Daniella Diaz

2 days ago | notus.org | Daniella Diaz |Alex Roarty

Republicans think Hispanic voters are key to keeping the House majority in 2026. The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting three House districts held by Democrats for their significant Hispanic populations in the hopes they can flip the seats Republican in 2026. All three of the districts featured narrow wins by Democrats: Reps. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas’ 34th District, Henry Cuellar in Texas’ 28th District and Nellie Pou in New Jersey’s 9th District.

3 days ago | notus.org | Oriana Gonzalez |Daniella Diaz |Reese Gorman

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee set out to find at least $880 billion in spending cuts for their reconciliation bill. According to the panel’s chair, Rep. Brett Guthrie, his committee found even more, while somehow not making the most politically sensitive cuts to Medicaid that conservatives have called for. Even so, there are plenty of Medicaid reductions.

1 week ago | notus.org | Riley Rogerson |Daniella Diaz

Make no mistake: The race to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has begun. It’s just that the candidates can’t be too open about it. After Rep. Gerry Connolly — the current top Democrat on the committee — announced he would step back from the role in light of his esophageal cancer returning, Democrats on the Oversight panel have begun jockeying for the job. Delicately. Quietly. In the shadows.

1 week ago | notus.org | Daniella Diaz |Riley Rogerson |Reese Gorman

As House Republicans struggle to build near-unanimity to pass President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill, GOP leaders are trying to convince vulnerable Republicans that cuts to Medicaid and food assistance programs won’t cost lawmakers at the ballot box in 2026. Speaker Mike Johnson has long acknowledged that drafting a reconciliation bill would require some political flexibility from members.

1 week ago | notus.org | Daniella Diaz |Katherine Swartz

A week into heavy negotiations over the budget reconciliation bill, Republicans are leaving town for the weekend with no clear consensus on how to both cut spending and preserve key social benefits. Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith and Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie metwith President Donald Trump Thursdaybefore lawmakers left, in the hopes that he could help smooth over some of the deep divisions in the conference.