Tag: Congress

From left: Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and former public health official Abdul el Sayed during a debate between the Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in Mackinac Island, Michigan on May 28. (Photos by Danielle James/The Flint Journal via AP)

Senate seats Democrats had counted on winning now look iffy

David Mark · June 12, 2026 7:00 am

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins discuss measures dealing with the New World screwworm during a press conference with Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), not pictured, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)

America saw the screwworm coming. Why weren’t we prepared?

Beau Baird · June 12, 2026 7:00 am

A bus shelter displays an electronic billboard and a poster showing the current U.S. National debt

A grim fiscal anniversary looms

Jeremy Lott · June 12, 2026 6:30 am

Senate Seersucker Day. (Washington Examiner / Graeme Jennings)

Bill Cassidy goes out in style

Lauren Green · June 11, 2026 5:33 pm

Arts organization posts Kennedy Center livestream for Trump name take down

Arts organization posts Kennedy Center livestream for Trump name takedown

Sophia Mandt · June 11, 2026 4:26 pm

Child using a smart phone in bed

Child safety is a defining test for the tech industry

Sean Litton · June 11, 2026 11:00 am

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

House votes down FISA patch, risking first-ever lapse in key spy power

Hailey Bullis · June 11, 2026 10:41 am

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

Immigration could deliver Democrats another defeat: Sarah Bedford

Britta Miller · June 11, 2026 10:24 am

A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seal is viewed outside of a VA Clinic in Daytona Beach, Fla.

A federal court just told veterans they can’t choose their own help

Donyale Hall · June 11, 2026 10:00 am

Trucking transportation supply chain

Pass the BUILD America 250 Act: Congress begins clearing road for autonomous trucking

Jeff Farrah · June 11, 2026 9:00 am

Mike Johnson and John Thune.

There’s only one way out of Congress’s FISA quagmire

Jake Laperruque · June 11, 2026 8:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump.

Trump should demand release of Chinese political prisoners as precondition to Xi’s US visit

Olivia Enos, Michael Sobolik · June 11, 2026 7:00 am