Josie McLaurin Rises to Legislative Director in Rep. Newhouse's Office
Josie McLaurin has been promoted to Legislative Director in the office of Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4), effective May 1, 2026. McLaurin has worked her way up...
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Josie McLaurin has been promoted to Legislative Director in the office of Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4), effective May 1, 2026. McLaurin has worked her way up...
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tennessee's only Democrat in Congress, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection, ending a 20-year congressional career...
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) lost his Senate seat Saturday night, defeated in the Louisiana Republican Senate primary May 2026 by two Trump-aligned challengers....
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The House Armed Services Committee's review of the Department of the Air Force Fiscal Year 2027 Budget is arriving at a moment of genuine tension between...
A federal indictment, a state civil probe, and a whistleblower allegation have converged on a single organization in the span of weeks, and now Congress is...
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Ohio Republican Rep. Max Miller filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her legal team at Cleveland-based Zashin Law,...
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights is set to hold a Muslim Brotherhood hearing on May 20,...
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Whistleblower protections are under pressure from multiple directions at once, and the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee is stepping into...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies will convene May 19 to examine the Department of Justice fiscal...
More than 80 percent of uranium enrichment for U.S. nuclear fuel occurs overseas, with roughly 20 percent coming from Russia even as Congress has moved to...
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to restore consumer protections on medical debt collection, defeating a motion to proceed on...
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The United States lost or damaged 42 aircraft during Operation Epic Fury, a military campaign launched February 28, 2026, in coordination with Israel...
The Trump administration's $488.2 billion budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs is heading to Capitol Hill under conditions that have made...
Why it matters: The House passed H.R. 6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, on May 14, 2026, in a vote that crystallizes the GOP's...
Why it matters: The House passed the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act on May 14, 2026, targeting the growing network of nonprofit and...
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Department of Defense is set to examine a Navy budget request that, if approved, would represent the largest...
Why it matters: The House passed H.Res. 1274 on Thursday along a strict party-line vote, severing a procedural link that had bound year-round E15 ethanol...