House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote on a Jeffrey Epstein-related measure.

The White House sent the nominations of Scott Mayer, chief labor counsel at Boeing Co, and James Murphy, a career lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board, to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie–whose opposition to the GOP’s budget bill last month led Trump to demand his exile from the party–teamed up with Rep. Ro Khanna to introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which would require Attorney General Pam Bondi to make the documents public within 30 days.

After a late-night session, the bill to claw back $9 billion in funds heads to the House, which must pass it by Friday or the executive branch is supposed to release the funding.

Wednesday’s Hill Nation Summit was packed with lawmakers and major figures on both sides of the aisle, and made clear that President Trump has an iron grip on the Republican Party. Republican

A new voter poll shows that people want third-party options as President Donald Trump's approval rating continues to be below 50%. While Elon Musk could be launching a third party, voters are saying no thanks to one from the world's richest man.

Crypto companies such as Coinbase Global and Circle have sought legislation to bring regulatory clarity to their businesses after costly battles with regulators under the Biden administration. They found allies in Trump and many Republicans after pouring money into last year’s election.

The $9.4 billion rescissions package — already passed by the House — proposes cutting $1.1 billion allocated to NPR and PBS. The move has ignited fierce debate among lawmakers, even within the