Tag: Congress

Weiner and Pelosi collage

Competition heats up for Nancy Pelosi’s seat

Barnini Chakraborty · October 18, 2025 6:00 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

Jeffries threatens ‘swift’ legal action if Johnson doesn’t swear in Grijalva

Rachel Schilke · October 17, 2025 4:01 pm

Microsoft, politically connected, seeks to alter Chinese investment provision in defense bill

Robert Schmad · October 17, 2025 3:34 pm

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House leadership hold a press conference on the 14th day of the shutdown.

House not expected to return to Washington next week during shutdown

Ross O'Keefe · October 17, 2025 11:33 am

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., leaves the Senate chamber after voting on a government funding bill ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025.

Island fundraisers, rooftop soirees, and a Babydog birthday bonanza: Washington shrugs at shutdown optics

Ramsey Touchberry · October 17, 2025 6:00 am

From left, Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., and Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo., talk as the House Appropriations Committee holds a markup on the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Shutdown frustrates GOP appropriations cardinals as standoff freezes funding process

Rachel Schilke · October 17, 2025 6:00 am

Capitol shutdown associated press

After decades of red ink, a fresh push for a balanced budget amendment emerges

Kevin R. Kosar · October 17, 2025 5:50 am

Senator Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, arrives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, June 30, 2025. Republican party leaders are rushing to overcome lingering internal fights over President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending package as Democrats launch attacks to exploit the divisions. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tim Scott balances Senate policy and GOP political roles

Zach Halaschak · October 17, 2025 5:45 am

Mitch McConnell flag burning Washington Examiner Illustration/AP/Getty

Years before Trump’s executive order, McConnell helped block a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning

Frederic J. Frommer · October 17, 2025 5:35 am

The Supreme Court

A bad day for racial gerrymandering at the Supreme Court

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2025 5:00 am

Doctors at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wisconsin dope up veterans with excessive amounts of painkillers. (iStock Photo)

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

The Democrats’ funding bill makes Americans unhealthy again

Bobby Jindal, Hannah Anderson · October 17, 2025 5:00 am

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AK) from left, John Barrasso (R-WY), Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and James Lankford (R-OK).

Senate heads home after Democrats dash Thune’s latest shutdown strategy

David Sivak · October 16, 2025 2:35 pm