Tag: Congress

Mike Pence is interviewed by the Washington Examiner's Peter Laffin.

Pence says midterm election results ‘not just a rout; it was a reckoning’ over Iran, tariffs, corruption, and more

Rena Rowe · November 13, 2026 2:10 pm

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is poised to become speaker of the House, is joined by Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair, and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the House minority whip, right, at a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026.

Jeffries panel disrupted by progressive protesters at post-election conference

Hailey Bullis · November 13, 2026 12:45 pm

A voter walks to a booth to fill out their ballot at American Legion Post 35 on Election Day in Alaska.

Alaska is still counting votes more than a week after Election Day: What to know

Rena Rowe · November 13, 2026 12:42 pm

Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom talks on the phone at his campaign office in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Scott Colom win means Senate Democrats now have four identical twins in their ranks

David Zimmermann · November 13, 2026 12:18 pm

Associate Justice Samuel Alito looks on as he stands (with an upward angle of the camera) in his chambers at the Supreme Court during an Associated Press interview.

Samuel Alito calls judiciary the ‘least dangerous’ branch of government

Kaelan Deese · November 13, 2026 11:53 am

Left: JD Vance, top right: Donald Trump, bottom right Jensen Huang and his wife Lori (AP)

Washington Secrets

White House report card: Who had the worst week out of Trump, Vance, and Jensen Huang?

Rob Crilly · November 13, 2026 11:24 am

Rob Sand speaks during a Democratic conference.

Working with Trump? Democrats dare each other to try

Hailey Bullis · November 13, 2026 11:10 am

President Donald Trump's priorities on Capitol Hill.

Sailor assigned to Congress’s medical office had to cut lawmaker’s toenails

Brady Knox · November 13, 2026 8:45 am

GOP election loss

Huge GOP election losses spur debates about populist economics

Zach Halaschak · November 13, 2026 7:05 am

119 Congress collage

Three-quarters of House members seeking statewide office lost

David Mark · November 13, 2026 6:45 am

President Donald Trump, escorted by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) heads to a meeting.

Trump, don’t make the Democrats’ obstruction easier

Washington Examiner · November 13, 2026 5:00 am

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

White House inches closer to ending Kevin Cramer blockade on Trump nominees

David Sivak, Christian Datoc, Ramsey Touchberry · November 12, 2026 5:34 pm