Tag: Congress

A man walks to a U.S. Social Security Administration office Monday, June 30, 2025, in Mount Prospect, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Fixing Social Security: From Fairness Act to faster benefits

Ron Estes · October 1, 2025 6:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speak to members of the media.

Beltway Confidential

The Democrats shutdown theater won’t get them anything

Hugh Hewitt · October 1, 2025 5:00 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a Charlie Kirk vigil in D.C.

Community and Family

The GOP must honor Charlie Kirk’s pro-family legacy with more than words

Lyman Stone, Brad Wilcox · October 1, 2025 5:00 am

A collage of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Federal government enters shutdown after Congress lets funding expire

Ramsey Touchberry · October 1, 2025 12:01 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune grimaces.

Thune hopeful GOP will pick up enough Democratic votes to reopen government

Ross O'Keefe · September 30, 2025 11:09 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, talk with reporters following their meeting with President Donald Trump and Republican leaders on the government funding crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Senate rejects dueling funding bills, teeing up government shutdown at midnight

David Sivak · September 30, 2025 7:21 pm

The U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Federal agencies release government shutdown closure plans: What to know

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 30, 2025 6:24 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at a press conference ahead of House votes on H.R. 7027 - the Child Care Is Essential Act and H.R. 7327 - the Child Care for Economic Recovery Act on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pelosi blames GOP for looming shutdown: ‘Republicans are on vacation’

Heather Hunter · September 30, 2025 4:56 pm

Ben Cohen shows price tags of everyday items, highlighting "wasteful" Pentagon spending. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner)

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s chainsaws mini Pentagon on Capitol Hill

Lauren Green · September 30, 2025 3:51 pm

Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin.

DNC chairman voices confidence in Democrats regaining power

David Zimmermann · September 30, 2025 3:17 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks alongside Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director, left, and Vice President JD Vance as they address members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Several state legislative GOP caucuses urge Congress to avoid a government shutdown

Annabella Rosciglione · September 30, 2025 2:57 pm

A collage of House Democrats speaking.

Democrats flood House floor to accuse Republicans of being on ‘vacation’ despite looming shutdown

Rachel Schilke · September 30, 2025 2:04 pm