Tag: Washington D.C.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, pauses as the House Rules Committee prepares to advance a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, June 11, 2024. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case. The contempt action represents House Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department and of Garland’s leadership.

James Comer teases subpoenas for Joe and Jill Biden

Jenny Goldsberry · May 29, 2025 1:02 pm

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser leaves following a service to mark the reopening of the Capital Jewish Museum after two Israeli Embassy staff members were killed following an event at the museum, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Washington.

Bowser repeals sanctuary city principles in 2026 budget

Emily Hallas · May 29, 2025 1:00 pm

Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), leaves the Capitol at the end of the night after a planned vote in the House of Representatives collapsed, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in Washington. Time growing desperately short, House Republicans pushed for passage of legislation late Tuesday to prevent a threatened Treasury default, end a 15-day partial government shutdown and extricate divided government from its latest brush with a full political meltdown.

Steny Hoyer, 85, gets primary challenge from millennial making age an issue

Lauren Green · May 29, 2025 12:19 pm

FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young unaccompanied migrants, from ages 3 to 9, watch television inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a growing number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Friday, April 9, 2021 another step in the Biden administration's rush to set up temporary space for them (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)

Biden failed to investigate 65,000 reports of immigrant children in possible danger: Grassley

Anna Giaritelli · May 29, 2025 12:16 pm

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court narrows federal environmental reviews for major energy projects

Callie Patteson · May 29, 2025 11:57 am

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), center, is joined by from left: Reps. Jason Smith (R-MO), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), right, during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington.

Mark Green pushes bill expanding power to strip legal immunities from vaccine manufacturers

Emily Hallas · May 29, 2025 11:45 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Committee on Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington.

HHS pulls millions in funding for Moderna to develop bird flu vaccines

Emily Hallas · May 29, 2025 11:03 am

Shapiro calls Trump US Steel deal a ‘BFD’

Salena Zito · May 29, 2025 10:39 am

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.

Texas House Democrats block bail reform measures

Center Square · May 29, 2025 10:38 am

FILE - A Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla store in Littleton, Colo., June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Musk turns anti-Tesla Democrats off to EV policies: Consumer survey

Jack Birle · May 29, 2025 9:17 am

GDP - A pumpjack works on a pad near a housing development July 4, 2024, in Dacono, Colo.

GDP revised up to -0.2% growth rate for first quarter

Zach Halaschak · May 29, 2025 8:33 am

OpenAI

Ban on AI regulations tucked into ‘big, beautiful bill’ could be deleted in the Senate

Samantha-Jo Roth · May 29, 2025 7:05 am