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Gaetz report still in partisan limbo as Ethics panel meets

Wild and Guest have clashed behind-the-scenes over comments they both made following the panel’s Nov. 20 meeting on Gaetz.

‘Havana Syndrome’ victim asks Congress to probe State Department

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Guest goes Wild: Ethics Gaetz open — and close

Mike Johnson involves himself in the Gaetz scandal

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Trump saddles Senate GOP with another controversial pick

RFK Jr. was a Democrat but endorsed Trump earlier this year and was a campaign surrogate for the president-elect.

Gaetz-gate roils the Capitol

Guest was tight-lipped when we asked him this morning whether the Ethics Committee would release its report on Gaetz.

House GOP asks Jack Smith to keep records as Trump cases wind down

Trump, who was indicted on four felony counts in connection to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, has long vowed to fire Smith if he wins the White House.

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Trump task force report finds ‘stunning’ security failures

The House’s bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassinations of former President Donald Trump released an interim report this morning detailing “stunning” security failures in the lead-up to the July 13 rally in Butler, Pa.

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House Oversight Committee escalates probe into Tim Walz’s China ties

Comer is seeking intelligence reports, documents and other communications that may contain information about Walz’s alleged connections to the CCP.

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Hearings

Hearings to examine the posture of the Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217.

06/10/2025

H.R. 884 – To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022.; H.R. 2056 – District of Columbia Federal Immigration Compliance Act of 2025; H.R. 2096 – Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act; S. 331 – Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act

06/09/2025

Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill - Homeland Security Subcommittee

06/09/2025

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H.Res.137 - Resolution designating the House Press Gallery (Rooms H-315, H-316, H-317, H-318, and H-319 in the United States Capitol) as the 'Frederick Douglass Press Gallery’

06/09/2025

H.Res.458 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2931) to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to relocate certain offices of the Small Business Administration in sanctuary jurisdictions, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2966) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to require an applicant for certain loans of the Administration to provide certain citizenship status documentation, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2987) to amend the Small Business Act to require a limit on the number of small business lending companies, and for other purposes.

06/04/2025

H.Con.Res.24 - Authorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center for an event to celebrate the birthday of King Kamehameha I.

06/04/2025

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K Street doubts Dems have the juice to resist Trump

Most K Street leaders say congressional Democrats have been ineffective in their efforts to obstruct the Trump administration’s agenda.

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Worried about slowing economy, K Street blames Trump

The survey results come after Trump imposed hefty tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners, a move that business leaders and lawmakers are worried about.

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Senate Dems blast Kennedy’s vaccine reshuffle

A group of Senate Democrats is demanding HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. roll back his overhaul of a CDC vaccine panel.

Democrats slam use of export controls in trade talks

House Democrats criticized the Trump administration Thursday for using export controls in its trade negotiations with China.