against President Joe Biden, which right now doesn’t appear likely to receive a full House vote.
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Trump issues his Monroe Doctrine
The priorities outlined in the document are likely to draw pushback from key congressional defense hawks who want continued engagement in Europe and a muscular focus on China.
Hill aides foresee economy struggling
Top Capitol Hill aides are expecting the economy to weaken in the coming year, a bad political sign for Republicans.