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Burgess Everett

Burgess Everett

Congressional Bureau Chief

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Trump swerves on health care subsidies

The president’s new health care plan doesn’t mention the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that lapsed at the end of 2025.
Donald TrumpEvelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Forget abolishing ICE — the real Democratic divide is shutting down ICE

While the rest of government funding is a bipartisan affair, the operation in Minnesota is making even party centrists wary of more DHS money.
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

How Rubio blunted Senate momentum on Venezuela

The secretary of state and Senate GOP leaders lobbied two Republican senators to defect from signing on to a war powers resolution.
Marco RubioEvelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Congress starts to prepare fallbacks as Trump keeps eyeing Greenland

The president’s top advisers are forming a working group with Danish and Greenlandic officials, but the stalemate — and threat — remains.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-AlaskaEvelyn Hockstein/Reuters

How a Democratic senator used his rare White House invitation

Democratic Sen. Peter Welch headed to the signing of a bipartisan milk bill, but focused on health care.
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Democratic senator pushes to redirect $75B ICE funding

The Trump administration is “not going after hardened criminals with this money,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said.
Catherine Cortez MastoEvelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach

The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”

Trump’s economic pivot becomes a battle against his own party

As top Republicans openly dismissed the president’s credit card interest cap, another party lawmaker shrugged: “Let him say whatever he wants.”

Progressive Democrats urge party to go populist in midterms

The senators used polling from both Democratic-aligned and GOP-aligned groups to argue that “bland policy proposals” won’t work.

Powell investigation backfires with Hill Republicans

The Trump administration has stepped on a proverbial rake with its party, where even the central bank chair’s detractors didn’t want to defend the probe.

Peltola challenges Sullivan in Alaska

The former representative is a promising recruit for Senate Democrats.

Senate whip backs Hageman in Wyoming Senate race

Rep. Harriet Hageman’s defeat of Liz Cheney in 2022 put her in pole position for the next Senate seat.

Congress braces for decisive week as shutdown nears

After this week, the Senate will go on recess for a week, with the House set to follow — leaving little time for cross-chamber coordination.

Democrats request public hearings on US action in Venezuela

Congress was privately briefed this week, but the Democrats say that there’s more to do.

Trump’s Hill honeymoon ends as Congress begins to stir

The president’s outburst toward five Republican senators who crossed him on Venezuela is just one sign of a broader shift.

Republicans’ conflict over health care plan deepens

Nine House Republicans voted to advance Democrats’ three-year subsidy extension on Wednesday.

Republicans undecided on Democrats’ war powers resolution

Republicans told Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., they opposed the vote last time because they thought President Donald Trump was bluffing.

The White House’s Greenland problem starts growing on Capitol Hill

More Republicans are telling the Trump administration to cool down its talk of using the military to take the Danish territory.