Mar-a-Lago meetings to include an offer on SALT cap
The incoming Trump administration plans to offer an expansion of the state and local tax deduction to Republican lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and California who are heading to Mar-a-Lago on Saturday for a sit-down with the president-elect. While
Cotton pushing to hold Ratcliffe and Gabbard hearings next week
Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are racing to schedule confirmation hearings next week for Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe — though panel Democrats and winter weather are complicating those plans. Sen. Tom Cotton, the new chair of the committee,
A delay in confirmation plans for Linda McMahon as Education secretary
The Senate panel overseeing the confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department is waiting on documents from the transition team to proceed further, likely punting the hearing to after Inauguration Day. Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of
Durbin calls on DOJ to withdraw certain legal opinions on presidential war powers
Former Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin is asking the Biden administration to withdraw or release some 20 legal opinions regarding presidential war powers after Donald Trump indicated Tuesday that he was open to using military force to take Greenland or the
Thune games out which Trump nominees he can confirm on Day One
Senate Republicans are strategizing how to land a top party priority in the next two weeks: getting some of incoming President Donald Trump’s nominees confirmed on Day One. News: Senate Majority Leader John Thune told us in a brief interview