The Republican chairman overseeing hearings on Senator Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security blasted the Oklahoma Republican for “anger issues,” arguing they disqualified him from leading an agency enmeshed in controversy over aggressive tactics.
Markwayne Mullin during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on March 18. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Republicans into gutting Senate rules to pass voter ID legislation will spill out onto the Senate floor this week, focusing political time and attention on a MAGA priority that appears certain to fail.
US President Donald Trump speaks in Kentucky on Wednesday.
Markwayne Mullin is expected to face tough public questioning next week from fellow Republican Rand Paul, whose Senate committee has tremendous influence over Mullin’s path to confirmation as President Donald Trump’s next Homeland Security secretary.
Demonstrators near the US Capitol Building during a protest on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Protesters rallied around the US against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, seeking to defend the country from an administration they say threatens basic civil rights and calling for a halt to efforts to downsize the government. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg
Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick for Federal Reserve chair, drew praise from a key Republican senator currently blocking his confirmation, but ended a meeting with him without securing a clear pathway forward for his own nomination.
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. The International Monetary Fund sharply lowered its forecasts for world growth for this year and next, warning the outlook could deteriorate further as US President Donald Trump's tariffs spark a global trade war.
Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s pick for Federal Reserve chair, drew praise from a key Republican senator currently blocking his confirmation, but ended a meeting with him without securing a clear pathway forward for his own nomination.
Kevin Warsh, former governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 25, 2025. The International Monetary Fund sharply lowered its forecasts for world growth for this year and next, warning the outlook could deteriorate further as US President Donald Trump's tariffs spark a global trade war.
Several Senate Democrats are threatening to force numerous war powers votes and otherwise disrupt the chamber unless Republicans agree to hold public hearings with key Trump administration officials on the reasons for the attacks on Iran.
Senator Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, during a news conference following Senate Democrat policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Votes expected this week on legislation to halt US military action against Iran are shaping up largely along party lines.
President Donald Trump’s efforts to force Republicans to pass a partisan overhaul of voting laws risks bringing congressional business to a halt with no clear path to success, Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned Monday.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, during a news conference following Senate Republican policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Votes expected this week on legislation to halt US military action against Iran are shaping up largely along party lines. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
The US House voted down legislation to force a halt to US strikes on Iran as a handful of Democrats joined a nearly united Republican party in rejecting the measure.
Motorists drive along an expressway as plumes of smoke rise after a strike in Tehran on March 5.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US military would step up its attacks against Iran, a stark warning after two days of strikes across the country that the Trump administration says took out its leadership and targeted its ballistic-missile program.
A plume of smoke rises over Tehran on February 28.
The head of the Congressional Budget Office said the agency would recalculate its projections of US tariff revenue — recently estimated at $3 trillion over a decade — once the Trump administration finalizes its plans in the wake of Friday’s Supreme Court ruling.
Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office, speaks during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. The theme of this year's annual meeting is "The Great Realignment: Navigating AI, Demographic, and Geoeconomic Shifts." Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
A senior economic adviser to President Donald Trump defended White House criticism of new research from the Federal Reserve on tariffs, rejecting the notion it represented an attack on the central bank’s independence.
Council of Economic Advisers Vice Chair Pierre Yared speaks during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission meeting at Dept. of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Photographer: Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP
A senior economic adviser to President Donald Trump defended White House criticism of new research from the Federal Reserve on tariffs, rejecting the notion it represented an attack on the central bank’s independence.
Council of Economic Advisers Vice Chair Pierre Yared speaks during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission meeting at Dept. of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington on Sept. 9, 2025. Photographer: Francis Chung/POLITICO/AP
The Department of Homeland Security shut down early Saturday amid a congressional funding impasse that shows no sign of ending soon, touched off by backlash over the Trump administration’s widespread and aggressive immigration enforcement raids.
Federal law enforcement agents detain a demonstrator during a raid in Minneapolis on Jan. 13. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
Two key Republican senators have proposed a measure that would overturn a rule that exposes banks with more than $10 Billion in assets to limits on debit card swipe fees.
Senator Ted Cruz Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Attorney General Pam Bondi said there are pending investigations by the US Justice Department related to the probe of the late, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on Feb. 11.
Democratic lawmakers accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of using the US Justice Department to target enemies of President Donald Trump and bungling the release of files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein during a fiery hearing Wednesday.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Feb. 11.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick minimized his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday even as he acknowledged visiting the disgraced financier at his private island in 2012 after Epstein was a convicted sex offender — and years later than he previously said their relationship ended.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during a Senate hearing in Washington on Feb. 10.
House Republicans on Monday advanced a procedural motion to block a vote on President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda, potentially delaying a politically uncomfortable vote on his most prominent economic policy until at least July.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. A Democratic-led bill that would extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years is set for a House vote in early January, as Congress leaves Washington until the new year.
The partial US government shutdown ended late Tuesday after President Donald Trump signed into law a funding deal he negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcoming opposition from both ends of the political spectrum amid a standoff over his administration’s immigration crackdown.
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Political turmoil in the US House over President Donald Trump's immigration raids risks prolonging a partial government shutdown that began Saturday.
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