Tag: Congress

Govs. Gavin Newsom and Greg Abbott pictured. Texas and California are battling over redistricting.

Redistricting wars threaten to make Congress more partisan

Rachel Schilke · August 11, 2025 6:00 am

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Hochul insists New York ‘followed the rules’ on redistricting despite court throwing out map

Asher Notheis · August 10, 2025 2:35 pm

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz watches a debate between former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Matt Gaetz claims he found AIPAC ‘dude’ in hotel room on congressional trip to Israel

Jenny Goldsberry · August 10, 2025 10:16 am

Soda tax advocates promise healthier communities and balanced budgets. So far neither promise has materialized anywhere the tax has been imposed. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Make the MAHA SNAP junk food ban permanent

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2025 5:00 am

The U.S. Capitol is reflected in a puddle outside of the Rayburn House Office Building, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump spending freezes spur quiet pushback from Senate Republicans

Ramsey Touchberry · August 9, 2025 7:00 am

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), left, speaks at a campaign rally, Oct. 5, 2024, in Cincinnati, and Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) speaks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

Bernie Moreno dings Sherrod Brown for eyeing Ohio Senate comeback

Ramsey Touchberry · August 8, 2025 4:03 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters outside his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 8, 2025.

Thune to visit NATO nations with delegation of GOP freshmen

David Sivak · August 8, 2025 3:59 pm

Trump — and the GOP — can do a lot to fight crime in DC

Byron York · August 8, 2025 10:50 am

Republicans say party is finally fighting back, Democrats don’t like it

W. James Antle III · August 8, 2025 8:31 am

Metal cubes representing rare earth elements.

China’s stranglehold on rare earth elements threatens America’s national security

Jamie McIntyre · August 8, 2025 5:55 am

Democrat donkey magazine Jason Seiler illustration

Democrats imitate Trump without understanding his appeal

Isaac Schorr · August 8, 2025 5:40 am

‘They’re panicked’: Democrats fracture over Gaza, Israel, and what comes next

Samantha-Jo Roth · August 8, 2025 5:00 am