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Energy executive Armstrong tapped to replace Mullin in Senate

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has picked Republican energy executive Alan S. Armstrong to fill the seat former Sen. Markwayne Mullin vacated to serve as President Donald Trump’s new Homeland Security secretary. Stitt, also a Republican, announced his selection at a Tuesday morning news conference, calling Armstrong a “strong business leader”…

Roll Call · Mar 24

In her last year in Congress, Velázquez looks back on her first 

Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez has successfully run for Congress 17 times. She now points her feet in a new direction: tackling the Camino de Santiago. Velázquez has already built up her stamina walking all over the Capitol complex, but she doesn’t take the journey lightly. “I will train,” she said…

Roll Call · Mar 24

CDC dilemma: Nominee may need both MAHA and science chops

As a deadline arrives this week to nominate a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, some Republicans are skeptical the administration will find someone who can check all the boxes necessary for confirmation. The candidate will need the “Make America Healthy Again” mindset of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s…

Roll Call · Mar 24

Week ahead: Senate SAVE and shutdown ‘show’ continues

Lawmakers face a final sprint this week before a mini spring break recess — that is, if leadership lets them leave. With new urgency to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the focus will be on off-the-floor negotiations to end the partial government shutdown. And President Donald Trump is further…

Roll Call · Mar 23

Trump outburst sends Senate back to drawing board for DHS deal

An attempt by Senate GOP leaders to reopen the Department of Homeland Security while punting on immigration enforcement funding blew up within hours, after President Donald Trump issued an angry rejection of the proposal Sunday night. Hoping to find a bipartisan fix for ending a one-month partial shutdown, Senate Majority…

Roll Call · Mar 23

Trump delays some US strikes in Iran for five days amid new round of talks

President Donald Trump announced Monday morning that he had ordered the U.S. military to delay strikes on some Iranian infrastructure targets for five days while his team negotiates with Tehran. After posting critical statements about the new Iranian government on his Truth Social platform over the weekend, Trump said Monday…

Roll Call · Mar 23

White House details immigration offer; Democrats tight-lipped

The White House fleshed out its latest offer on immigration enforcement practices Friday night at a bipartisan meeting with senators, as lawmakers scramble to find a compromise that would end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. After a roughly one-hour meeting with White House “border czar” Tom…

Roll Call · Mar 23

Future of vaccine panel unclear as member calls out HHS official

Federal officials are unsure how to respond to a court order blocking a key vaccine advisory committee, following “miscommunication” over next steps by an advisory committee member and Trump administration official. Robert Malone, an outspoken member of the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, said Friday…

Roll Call · Mar 23

White House AI framework calls for preemption of state laws

The White House on Friday proposed its framework for a national artificial intelligence policy, pushing for broad preemption of state AI laws and against “open-ended liability” for AI firms. The proposal urges Congress to take some steps to protect kids, energy costs and copyright holders, while also requesting streamlined permitting…

Roll Call · Mar 20

Sumner school — Congressional Hits and Misses

This week sees claims by a Republican about having to show an ID to shovel snow in New York, questions about the usefulness of the president’s intelligence advisers and schooling for the nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security about political violence and the infamous caning of Sen. Charles…

Roll Call · Mar 20