Tag: Congress

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks at a news conference about the Protect Our Probationary Employees Act on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington.

Senate Democrats tank shutdown vote on pay for federal workers

David Sivak · October 23, 2025 1:19 pm

A person walks past the National Debt Clock.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

What a debt crisis would look like and why we must act now

Les Rubin · October 23, 2025 12:41 pm

Dr. Casey Means, a wellness influencer, left, and journalist Megyn Kelly, attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Senate to hold confirmation for Trump’s surgeon general pick Casey Means

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 23, 2025 10:04 am

Columbia University professors speak.

Beltway Confidential

Congress must probe CCP-linked NGOs

Pedro Rodriguez · October 23, 2025 9:05 am

Former Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron and his wife, Makenze Evans.

Daniel Cameron tiptoes around Obamacare subsidies in bid to replace McConnell

Ramsey Touchberry · October 23, 2025 7:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks as Rep. Andy Harris and Rep. Chip Roy listen during a news conference.

Fiscal hawks take aim at insurance companies in Obamacare subsidies fight

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 23, 2025 7:00 am

Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) sits for an interview on Oct. 22, 2025.

Top House appropriator bullish on post-shutdown breakthrough

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · October 23, 2025 6:00 am

An employee shows U.S. dollar banknotes at a money changer.

Against Trump’s tariff revenue slush fund

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2025 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), accompanied by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), speaks during a press conference following a Senate Caucus Luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Thune teases shutdown votes to pay troops and air traffic controllers

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · October 22, 2025 7:44 pm

Entrepreneur and co founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, Mark Cuban arrivers at a Senate Special Committee on Aging, On Capitol Hill, Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

Mark Cuban hearing erupts over Obamacare subsidies amid shutdown fight

Samantha-Jo Roth · October 22, 2025 6:32 pm

Katherine Clark speaks at a podium

Democratic Whip under fire for dismissing ‘families that are going to suffer’ amid shutdown

Jenny Goldsberry · October 22, 2025 5:01 pm

Rep. Tom Cole, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, sits down for an interview on Oct. 22, 2025 at his office in the U.S. Capitol. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Top House GOP appropriator concedes Congress will need new spending deal

Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green · October 22, 2025 4:33 pm