White House Budget Director Russ Vought tells Jake Tapper about plans for another recissions package and the tools the administration might use to achieve spending cuts.

President Trump is urging his to move past the Jeffrey Epstein case, but pressure is mounting for his administration to release more.

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez says age-related cognitive decline among elected officials is a major issue for voters.

During Mr. Trump's first term, his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned following criticism of his handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal when he was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Epstein served 13 months in a jail work-release program after he was originally accused of sexually abusing dozens of girls and young women.

It would fund the agencies in its purview at $57.3 billion, or $766 million less than current levels. The Energy Department would get $48.8 billion, a cut of $1.4 billion. Its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is targeted for a 46 percent decrease, while the Office of Grid Deployment’s funding would fall by more than half.

The ruling alliance and the Opposition are set to lock horns over the two issues steeped in national security and foreign policy imperatives.

Convicted sex trafficker may testify before Congress next month, and experts told Newsweek the questions they hope will be asked.

How will Congress handle the Epstein files? How will Republicans sell the “big, beautiful bill?” And how might it all impact the 2026 midterms? Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman joins Katy Tur to discuss what he says is one of the more interesting Congresses he’s ever covered.

Mike Lee of Utah has introduced a bill that would alter the Home Rule Act, offering Congress a new path to nix emergency local legislation.

The 119th Congress—which convened on January 3 for the end of former President Joe Biden 's presidency and will conclude in January 2027—is, like any other Congress, responsible for advancing legislation that could affect the lives of the American people.

The LIFT Act by Rep. Jen Kiggans would require safety standards for beyond visual line of sight drone operations and create grants for local government programs.

Congress and the president partnered to make a law that cut the budgets of a few federal entities. A rescission of funds has not occurred since 1999, when former President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, struck a deal with the Republican-held House and Senate.