Trump’s showdown with Republican Sen. Cassidy: Inside the blow-up on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — “Would you really like to know?” Sen. Bill Cassidy asked President Donald Trump. Just hours after refusing to sign a bipartisan housing bill that Republicans hoped would boost their election-year prospects, the president was attending a private lunch Wednesday with the Senate GOP. Trump wondered aloud how anyone could have … Read more

Trump to sign sweeping bipartisan housing affordability bill into law at Capitol

Washington — President Trump is set to sign a bill aimed at bringing down housing costs on Wednesday at the Capitol, where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are claiming credit for the most comprehensive housing legislation in decades. The measure, known as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aims to increase housing supply … Read more

Trump heads to Capitol Hill for pivotal meeting as Senate GOP divisions deepen

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Wednesday will face a Senate GOP hungry for wins ahead of pivotal midterm elections and desperate for a path forward as squabbles and the president’s own abrupt decisions derail their march to November.  Trump hasn’t come to the Capitol to meet with the … Read more

Reporter’s Notebook: Capitol Hill’s legislative clock is ticking ahead of the midterms

Trump calls for SAVE America Act to be linked to FISA bill Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram details President Donald Trump’s controversial demand to link the extension of the FISA anti-terror surveillance law with voter ID legislation, the SAVE America Act. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., expresses doubt about the feasibility of this linkage, … Read more

Far-right influencer Jake Lang, pardoned for Jan. 6 Capitol riot, arrested in Texas on charge of making terroristic threats

Jake Lang, a far-right influencer who was criminally charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection but was later pardoned by President Trump, was arrested in Dallas, Texas, on a state charge of making terroristic threats.  According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 31-year-old Lang was arrested Tuesday after getting off a … Read more

FIRST ON FOX: SPLC’s tax-exempt status under threat after fiery Capitol Hill hearing

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A left-wing nonprofit accused by the Department of Justice of secretly funding the extremism it claims to combat is facing a new threat from Capitol Hill. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Wednesday that would revoke the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) tax-exempt status, … Read more

ActBlue chief heads to Capitol Hill hot seat as donor fraud probe intensifies

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The embattled head of a Democratic fundraising powerhouse is slated to face a grilling by House lawmakers as questions swirl about whether the group misled Congress about alleged donor fraud. ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones will testify before the House Administration Committee in a potentially explosive hearing Wednesday, … Read more

Graham Platner visits Capitol Hill amid sexting controversy

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, meeting with Democratic lawmakers. The pre-scheduled meetings come on the heels of leaked sexually explicit text messages that Platner allegedly exchanged with women who were not his wife. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports. Source link