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Received — 28 April 2026 TheHill - Just In

Johnson hits mounting roadblocks in race to reopen DHS

28 April 2026 at 10:00
The weekend shooting at a press gala attended by President Trump is creating new headaches for House GOP leaders as they scramble to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ahead of a looming freeze on employee pay. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team were already laboring to adopt a budget blueprint this...

Received — 27 April 2026 TheHill - Just In

Jeffries stands by 'maximum warfare' language: 'I don't give a damn about your criticism'

27 April 2026 at 21:27
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is standing by his promise to use “maximum warfare” in the battle over redistricting, even following Saturday’s shooting at a press gala where President Trump was in attendance. In the wake of the shooting, a number of conservatives have hammered Jeffries’s choice of language, saying the Democratic leader was...

Received — 23 April 2026 TheHill - Just In

Jeffries warns Democrats might not support FISA reauthorization if Patel remains atop FBI

23 April 2026 at 17:27
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is warning that House Democrats might not back an extension of the government’s warrantless spy powers as long as FBI Director Kash Patel remains atop the agency. Jeffries has long portrayed Patel as a partisan conspiracy theorist who’s unfit to be the nation’s top cop. On Thursday, he escalated...

House lawmakers clamoring for ethics reforms after wave of resignations

23 April 2026 at 10:00
The surge of House resignations this month has triggered calls from both parties for a broader overhaul of the ethics process and how the chamber polices its own. While many lawmakers have welcomed the hasty departures of former Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), their cases have also stirred up...

Received — 21 April 2026 TheHill - Just In

Johnson faces political gauntlet as legislative fights collide

21 April 2026 at 10:00
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling toward a brutal end-of-the-month crunch, juggling a slate of high-stakes legislative fights with intensifying calls for one of his members to step down and growing unease within the GOP as the Iran conflict nears the 60-day mark. The Speaker and his leadership team are scrambling in search of deals...

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