Tag: Congress

A pumpjack operates in the foreground while a wind turbine at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kansas.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

To restore energy stability, Congress must assert federal authority

George David Banks · June 27, 2025 6:00 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), center, joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the GOP whip, speaks to reporters after Republican senators met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and worked on President Donald Trump's tax and immigration megabill so it can be on his desk by July 4, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

Trump tax bill vote risks sliding into weekend as Thune battles Senate holdouts

Ramsey Touchberry, David Sivak · June 26, 2025 6:52 pm

Senate Budget Committee member Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) makes an opening statement as the panel works on the markup of the Fiscal 2025 Budget Resolution, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

‘Free trader’ Ron Johnson floats permanent tariffs to shrink federal deficit

David Sivak · June 26, 2025 6:28 pm

Ogles asks DOJ to look into whether Mamdani should be stripped of citizenship

Rachel Schilke · June 26, 2025 5:15 pm

A member of Customs and Border Protection walks past a group of migrants.

House passes bill to require DHS to publicly disclose ‘special interest’ migrant border encounters

Anna Giaritelli · June 26, 2025 4:35 pm

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) speaks with Neera Tanden at the Center for American Progress on June 26, 2025. (Ally Goelz/Washington Examiner)

Slotkin unveils her ‘Economic War Plan’ to help Democrats win back the middle class

Ally Goelz · June 26, 2025 2:54 pm

Byrd droppings: Trump tax bill provisions ruled out by Senate parliamentarian

Ramsey Touchberry, Ally Goelz · June 26, 2025 2:28 pm

New bill aims to allow states to return unused grant money amid battle to decrease federal debt

Samantha-Jo Roth · June 26, 2025 2:17 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: Trump holds ‘One, Big, Beautiful Event’ in the White House

Elaine Mallon · June 26, 2025 1:34 pm

Thune rejects GOP calls to sideline Senate parliamentarian

David Sivak · June 26, 2025 12:56 pm

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Democratic climate policies drive up blackout risk

Rep. Morgan Griffith · June 26, 2025 12:44 pm

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) addresses Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell as she testifies in front a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on oversight of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.

House Oversight subpoenas Anthony Bernal after canceled testimony

Rachel Schilke · June 26, 2025 12:02 pm