The bill, which comes in response to President Trump soliciting private money to fund a $300 million East Wing ballroom, is sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end on Wednesday night, after six House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a funding package in a narrow 222-209 vote.

The effort would invoke the War Powers Act, which expedites action on measures limiting the president’s war-making authority. It faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.

Two former employees at Federal Prison Camp Bryan said they contacted Judiciary Committee staffers to voice their concerns about perceived misconduct and retaliation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke in favor of a discharge petition demanding the Justice Department release more records on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, accusing Democrats of politicizing "the unspeakable tragedies" to damage the Trump administration.

In November 2025, a rumor spread that Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives blocked Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., from forcing the Department of Justice to release files re

Sen. Tim Kaine defended Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, urging House Democrats to stick to their chamber rather than focus on the party's Senate leadership.

Two House Democrats who have been investigating the Skydance-Paramount merger are once again pressing CEO David Ellison to answer a series of questions about the transaction, including whether there was a “side deal” with Donald Trump as CBS settled the president’s lawsuit against the network.