Now back at the White House, President Trump has signed over 20 executive actions from the Oval Office tonight. Among them are: A full pardon for approximately 1,500 January 6 defendants Various executive powers with respect to the southern border A realignment of the United States’ refugee program Protecting the United States from certain foreign terrorist […]

Earlier today, the Trump Administration released a “Day 1 Fact Sheet” outlining President Trump’s early executive actions upon taking office. A copy of the Fact Sheet has been posted on the White House’s website here. The President also appointed several dozen political officials to temporarily run federal agencies, boards, and commissions. Following his swearing-in and Capitol-related events, President Trump held […]

After a fraught day of closed-door House GOP discussions led by Speaker Johnson, late this afternoon Johnson released, and President-elect Trump swiftly announced his support for, a revised Continuing Resolution (the American Relief Act of 2025) that includes a two-year debt limit suspension while removing a panoply of items previously included in the CR released […]

Following a day of tumult the House will not be voting on the previously-posted Continuing Resolution (CR) this evening, leaving open what and when they may vote next. That decision follows a difficult day for House GOP leadership, which began with what appeared to be manageable pushback from the House Freedom Caucus, but which grew as the […]

Earlier this evening, House Republican Leadership posted the text of the final negotiated continuing resolution (CR), as well as a bill authored by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) to offset the emergency disaster relief money included in the CR. The latter is a “messaging bill” that is unlikely to pass under suspension and possibly not under a rule (nor will […]