Lindsey McPherson

SAVE America Act would require voter ID to vote

GOP lawmakers Rep. Chip Roy and Sen. Mike Lee have introduced legislation that would require voter identification to vote in federal elections, a requirement that builds on their previous legislation that called for proof of citizenship to register to vote.

January 30, 2026

Senate to vote on funding deal after Sen. Graham secures votes on sanctuary cities, Arctic Frost

The Senate is on track to pass a spending package Friday ahead of a midnight funding deadline, after Sen. Lindsey Graham secured GOP leaders' backing for votes on two of his priorities.

January 30, 2026

Sen. Graham holds up spending deal to secure votes on sanctuary cities, Arctic Frost

Sen. Lindsey Graham is preventing the Senate from quickly advancing a spending package needed to keep the government funded, in an effort to secure votes on two of his priorities.

January 30, 2026

Senate nears deal that avoids major shutdown, revisits Homeland Security funding

The Senate on Thursday night was preparing to vote on a spending package to avoid another prolonged government shutdown, but with only a two-week stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security as Democrats push to put guardrails on ICE.

January 29, 2026

Senate blocks spending vote as lawmakers negotiate DHS stopgap to avert shutdown

Congressional leaders and the White House are discussing a plan to avoid a second prolonged government shutdown by passing a short-term stopgap spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

January 29, 2026

Schumer lays out Senate Democrats’ plan on reining in ICE through DHS funding bill

Senate Democrats want ICE to end roving immigration enforcement patrols, use judicial warrants and require agents to unmask, wear body cameras and carry identification.

January 28, 2026

Schumer balks at Trump’s pullback in Minneapolis; government shutdown all but inevitable this week

The Senate returned to Washington on Tuesday with just a few days left to avert a partial government shutdown and an intractable impasse over funding ICE.

January 27, 2026

Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman launches Senate bid

Alexander Vindman, a witness in the first impeachment case against President Trump, announced Tuesday he's running for the Senate in Florida.

January 27, 2026

ICE fight starts another shutdown showdown with Democrats demanding reworking of DHS funding bill

Senate Democrats are taking another government funding hostage with no real plan for how to achieve their policy aims.

January 26, 2026

Where’s Wesley? GOP congressman skips House votes to run for Senate

Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas has missed 92% of congressional votes in 2026 while campaigning for U.S. Senate, according to a "Where's Waldo"-themed website tracking his missed votes.

January 23, 2026

Congress puts health insurance CEOs in the hotseat over denied claims, rising premiums

The personal stories about denied claims offered a few poignant moments amid hours of debate about the root causes of rising healthcare costs and the policies that can be used to lower them.

January 22, 2026

House passes final fiscal ‘26 spending bills, leaving Senate to act before Jan. 30 deadline

The House passed the final four of the 12 annual spending bills on Thursday, leaving only the Senate left to act to prevent another government shutdown after the record-breaking funding lapse that kicked off the fiscal year.

January 22, 2026

Health insurance CEOs say they lose money in Obamacare marketplace despite subsidies

Health insurance company CEOs testifying in the House on Thursday said they generally do not profit off their plan offerings in the Obamacare marketplace, which are largely subsidized by the government.

January 22, 2026

House Democrats balk at DHS funding bill but struggle with unanimous vision of ICE’s future

House Democrats mostly united in opposition to funding ICE on Thursday, but the party remains deeply divided over how far to push the issue if they take back the majority.

January 22, 2026

Health insurance CEOs on the hot seat: Premiums up 90% since Obamacare launched 16 years ago

Health insurance premiums have skyrocketed roughly 90% on average since Obamacare launched in March 2010, and the price of health care remains stubborn against political efforts to control it.

January 22, 2026

Court rejects independent monitor to oversee Epstein files release

A federal judge on Wednesday shot down a request by members of Congress to appoint an independent special master to oversee the Justice Department's handling of the release of the Epstein files, saying their request wasn't properly made.

January 21, 2026

Congressman’s wife dies three days after Trump commuted son’s prison sentence

The wife of Rep. Steve Womack, Arkansas Republican, died Sunday, just three days after President Trump commuted their son's prison sentence.

January 20, 2026

House spending bill would fund ICE over Democrats’ objections

Congressional leaders struck a deal Tuesday to keep money flowing to ICE, setting up a showdown for rank-and-file Democrats who have demanded deep cuts or even defunding the government's chief deportation agency.

January 20, 2026

Speaker Johnson seeks to ‘calm the waters’ in address to British Parliament

House Speaker Mike Johnson's Tuesday address to the British Parliament was planned long before the growing rift between the U.S. and its European allies over the future of Greenland, but he decided to use it to help "calm the waters."

January 20, 2026

Trump’s non-endorsements in Senate races reflect long-held grievances

President Trump has endorsed all but three of the 22 Senate Republicans running for reelection in 2026, notably leaving out incumbents who have crossed him.

January 19, 2026