3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (134+ words) Punchbowl News House Republicans scrapped their plan to vote today on renewing the U. S. government's key foreign surveillance program, another chapter in the most predictable legislative crisis of the 119th Congress. The House was scheduled to vote on the rule that would…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (89+ words) Punchbowl News It's FEC day! We will have all the results by midnight but some filings have already popped. These reports cover the period from Jan. 1 to March 31. Here's a look at some of the most interesting reports so far:…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (168+ words) First in the Vault. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig will defend his agency's capacity to address fraud in prediction and derivatives markets on Thursday, according to a copy of his prepared testimony we obtained. Selig has mounted an…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (149+ words) Defense hawks on Capitol Hill are working to shore up details on the Pentagon's $1. 5 trillion spending request as they race to get a head start on the FY2027 funding bills and a potential military reconciliation package." The interplay between the $1. 15 trillion…...

7+ hour, 24+ min ago  (144+ words) Scoop. The top pro-safety AI political group is going "big" to support California State Sen. Scott Wiener in the race to replace former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to a source familiar with the plans. Public First Action, a group spearheaded…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago  (120+ words) Punchbowl News The House Budget Committee's hearing with OMB Director Russ Vought got off to a hot start this morning, with interruptions from protesters and clashes between Vought and Democrats. The hearing is ongoing, but Democrats' phrase of the day…...

7+ hour, 28+ min ago  (69+ words) Punchbowl News House Dems talk taxes, Haiti TPS House Democratic leadership briefed the caucus on Wednesday about Fox News polls showing President Donald Trump's handling of taxes underwater. You're seeing a preview of our Premium coverage. Read the full story…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago  (155+ words) Punchbowl News House Republicans abruptly canceled a procedural vote on renewing FISA's foreign surveillance authority as GOP leaders and the White House try to quell an uprising by hardline conservatives who are blocking the bill. The House was slated to…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago  (125+ words) Punchbowl News Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to halt its criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell just as the Justice Department appears to be escalating its probe. Federal prosecutors made a surprise…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (164+ words) The outcome of the Senate's war powers vote this afternoon on Iran is a foregone conclusion. But things will get more interesting in the House, where Democrats are bullish about their chances of logging a victory on the floor Thursday....