The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee voted 11 to 7–along party lines--to send their funding bill to the full House Appropriations Committee Tuesday night.

Public transportation will lose one of its most vocal champions in Congress after Rep. Jerry Nadler announced he will retire at the end of 2026 to make way for a new generation of party leadership after more than three decades in Washington.

Iowa Republican Joni Ernst’s retirement will intensify attention on a Senate race Democrats need to put in serious contention in their longshot quest to win a Senate majority in the November 2026 elections.

House Republicans leaders are expected to make another push this week to move on from the controversy over disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that has split the party.

President Donald Trump is set to announce that he’s basing US Space Command in Huntsville, Alabama, undoing former President Joe Biden’s decision to put the headquarters in Colorado.

The number of active FEMA employees dropped to 23,350 on June 1 from about 25,800 on Jan. 1, a decrease of about 10%, according to agency data GAO reviewed.

Congress has less than a month to strike a bipartisan funding deal and avoid an Oct. 1 shutdown, a task complicated by the increasing animosity between the White House and Capitol Hill. @jackfitzdc breaks down the next month in Congress:

Shutdown, Epstein, Fed Fight, Trump Shape Congress’ Fall Agenda

Congress has less than a month to strike a bipartisan funding deal and avoid an Oct. 1 shutdown, a task complicated by the increasing animosity between the White House and Capitol Hill.

Lobbyists are bracing their clients for a possible government shutdown at month’s end, as bitter policy and procedure fights grip lawmakers returning Tuesday to Capitol Hill and muddy the K Street agenda.

Lobbying Insight: Former US Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) offers tips to members of Congress who are transitioning back to the private sector.

House Republicans are taking a middle-of-the road approach to funding the federal health department by making deeper cuts than their Senate counterparts but granting only some of President Donald Trump’s wishes.

The Trump administration is considering a narrower window for disaster survivors to file claims for financial assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is ramping up attacks on the Trump administration’s economic agenda.

Money’s top of mind as Congress returns to town, and President Donald Trump has added a couple twists to the appropriations discussion.

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, disaster officials see a FEMA that’s even weaker and less prepared than it was when a catastrophic storm tested its limits in New Orleans.

House Republicans will seek to move two domestic government-funding bills next week, hoping to make rapid progress on spending measures ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avert a shutdown.

President Donald Trump‘s directive for a Justice Department probe into whether federal grants are being used to pay for lobbying could have a chilling effect on groups that oppose the administration’s agenda, ethics watchdogs said.

Members of Congress and their spouses would be banned from trading stocks under a bipartisan plan set to be rolled out almost immediately after lawmakers return to Washington in September.

The Trump administration’s plan to uproot Agriculture Department employees and spread them across the US has the potential to shed legacy staff and impact food safety, welfare programs, and farmers themselves.