Author: Ramsey Touchberry

Senate Republicans will put the focus back on former President Joe Biden with their first hearing Wednesday on his cognitive status while in office and whether ex-White House officials shielded his health decline. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from former first-term Trump administration officials, including Sean Spicer, while Democrats will boycott proceedings they…

Republican investigations into former President Joe Biden’s mental acuity while in office could soon offer the GOP reprieve from weeks of intense disputes among its members and answers to the public. Several GOP-led inquiries in Congress and the Trump administration are reaching a fever pitch as competing factions within the party remain divided over President…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) offered no apologies Monday for missing dozens of Senate votes earlier this year amid mounting reports of lingering mental health troubles affecting his core responsibilities as a Congress member. Fetterman, speaking at an event with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) in Boston, defended his absences for votes that he described as a…

A little-known three-judge panel’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s tariffs could have presented an easy off-ramp for him to call it quits on an economic policy unpopular with the public and worrisome for GOP lawmakers. Instead, the White House is barreling forward with its legal battle against the ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade and heading for a Supreme Court…

Frustrated with their party and its struggles to win back popularity after November losses, several Democratic politicians are trading in their partisan registration cards to seek office as independents. Switching affiliation isn’t a new phenomenon for office-seekers, but it has typically been a rare occurrence that could become more popular in the 2026 cycle as…

Conservative deficit hawks in Congress are on an island as House Republicans barrel ahead this week with the “big, beautiful bill” to advance President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda that would saddle more generations with trillions of dollars in debt. Republicans are looking to pull out all the stops to get the legislation to clear the…

The Senate could scramble an already difficult negotiation over President Donald Trump’s agenda, with Republicans promising further changes to his “big beautiful bill” once it clears the House. The legislation, which sweeps together Trump’s tax, border, and defense priorities, has torn apart the Republican conference ahead of a House vote planned for next week. Republicans…

President Donald Trump’s intent to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria is being met with a heavy dose of skepticism on Capitol Hill and warnings from both sides of the aisle that the administration will need Congress’s help. During his trip this week to the Middle East, Trump laid out a seismic foreign policy shift toward…

The Senate’s loudest Republican defender of Medicaid is keeping his powder dry on the House GOP’s “big, beautiful bill.” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), whose support is crucial for Trump’s legislative agenda but is contingent on preserving Medicaid, wants to see what House Republicans can muster with their thin majority first. “Let’s see what they actually…

Sen. Thom Tillis‘s (R-NC) opposition to one of President Donald Trump’s nominees is presenting the latest test of their relationship as Tillis balances his independent streak with an endorsement he might seek in his fight for reelection. Tillis, known for reaching across the aisle and at times standing at odds with Trump, is the only…