Politics
Congress Faces Legislative Crunch and Political Tensions
This week, Congress is grappling with multiple legislative priorities including a budget reconciliation package, redistricting changes, and internal party divisions. The House will take up a $69.5 billion budget bill, while Southern states are re-drawing electoral maps. Tensions between President Trump and Republican lawmakers continue to rise.
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The Hill
Republicans are heading into a legislative crunch week with two of their biggest priorities — an immigration enforcement funding bill and a long-term extension of the government’s warrantless spying powers — on the calendar. The House is set to take up a $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package t
2026-06-08 10:00 UTC
The Hill
The House Freedom Caucus will undergo a transformation next year, as a number of the confrontational conservative group’s most high-profile members depart Congress — with the changing membership sure to impact the group’s relationship with Republican leadership and with President Trump. Six members
2026-06-08 10:00 UTC
The Hill
Last-minute redistricting in a handful of Southern states is setting off a frenzy as election officials, candidates and voters scramble to figure out who’s on the ballot where. The Supreme Court paved the way for Louisiana and Alabama to use Republican-friendly House maps ahead of November after it
2026-06-08 10:00 UTC
The Hill
Republicans and Democrats will face off this week at the annual Congressional Baseball Game, where Democrats are seeking to pull off an upset amid a five-year losing streak to the majority. Led by Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas), the GOP team’s manager, the Republicans will feature a largely unchanged
2026-06-08 10:00 UTC
The Hill
Tension is mounting between President Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill as members of the president’s party become increasingly vocal on a number of hot-button issues ahead of the midterm elections. The examples of Republicans in the Senate or House keep piling up, despite Trump’s success in de
2026-06-08 10:00 UTC