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As one of the only must-pass pieces of legislation each year, the NDAA routinely gets bogged down in last-minute negotiations.

"The Senate tends to want to wait to the last minute and try and jam everything in," Tom Cole said. "That's not the best way to proceed."

In Utah, the House redistricting fight goes back much further.

Whatever the congressional committees looking into the Sept. 2 strike determine, Democrats and some Republicans are questioning the legality of the overall mission.

The latest series of Jeffrey Epstein developments has been another outbreak of the fight over President Donald Trump's character.

The Count the Crimes to Cut Act would require the government to compile a public, searchable inventory of every federal criminal offense.

The procedural saga delayed inevitable confirmations while allowing Republicans last-minute additions before Congress leaves for the year.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva noted the "quick" swearing in for Rep. Matt Van Epps on Thursday after her own swearing in was halted for 50 days.

Congress has taken the first of many possible steps to reform the scholarship, which has been reported to be riddled with left-wing bias.

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk defended those who are "riling things up" and "wanting to seek truth" from the Republican Party.