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Congressional reporter, covering the US House of Representatives.

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Republicans fight among themselves over their long pre-election to-do list

President Donald Trump’s party has a dizzying number of goals and can’t agree on how to get started.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo.Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Republicans weigh how big to go on immigration funding

Some Republican senators want to fund the entire Department of Homeland Security for three years to avoid another shutdown.
Lindsey Graham Kylie Cooper/Reuters

Swalwell-FBI flap could backfire on Trump administration

The Democratic lawmaker is in the thick of his California gubernatorial campaign.
California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel on Sept. 17, 2025. Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Congress eyes DHS shutdown endgame

Senate Republicans plan to try to pass virtually the same bill the chamber approved last week before it hit a wall in the House.
John Thune and Mike JohnsonKent Nishimura/Reuters

DHS reminds Congress: TSA perks still on hold

Making travel less comfortable was supposed to pressure members of Congress to act, but they left Washington without passing a funding bill anyway.
Airport line at at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)Daniel Heuer/Reuters

Lawmakers get TMZ treatment during DHS shutdown

Photos seen by Semafor show House Republicans from the pragmatic Main Street Caucus at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
Republicans at Edinburgh CastleSpecial to Semafor via Nicholas Wu

Funding vote will test GOP appetite for rebellion on Iran

House Republicans are frustrated with the vagueness they’re hearing from the Trump administration on Iran.

Progressives oppose funding ‘illegal’ Iran war

Democrats have started to unite against more funding.

Fetterman gets another potential Democratic challenger

Former Rep. Susan Wild is getting encouraged to run against the Pennsylvania senator, a person familiar with her thinking told Semafor.

Bondi’s play to defuse an Epstein subpoena partly pays off

Three of the five Republicans who voted to question her under oath are still unconvinced, but two are showing signs of wavering.

Republicans descend into a familiar mode: Risky House-Senate infighting

The agenda items imperiled by the cross-Capitol squabble include national security and affordability priorities.

Democratic infighting intensifies in California House race

Ammar Campa-Najjar and Vista City Councilmember Corinna Contreras are going after a San Diego City Councilmember for a polling memo they say included racist lines of attack.

Republicans approach the midterms with a doomed play for unity

The party hoped to focus its campaign on the benefits of last year’s party-line megabill. For now, it’s stuck over a sequel.

White House seeks to tweak deportation rhetoric

Republicans tacitly acknowledge that the administration’s hardline rhetoric on mass deportation risks alienating voters.

Trump delivers Republicans a mixed message on Iran

The president took the stage at his party’s House retreat and talked not about party-line policy, but about different war timetables.

Why Democrats will wait on Gonzales

Keep an eye on whether Republicans move to boot indicted Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla.

Trump set to speak at Republican retreat

Some Republican lawmakers are privately concerned that the escalating conflict in Iran could overshadow the president’s domestic agenda.

Republican-led committee ramps up its Epstein probe

The House Oversight Committee this week voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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