Tag: Congress

Night falls on the dome of the Capitol, hours after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted as speaker of the House on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Washington.

Senate Republicans chart diverging paths forward on Israel aid

Emily Jacobs · November 1, 2023 2:38 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a rally to end the use of fossil fuels, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.

AOC slams pro-Israel AIPAC as ‘racist and bigoted’

Julia Johnson · November 1, 2023 1:11 pm

Daily on Defense

Democrats frustrated Ukraine aid is being sidelined by House Republicans

Jamie McIntyre · November 1, 2023 11:11 am

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), left, confers with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH).

Jim Jordan announces investigation into DOJ for alleged spying on congressional staffers

Brady Knox · October 31, 2023 10:09 pm

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) talks with reporters as he walks to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Washington.

Senate headed for vote on deputy Marine chief caught up in Tuberville blockade

David Sivak · October 31, 2023 8:38 pm

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) arrives at a hearing at the Capitol, March 28, 2023.

GOP presses Biden to overturn nursing home rule based on ‘shocking’ assumption

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 31, 2023 8:19 pm

Former New York Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).

Lawler attacks Mondaire Jones over Pelosi endorsement: ‘It won’t help you’

Jack Birle · October 31, 2023 8:15 pm

Secretary of the Treasury and Council Chairperson Jack Lew leaves after the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the Treasury Building in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016.

Senate confirms Jack Lew as Israeli ambassador as war rages in Gaza

Emily Jacobs · October 31, 2023 7:35 pm

Rep. David Schweikert.

Conservatives press Speaker Johnson for bipartisan debt commission details

Cami Mondeaux · October 31, 2023 5:10 pm

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Mike Johnson faces mounting to-do list in first full week as House speaker

Cami Mondeaux · October 30, 2023 3:29 pm

Johnson speakership spells trouble for Democrats in Washington spending fight

David Sivak · October 30, 2023 10:30 am

Jayapal says she has ‘no idea’ how Dean Phillips’ policies differ from Biden’s

Julia Johnson · October 29, 2023 8:48 pm