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Heard on the Hill

Heard on the Hill – 2/17/26

TRUMP BACKS GOP WOMEN IN TEXAS: President Donald Trump backed a series of Texas Republicans…

Exclusives

EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to help first-time homebuyers, lower cost of down payments

Exclusives

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Tom Barrett introduces legislation to prevent tragedies like the 2025 DCA crash

Rep. Tom Barrett (R., Mich.) spent 22 years in the Army logging thousands of flight…

Editorials

Interview: Incoming-Rep. Tom Barrett on how he flipped a House seat, his goals for this Congress, and how being a “citizen soldier” prepared him to serve

Incoming Rep. Tom Barrett won’t be a typical freshman lawmaker. He lost the most expensive…

Scoops

Scoop: Julie Fedorchak spends six figures to grow House GOP majority

North Dakota’s top vote-getter in 2024 spent much of the year aiding Republican Party candidates…

Editorials

Interview: Rep. Mike Bost’s case to chair the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: “The VA was created for the veterans. Sometimes the bureaucrats in the VA forget about that.”

Rep. Mike Bost’s (R., Ill.) family has served in the military for generations, dating back…

Scoops

Scoop: Burgess Owens backs over 40 House Republican candidates in 2024

Rep. Burgess Owens (R., Utah) helped to elect more than 40 candidates this cycle via…

Editorials

Exclusive: Deceptive mailers target voters nationwide: “they think voters are stupid”

Voters across America are getting bombarded with deceptive mailers, some of which urge them to…

Editorials

Exclusive: “I don’t have an interest in deporting anybody”: Republican debuts ad slamming opponent’s border policies

Democrat Curtis Hertel, Jr. is under fire in the closing days of the 2024 election…

Editorials

Exclusive: “Dirty tricks operation” spending $500,000 in top races

A newly-registered group that Republican strategists call a “dirty tricks operation” is spending upwards of…