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- Senate cancels Monday vote as shutdown deadline loomsby By Jordain Carney on January 23, 2026 at 9:45 pm
The Senate will instead hold its first vote of the week on Tuesday as Washington prepares for a weekend snowstorm.
- Wesley Hunt dodges questions on spotty voting recordon January 22, 2026 at 11:04 pm
Rep. Wesley Hunt refused to answer repeated questions about his spotty voting record Thursday after he appeared in the Capitol for the first time in two weeks. The Texas Republican has missed dozens […]
- House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproarby By Katherine Tully-McManus on January 22, 2026 at 9:44 pm
Only seven Democrats joined most Republicans in approving the Homeland Security bill ahead of a Jan. 30 shutdown deadline.
- Republicans tried to snag Jack Smith on technicalities. But they didn’t engage with the facts.by By Hailey Fuchs and Kyle Cheney on January 22, 2026 at 9:37 pm
Instead of focusing on the crux of the former special counsel’s Trump cases, GOP House members questioned him on process.
- Clintons are ‘working in good faith’ toward Epstein testimony, Jeffries sayson January 22, 2026 at 7:21 pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Bill and Hillary Clinton are “working in good faith” to comply with Oversight Committee subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein, a day after the panel […]
- Trump is watching Jack Smith’s testimony — and has thoughtson January 22, 2026 at 5:51 pm
As former special counsel Jack Smith testifies publicly before Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump is watching. In a Truth Social post Thursday afternoon, Trump wrote that Smith was […]
- Trump: There is ‘probably’ going to be another government shutdownon January 22, 2026 at 5:17 pm
President Donald Trump said Thursday that another government shutdown is likely as Congress approaches its Jan. 30 funding deadline, even as members work to hammer out funding agreements. “I think […]
- Final spending bills move closer to House passageon January 22, 2026 at 5:01 pm
House Republicans sent the last four fiscal 2026 spending bills over a key procedural hurdle Thursday, setting up two votes later in the day to send them together to the Senate. Republicans stayed […]