Lindsey McPherson

House Democrats balk at DHS funding bill but struggle with unanimous vision of ICE’s future

House Democrats mostly united in opposition to funding ICE on Thursday, but the party remains deeply divided over how far to push the issue if they take back the majority.

January 22, 2026

Health insurance CEOs on the hot seat: Premiums up 90% since Obamacare launched 16 years ago

Health insurance premiums have skyrocketed roughly 90% on average since Obamacare launched in March 2010, and the price of health care remains stubborn against political efforts to control it.

January 22, 2026

Court rejects independent monitor to oversee Epstein files release

A federal judge on Wednesday shot down a request by members of Congress to appoint an independent special master to oversee the Justice Department's handling of the release of the Epstein files, saying their request wasn't properly made.

January 21, 2026

Congressman’s wife dies three days after Trump commuted son’s prison sentence

The wife of Rep. Steve Womack, Arkansas Republican, died Sunday, just three days after President Trump commuted their son's prison sentence.

January 20, 2026

House spending bill would fund ICE over Democrats’ objections

Congressional leaders struck a deal Tuesday to keep money flowing to ICE, setting up a showdown for rank-and-file Democrats who have demanded deep cuts or even defunding the government's chief deportation agency.

January 20, 2026

Speaker Johnson seeks to ‘calm the waters’ in address to British Parliament

House Speaker Mike Johnson's Tuesday address to the British Parliament was planned long before the growing rift between the U.S. and its European allies over the future of Greenland, but he decided to use it to help "calm the waters."

January 20, 2026

Trump’s non-endorsements in Senate races reflect long-held grievances

President Trump has endorsed all but three of the 22 Senate Republicans running for reelection in 2026, notably leaving out incumbents who have crossed him.

January 19, 2026

How lawmakers salvaged the spending process after a record government shutdown

Congress is on track to pass full-year funding for at least 11 of the 12 annual spending bills nearly a third of the way into the fiscal year.

January 19, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he doesn’t see ‘any necessity’ for war with Iran

House Speaker Mike Johnson does not see the U.S. going to war against Iran, despite President Trump threatening military intervention if Tehran executes protesters.

January 19, 2026

Schmitt proposes bill to make it easier to revoke citizenship of fraudsters after Minnesota scandal

Sen. Eric Schmitt wants to make it easier for the U.S. to revoke the citizenship of individuals who defraud the government in response to the Somali-led organizations in Minnesota that used a pandemic program to steal hundreds of millions in taxpayer money.

January 19, 2026

Trump calls for Rep. Ilhan Omar to be jailed or deported, says she is linked to fraud in Minnesota

President Trump said Rep. Ilhan Omar "knows everything there is to know" about fraud in Minnesota and should be jailed or deported to Somalia.

January 19, 2026

Senate passes three-bill spending package, marking halfway point of delayed appropriations process

The Senate on Thursday cleared a three-bill spending package that passed the House last week, sending the measure to President Trump for his signature.

January 15, 2026

Sen. Moreno says bipartisan health care deal will happen only if Democratic leadership gets on board

Sen. Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican leading bipartisan Senate negotiations on a short-term health care plan, said the talks cannot proceed without "affirmative commentary" from Democratic leadership.

January 15, 2026

Trump announces plan for more choice in health care, lower drug prices

President Trump released a health care plan Thursday that calls for delivering government assistance directly to consumers rather than through insurance companies and for lowering prescription drug prices.

January 15, 2026

Senate Republicans flip votes to quash Venezuela war powers resolution

Senate Republicans on Thursday flipped just enough votes to kill Democrats' war powers resolution that sought to block President Trump from further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval.

January 14, 2026

House passes spending bill for foreign aid and financial services

The House on Wednesday passed a two-bill, $77 billion spending package funding foreign aid and financial services agencies.

January 14, 2026

Divided House committee advances bill to restrict congressional stock trading

Accusations of "misdirection" and "disingenuous" pursuit of perfection underscored how a once-bipartisan effort to ban members of Congress from trading stocks has devolved.

January 14, 2026

Sen. Marsha Blackburn floats federal standards for AI rules as Trump prods Congress to act

Sen. Marsha Blackburn has been working for over a decade to establish federal privacy and safety standards for protecting consumers, especially children, in the digital age.

January 13, 2026

Senate unanimously passes bill to allow deepfake victims to sue for damages

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill that would allow individuals whose image has been used without their consent to create an "intimate" deepfake to sue the creator of the digital forgery for damages.

January 13, 2026

Trump’s drive to lower credit card rates could hurt, House Speaker Johnson warns

President Trump's push to lower credit card interest rates and swipe fees faces an uphill climb on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers would need to enact legislation to implement the policies.

January 13, 2026