Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) is retiring from Congress at the end of her term after serving for over three decades in the House. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, announced on Thursday that she would not seek reelection in 2026. “For more than three decades, I have had the privilege of a lifetime […]

An effort by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Thursday to tweak a new provision bolstering senators’ ability to sue the Justice Department for seizing their phone records without their knowledge during a Biden-era investigation was rejected. The unsuccessful endeavor was in response to GOP tensions over the stipulation that was slipped into the recent government funding […]

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) filed a bill on Thursday to repeal hemp-banning language that was passed as part of the deal to end the government shutdown, the congresswoman’s office told the Washington Examiner. Mace’s bill, titled the American Hemp Protection Act of 2025, would strike a provision that is set to drastically cut down the […]

A federal grand jury in Maryland is examining whether the Justice Department‘s mortgage-fraud investigation involving Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was properly handled by Trump administration officials, according to a source who spoke about her interview with prosecutors. The seemingly unusual review has drawn in witness Christine Bish, a California Republican congressional candidate who assembled a […]