Tag: Congress

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) talk to reporters.

WATCH LIVE: House Speaker Mike Johnson holds press conference

Molly Parks · September 3, 2025 10:01 am

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at the Capitol on Sept. 2, 2025 with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on the Epstein files. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

House GOP leadership fights back against discharge petitions

Lauren Green · September 3, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during the congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Open Senate and governor races in Iowa trigger once-in-a-generation scramble

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 3, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, talks after a policy luncheon on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington

Congress seethes over Trump’s $5 billion clawback that risks a government shutdown

Ramsey Touchberry · September 3, 2025 5:00 am

House releases 33,000 pages of Epstein files from DOJ

Kaelan Deese · September 2, 2025 7:59 pm

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) arrives to hear for U.S. Attorney David Weiss in an interview before members of the House Judiciary Committee.

Jerry Nadler’s House retirement opens floodgates for eager Democratic successors in New York

Rachel Schilke · September 2, 2025 5:47 pm

Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Committee on the Judiciary joint subcommittee hearing to examine District Judges v. Trump, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Washington.

Ted Cruz renews GOP push to roll back DC police law

David Sivak · September 2, 2025 5:44 pm

Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) speaks.

Ashley Hinson jumps into open Iowa Senate race to replace Ernst

Samantha-Jo Roth, Rachel Schilke · September 2, 2025 5:20 pm

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., listens during a joint subcommittee hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, April 1, 2025, in Washington.

Massie bucks GOP leadership with Epstein files discharge petition

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · September 2, 2025 2:52 pm

Regulator bullying: CPSC targeted Dreamland Baby

Bethany Mandel · September 2, 2025 1:00 pm

Members of Congress pray in the House chamber.

Washington Secrets

God’s ‘report card’: Just half of Congress votes in line with Bible

Paul Bedard · September 2, 2025 12:14 pm

President Donald Trump listens as he meets with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington.

Trump faces fresh Epstein test as lawmakers return to DC

David Sivak · September 2, 2025 6:00 am