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2 months, 1 week ago
Inside Thune's judicial strategy
Senate Republicans have been confirming circuit and district court judges at a pace that now exceeds their clip from the first Trump administration —…
2 months, 1 week ago
House GOP leadership's dwindling power
For the second week in a row, Speaker Mike Johnson was railroaded by his own colleagues in the House Republican Conference.
Anna and Jake break down …
2 months, 1 week ago
The Future of Housing: The Players
Special projects reporter Shania Shelton joins deputy congressional editor Robert O'Shaughnessy to discuss the players in the world of U.S. housing p…
2 months, 1 week ago
Johnson's House theater
Speaker Mike Johnson is tying the SAVE America Act to the NDAA in a bid to keep the House moving this week. But will the maneuver be enough to stop t…
2 months, 1 week ago
Can Johnson SAVE his week?
It’s July 4th week. The Senate is out. The House is in session through Thursday — as of now. Punchbowl News Congressional Reporter Max Cohen and Defe…
2 months, 1 week ago
Readback: How lawmakers reacted to Trump tanking the housing deal
Em Luetkemeyer takes you behind the scenes of how Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Rep. French Hill responded to President Trump's last-minute decision t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
A look at your House leaders
It’s Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ turn in the barrel for our semi-regular Leader Look, following a particularly cr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Fly Out Day: Rep. Garbarino on FISA, AI threats and New York politics
New York GOP Rep. Andrew Garbarino — chair of the House Homeland Security Committee — joins Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer to break down FISA's future,…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Where does Trump stand with Senate GOP?
President Donald Trump’s tense Capitol Hill lunch with Senate Republicans did little to bridge deep divisions over the SAVE America Act.
Anna and Jak…
2 months, 2 weeks ago