Olivia Beavers
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And, no more votes Thursday, giving a day back to members who will kick off a 5 week recess now on Wednesday, per whip office Last votes for the week are now expected at approximately 3:30 p.m. tomorrow
Speaker Johnson on Epstein: “I've been on record, very clear that I believe in maximum transparency. I think every single House Republican will say the same thing….We also understand the other part of that duty is that we get to protect innocent victims…. Some of them were…
Leader Scalise knocks down idea that House floor schedule this week will be shortened — says committees are meeting and doing work “We’re not going to slow that process down”
New — House Admin Chair Rep. Steil announced new “security enhancements” for members ahead of the August recess including a jump from $10K to $20K for residential security programs and $5000 (up from $150) a month for their monitoring and maintenance allotment that can go towards…
NY Rep. Andrew Garbarino wins Homeland Security Chair, taking over the gavel from Rep. mark Green who just retired
“He said the entertainment needed to be unafraid of offending Chinese audiences.”
New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in recent days privately laid out his case to President Trump for why he believed Trump shouldn’t try to oust Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, people familiar with the matter said. @schwartzbWSJ wsj.com/economy/centra…
9 House Rs
compete cosponsor list as of 2:30pm 7/17/25 @RepRoKhanna @RepMTG @RepTimBurchett @RepEliCrane @RepBoebert @Congressman_JVD @RepEricBurlison @RepMillsPress @RepTomBarrett @RepMaxMiller @RepRashida For H.Res.581: congress.gov/119/bills/hres…
“There’s always all kinds of chitter chatter everywhere, but I have a lot left to do in the United States Senate, so I am not slowing down any time soon. We’ll have an announcement this fall,” Sen. Ernst told Radio Iowa. radioiowa.com/2025/07/16/u-s…
Rep. Andy Biggs in March 2024 went on @bennyjohnson show where Epstein was the main focus. He said the "DC cartel" is "protecting people who are criminals...That's what I think happened in the Epstein case." Biggs also said: "I'm thinking of the Hunter Biden laptop that they…
House Ag Committee is having an all-members meeting to discuss floor fight shortly, per source
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This morning our officers spotted something unusual, which led them to make an arrest and recover guns, knives, a bow & arrow, and more from a suspicious vehicle. You can learn more about the arrest here: bit.ly/4lDEgI2
Speaker Johnson on Powell: “Look, I do I believe new leadership would be helpful at the Fed.”
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Sen. Tillis isn’t exactly YOLO these days … it’s more like “come at me bro”
New -- The entire House GOP North Carolina delegation sent a letter to NC Gov. Stein today responding to his July 2 letter that raised "deep" concerns that Pres. Trump's OBBB would hurt SNAP, Medicaid, etc. in the state. Stein argued it could pose a long-term threat "to the…
Speaker Johnson brought up Zohran Mandani in conference today, arguing Dems are shifting left and getting primaried, per source