Author: Rachel Schilke

House Republicans are planning to hike defense spending by $150 billion in the GOP’s budget bill, $50 billion more than the target originally set by the lower chamber in a win for defense hawks. The GOP’s “one big beautiful” reconciliation bill, which will codify President Donald Trump‘s agenda on the economy, taxes, defense, and border…

Democrats‘ trips to visit a deported Salvadorian immigrant are threatening to overshadow leadership’s plans for a “cost-of-living” week of action to call attention to President Donald Trump’s economy. The Democratic Policy and Communications Committee will lead the cost-of-living week of action, which will feature town halls, roundtable discussions, and local site visits to focus on…

The deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a political flashpoint that Democrats are struggling to navigate, with the party split over how loudly to protest his detention in a Salvadoran megaprison. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) became the first Democratic senator to travel to El Salvador this week to visit Abrego Garcia, who lived…

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is reportedly looking at a run for governor after President Donald Trump had to withdraw her nomination as ambassador to the United Nations due to House Republicans‘ thin majority. Sources familiar with her decision confirmed to multiple outlets that she has been encouraged by several of Trump’s allies and New York…

Vulnerable House Republicans outraised their Democratic counterparts during the first quarter of this year, an early win for the GOP as it faces the daunting task of maintaining its razor-thin majority in 2026. Off-cycle elections have historically led to lower fundraising numbers for incumbent members, with a quarterly haul of more than a million dollars…

Congressional Republicans are weighing how to go on offense over tax reform as Democrats accuse them of crafting a bill that amounts to a handout to the rich. For months, Republicans have warned that voters will face the “largest tax hike in U.S. history” if President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is…

Former North Carolina Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel is hopping back into national politics and seeking to oust Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) in what is expected to be one of the most competitive Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections. Nickel, who opted not to run for reelection in 2024 due to redistricting in North Carolina,…

EXCLUSIVE — Groups that feed malnourished children abroad with edible paste are asking a divided Congress to make their program a bipartisan priority after freezes in funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development threaten their existence. Two U.S.-based companies that manufacture the nutrient-dense paste, MANA Nutrition and Edesia Nutrition, and a non-profit supporting them,…

A fiery fight between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) over remote voting for new parents fizzled out over the weekend with a compromise to bring back vote pairing, a system dating back to the 1800s that would essentially require a Democrat to cast off their vote willingly to offset a…

House Democrats‘ campaign arm announced the 35 Republican-held “Districts in Play” for the 2026 election cycle as the party looks to flip the House in the midterm elections. The Democratic National Campaign Committee announced Tuesday that the party will be targeting districts across 18 states in the next election cycle, hoping to flip enough districts…