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Austin’s public cancer disclosure brings Hill sympathy, calls for accountability When the Pentagon announced Tuesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer, he joined a sizable club of prominent Washington officials who have publicly grappled with the disease. That includes a host of senators who publicly disclosed their diagnosis and treatment….

First Hill Democrat calls on Lloyd Austin to resign Rep. Chris Deluzio became the first congressional Democrat to call for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s resignation after the controversy over his hospitalization. “I have lost trust in Secretary Lloyd Austin’s leadership of the Defense Department due to the lack of transparency about his recent medical treatment…

House GOP advances effort to hold Hunter Biden in contempt House Republicans are one step closer to holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he skipped a closed-door deposition last month. The House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee voted along party lines to send a resolution and a report recommending the president’s son be…

House GOP eyes new ‘gross incompetence’ threshold for Mayorkas impeachment House Republicans kicked off their push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday with a new proposed standard for recommending the ouster of a Cabinet official: “gross incompetence.” Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee claim that surging migration on the U.S.-Mexico border…

Senate Appropriations chair endorses funding stopgap to avoid shutdown Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray said Congress will need to pass a stopgap funding measure to avoid a shutdown next week, the latest Hill acknowledgment that lawmakers won’t be able to finish their work on four spending bills before the first deadline. The Washington Democrat, in…

‘Surrender’: Conservatives unleash rage at Johnson over spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to quell the most significant conservative rebellion he’s faced since taking the gavel. His right flank is furious over a deal on overall spending levels he struck with Democrats — looking to avoid a partial government shutdown that would start next…