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This week on The Hill: Immigration funding takes center stage as June 1 deadline looms

Both chambers are rushing to finalize a package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol before lawmakers leave for a scheduled recess at the end...

Politics chat: SCOTUS hands Trump a win, GOP diverges on housing bill

The contours of the midterms are coming into focus and there appears to be strategic daylight between the administration and Congressional Republicans on what to run on.

What Capitol Hill Interns Are Posting on Social Media

New York Times: “Congressional interns, long a fixture of summertime in Washington, were there to be seen but not heard. They were charged mostly with menial tasks such as answerin...

Data centers become flashpoint in gubernatorial races 

“Could you invent an easier political target if you tried?”

Bill Pulte Pick Sets Up Clash with Capitol Hill

Punchbowl News: “President Donald Trump’s controversial choice of Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence is yet another huge provocation to Senate Republican...

Congress Scrambles on FISA as Pulte Appointment Sparks Revolt

(By Carolina Lumetta/RealClear Wire) – One week ago, Congress was sailing toward relatively easy passage of a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillan...

Anti-incumbent mood sweeping country in troubling sign for GOP majorities

A sour, anti-incumbent mood is sweeping across the nation on its 250th anniversary in what political analysts say is an especially troubling sign for Republican control of the Hous...

RedState Weekly Briefing: Moral Sit-Ins and Capitol Hissy Fits

Senate GOP faces array of disagreements with Trump

President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are looking to get on the same page after battling over an array of disagreements, from the extension of enhanced surveillance authori...

Democrats feud over stock trading as they sharpen anti-corruption case against Trump

DALLAS (AP) — After three terms in the U.S. House and two unsuccessful campaigns for the U.S. Senate, Colin Allred said he’s heard plenty about voters’ suspicions that politicians...

The housing bill from hell targets red America

Preserving the continuity, vitality, and quality of life of exurban and rural red America should be a top priority for conservative policymakers.Instead, red America faces a multif...

Nexstar launches its first digital subscription service with The Hill Insider, aimed at political junkies

The service, priced at $5.99 and $9.99 a month, will offer deeper looks at Washington-based news and trends.

GOP senators flummoxed by Trump’s housing bill threat: 'Inexplicable,' 'makes no sense'

Senate Republicans expressed shock and bewilderment over President Trump’s threat not to sign a highly touted bill to address housing affordability, describing the move as “inexpli...

Hard-liners grind House agenda to a halt over SAVE America Act demands 

A group of conservative hard-liners have effectively ground most House floor action to a halt until Congress acts on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, de...

Washington, D.C., roll call for June 6, 2026

WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending June 5.

Week in Politics: Trump and bipartisan housing bill, John Bolton; Democratic socialists

President Trump canceled a signing for major housing legislation, former National Security Advisor John Bolton pled guilty to mishandling classified documents, and Democratic Socia...

Washington, D.C., Roll Call

WASHINGTON— Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.

Politics chat: Trump's July 4 speech, financial disclosures; Supreme Court rulings

We take a look at President Trump's July 4th speech, as well as his reluctance to sign the bipartisan housing bill intended to help make homes affordable for Americans.

Republicans seek to shift blame for unpopular redistricting war 

Republicans on Capitol Hill are seeking to shift the blame for the redistricting war onto Democrats, downplaying President Trump’s leading role in a gerrymandering frenzy that’s un...

Pete Hegseth’s blocks on promotions rankle former military leaders

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s targeted blocks on the promotions of officers in the Navy and Air Force have intensified scrutiny from former military leaders, who call the moves...

Another top general set to depart Pentagon

The shift follows months of exits from top military leaders since the start of the second Trump administration. 

Politics And The Markets 07/05/26

On Capitol Hill: Congress debates FISA intelligence program, immigration funding

On Capitol Hill this week, lawmakers are gearing up for two major legislative battles: renewing a key foreign surveillance program and addressing immigration funding through Presid...

Lawmakers Eye Openings on Tax Panels

“A giant wave of departures is set to hit Capitol Hill’s tax writing committees in the next Congress, jumpstarting the competition to fill some critical gaps in institutional knowl...