Lindsey McPherson

Speaker Johnson: Emails to show FBI warned Biden DOJ it lacked probable cause to raid Mar-a-Lago

Emails that the Justice Department is set to hand over to Congress will show the FBI warning Biden administration officials that they did not have probable cause to raid President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022, House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed Tuesday.

December 16, 2025

House Republicans set to vote on ‘responsible alternative’ to Obamacare

The House will vote this week on a Republican health care package that Speaker Mike Johnson said will provide "clear, responsible alternatives" to Obamacare.

December 14, 2025

House GOP produces wide-ranging health care bill they plan to vote on next week

House Republicans finalized a bill on Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson said will provide "clear, responsible alternatives" to Obamacare.

December 12, 2025

Obamacare compromise elusive as Senate bills fail, bipartisan House plans lack majority support

Congress appears unlikely to enact any health care law before the year's end when enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies expire, though some lawmakers still hold out hope for a compromise.

December 11, 2025

Senate rejects dueling health care bills as enhanced Obamacare subsidy cliff looms

The Senate on Thursday rejected a Democratic bill to extend enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative to redirect that government aid into tax-exempt Health Savings Accounts.

December 11, 2025

Thune: Senate Republicans don’t back Trump’s call to nix the ‘blue slip’ process for nominees

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that "way more Republican senators" want to preserve the "blue slip" process for home-state senators to object to U.S. attorney and district court nominees than those who side with President Trump's call to scrap it.

December 11, 2025

Swing district House Republicans launch discharge petition to force vote on Obamacare subsidies

A group of centrist House Republicans, frustrated with their leadership's decision not to bring legislation temporarily extending enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies to the floor, are banding together to try to force a vote.

December 10, 2025

House Republicans ready health care package that will not extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies

House Republicans are planning to vote on a health care package next week that does not renew enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies, prompting a group of centrist Republicans to launch a discharge petition to try to force a vote on a two-year extension.

December 10, 2025

Senate Republicans come up with an alternative to Democrats’ Obamacare subsidy extension

Senate Republicans have mostly united around a proposal to avoid the year-end health care cliff.

December 9, 2025

Senate Republicans circulate health care proposals for averting year-end subsidy cliff

Senate Republicans are floating a variety of health care plans to address the year-end expiration of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies that is projected to more than double out-of-pocket costs for 22 million Americans.

December 8, 2025

GOP unity tested as lawmakers seek health plan to counter Democrats’ Obamacare subsidy extension

Republicans never could unite around a health care plan to replace Obamacare, and now they're struggling to coalesce around short- and long-term fixes as Congress faces a year-end cliff.

December 5, 2025

Senate Democrats opt for partisan vote on a 3-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies

Senate Democrats plan to use their GOP-promised health care vote next week to try to advance a clean three-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies because they say no bipartisan path is available.

December 4, 2025

Democrats refusing to negotiate on Obamacare subsidies

Democrats, believing they have the political upper hand on a health care cliff they created, are rebuffing GOP alternatives to extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies set to expire this year.

December 3, 2025

House lawmakers struggle to protect kids on social media without trampling on free speech rights

House lawmakers working on a package of bills to protect kids online say they are trying to strike the appropriate balance between forcing Big Tech to implement safeguards and protecting users' rights.

December 2, 2025

Kelly says Pentagon hasn’t notified him of potential court-martial, other than Hegseth’s post

Sen. Mark Kelly said Monday that he's not received formal notification from the Defense Department about being recalled to active-duty status so he can face court-martial proceedings.

December 1, 2025

Schumer’s New York offices receive bomb threats with email titled ‘MAGA’

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said three of his New York offices were targeted with bomb threats in email with the subject line "MAGA."

December 1, 2025

‘A step backwards’: Parents, senators wince at House bill to protect kids on social media

A newly released House bill to protect children online omits a key provision from the Senate version that sponsors and advocates argue is what gives the measure teeth against social media companies.

November 27, 2025

Trump: More Obamacare subsidies ‘may be necessary to get something else done’

President Trump late Tuesday disputed reports that he wants to temporarily extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies for two years, but left the door open to compromising on extension to get a deal that eventually replaces them.

November 25, 2025

What’s in the GOP’s plan for government-funded, tax-exempt HSA — and why Democrats don’t like it

Congressional Republicans are considering tax-exempt health savings accounts as their preferred vehicle to deliver on President Trump's call to send taxpayer-funded health care subsidies directly to consumers instead of insurers.

November 25, 2025

Bipartisan use of discharge petitions to force House votes is on the rise

The legislative tool that House lawmakers used to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files is growing in popularity, as frustrated rank-and-file members move to advance bipartisan priorities that GOP leaders have ignored.

November 24, 2025