Roll Call

Senate passes bill to fund most of Homeland Security Department ow.ly/2HUa50YzxGS

👋 Checking in from Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s ethics committee hearing, which has been going on for more than four hours (three if we want to count the hour of recess). It’s the first time since 2010 that a House ethics probe has reached the phase of having a trial.

President Donald Trump announced he would immediately begin paying Transportation Security Administration workers through an emergency executive order. ow.ly/amHN50YztVq

A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday laid bare concerns in both parties about alarming advances in Russian and Chinese missiles, nuclear weapons and antisatellite capabilities. ow.ly/XWsL50Yztfp

A divided House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would greatly expand an administration’s ability to install hand-picked officials for top prosecutor roles. ow.ly/z9FZ50YzteI

Two House committees voted unanimously to approve aviation safety legislation intended to respond to the January 2025 fatal midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. ow.ly/qYkW50YzrYu

At the Races: Affordability has become a top buzzword for Democrats, but a new economic crisis could be looming, as reflected in an unexpectedly grim jobs report. ow.ly/bjZV50YznB6

President Trump held his first wartime Cabinet meeting Thursday and continued toggling between talk of diplomacy and rattling his military saber. ow.ly/z3H450YznlA

In this episode of the Political Theater podcast, editor-in-chief Jason Dick talks with elections analyst Nathan L. Gonzales about what we learned from March’s congressional primaries and what to expect from future primaries: ow.ly/SEZo50Yzgau

House sets precarious path for renewing surveillance program ow.ly/Kh9250YzfwF

With 100 days to go until the nation’s 250th birthday, a commission set up by Congress to organize the celebrations is reasserting itself after months in the shadows of a separate White House planning group. ow.ly/PFFH50Yzfmw

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pitch a moratorium on data centers until Congress passes laws to regulate AI: ow.ly/NJWP50YzftS

Work on the second reconciliation bill of the 119th Congress took a baby step forward Wednesday: ow.ly/nfF450Yz4gX

Democrats’ plaque ceremony honoring Jan. 6 officers was missing two things: Republicans and the plaque itself. ow.ly/oi4O50Yz4j5

Reconciliation bill preparations get underway despite doubts ow.ly/in8m50Yz4cB

Democratic lawmakers gathered on the Upper West Terrace of the Capitol to honor officers who defended Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack with a commemorative plaque. But two things were missing — Republicans and the plaque itself. ow.ly/FuI350YyYAM

Senate Republicans immediately rejected a new offer Wednesday from Democrats to reopen DHS, in a troubling sign for negotiations as lawmakers scramble to reach a deal before a scheduled two-week recess begins Friday. ow.ly/36bT50YyXWS

Work on the second reconciliation bill of the 119th Congress took a baby step forward as the House and Senate Budget committee chairs met to review plans for the first step in the process: drafting a budget resolution. ow.ly/b5EZ50YyXWp

Asked if alleged talks with Iran have resulted in a dead end, WH press secrtary replied: "They have not. Talks continue. They are productive."

President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi in Beijing May 14-15, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday. Xi is slated to meet with Trump for a "reciprocal visit in Washington, D.C. at a later date, to be announced this year," she added.