‘What’s our objective?’: Biden under pressure over Ukraine aid sales job Ukraine’s biggest backers in Congress want the Biden administration to more aggressively sell America’s interest in the war, fearful that bipartisan support for aid is faltering. In recent weeks, senior House Republicans and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have separately told national security adviser…

Ken Paxton suggests he could primary Sen. John Cornyn in 2026 Fresh off a high-profile impeachment acquittal, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton suggested in his clearest terms yet that he could launch a primary challenge against Sen. John Cornyn, who is up for reelection in 2026. “To me, he’s been in Washington too long. He’s…

Senators want to hear a plan from Zelenskyy for victory in Ukraine after a closed-door briefing on the conflict. Senators emerged from a closed-door briefing with senior administration officials on the war in Ukraine anxious to hear from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about how he plans to win the conflict, amid headwinds from Congress over providing…

House Republicans, trying to reverse their skid, now hope to vote on a stalled spending bill House Republican leaders are floating another plan to avert a government shutdown — this one with steeper spending cuts — during a conference meeting happening Wednesday afternoon. The new plan is similar to the deal negotiated between leaders of…

Centrist Dems and McCarthy’s allies are in secret talks to strike a deal The long-shot idea that Democrats could bail out the beleaguered Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly getting real. Small groups of centrist Democrats are holding secret talks with several of McCarthy’s close GOP allies about a last-ditch deal to fund the government, according…