House Approves Trump Funding Deal

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. The partial US government shutdown is on track to end later Tuesday after the House passed a funding deal President Donald Trump negotiated with Senate Democrats, overcom…

Weekly Washington Policy Pulse: Partial Government Shutdown, Trump Fed Pick (Feb. 2, 2026)

Our view that the US government partial shutdown will likely end this week -- with the bulk of the US government funded for the rest of the fiscal year -- led Bloomberg Intelligence's Feb. 2 edition of the Washington Policy Pulse. We also discussed the confirmation process and how it could play out…

Partial Shutdown Spurs House Scramble

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. House leaders are scrambling to pass a bipartisan deal to end a partial government shutdown by funding the majority of agencies through September with the exception of th…

Trump Taps Kevin Warsh To Lead Federal Reserve

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Donald Trump named Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, ending months of speculation over who’d take charge of US interest rates as the president push…

Trump, Democrats Near Immigration Deal

Insight & analysis on the White House and Capitol Hill. Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats are nearing a deal to avert a US government shutdown as the White House negotiates with Democrats to place new limits on immig…

Senate Risks Partial Shutdown, DHS Funding Talks Stall

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the two parties are in talks with the White House over US government funding as Democrats threaten to force a partial US government shutdown following a mounting public backlash over Presi…

Trump Backs Noem, Shifts Minnesota Plan

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Donald Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would remain in her post despite the president’s decision to reshuffle the leadership running his deportation effort in Minnesota following widespread outcry over the ki…

Trump Signals Deportation Strategy Shift After Minnesota Outcry

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. President Donald Trump indicated he’ll make changes to his administration’s deportation crackdown in Minnesota after the killing of two US citizens during immigration raids sparked nationwide uproar. The president said he was …

US Braces for Massive Winter Storm

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Snow and dangerously bitter cold have begun to spread from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes as a massive storm pushes toward the US Northeast, disrupting travel and threatening power outages for much of the nation. The s…

Zelenskiy Signals Peace Talks Progress After Meeting Trump in Davos

Watch Joe and Kailey LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Oil fell as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed plans for trilateral meetings with the US and Russia. West Texas Intermediate traded below $60 a barrel on Thursday. Any breakthrough to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine…