Magazine – Washington Briefing

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the House Democratic campaign arm chairwoman, Rep. Susan DelBene (D-WA), are linked arm-in-arm while they attend a Nov. 3 Election Night watch party at a Capitol Hill hotel in Washington, D.C.

Congressional Dems promise to investigate Trump administration

Kevin R. Kosar · November 7, 2026 5:50 am

President Donald Trump, joined from left by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Trump may be tempted to negotiate with congressional Democrats

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D-TX) and Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) hold a Nov. 2 campaign rally in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)

GOP redistricting scheme goes awry

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) campaigns in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Oct. 17, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) stands to Newsom's left, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cinde Warmington stands to the California governor's right. (Reba Saldanha/AP)

Gavin Newsom touts ‘ruthless’ approach to politics in New Hampshire pitch

(Washington Examiner illustration/AP Photos/Getty Images)

Will Republicans distance themselves from Trump after the midterm elections?

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden’s selective COVID emergency

Haisten Willis April 22, 2022 3:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, speaks about the America COMPETES Act, which aims to boost domestic innovation and provide billions for semiconductor manufacturing, during a news conference on March 22 on Capitol Hill.

House and Senate versions of the Innovation Act won’t be wed without a fight

Virginia Aabram April 22, 2022 3:00 am

No more masks on planes, trains, and buses — for now

Jeremy Lott April 22, 2022 3:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Army scrambles to find new recruits at the same time it boots vaccine refusers

Jamie McIntyre April 22, 2022 3:00 am

Taylor Lorenz, left, and John Green attend VidCon 2019 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

Rotten to the core

Becket Adams April 22, 2022 3:00 am

Trump’s JD Vance gamble in Ohio

W. James Antle III April 22, 2022 3:00 am

Hackers target US industrial control systems

Grant Gross April 21, 2022 11:00 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Fending off a superpower in the 21st century

Jamie McIntyre April 8, 2022 3:00 am

Biden’s budget promises the moon but shoots for the middle

Christian Datoc April 8, 2022 3:00 am

Pass on Psaki and ‘civility’?

Becket Adams April 8, 2022 3:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

FDA approves the fourth shot of the COVID-19 vaccine

Jessica Dobrinsky April 8, 2022 3:00 am

Biden administration is intervening in a Surface Transportation Board decision

Jeremy Lott April 8, 2022 3:00 am