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A box of mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortion and miscarriage management.

Louisiana abortion drug bill latest front in post-Dobbs fight

By Sandhya Raman
Posted May 22, 2024 at 4:47pm, Updated May 23, 2024 at 3:20am
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., took over an investigation that began in the House.

Democrats refer ‘big oil’ investigation to Justice Department

By David Jordan
Posted May 22, 2024 at 3:23pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during a House GOP news conference in the Capitol on April 30.

Scalise lays out ambitious summer appropriations timetable

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 22, 2024 at 2:03pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., left, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speak before a committee hearing in March, 2023.

Vilsack says House proposal threatens farm bill coalition

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 22, 2024 at 12:46pm
The Capitol Police would get a funding boost of about 5 percent in the House’s Legislative Branch spending bill for fiscal 2025.

House Legislative Branch spending bill would boost Capitol Police, GAO

By Justin Papp
Posted May 22, 2024 at 11:42am
Children walk by a Starlink terminal near the community center in the Ukraine village of Rubtsi on April 19.

Pentagon pursuing Russian use of Musk’s Starlink terminals

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 21, 2024 at 3:00pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer with, from left, Sens. Todd Young, Martin Heinrich and Mike Rounds, holds a news conference on their AI road map on May 15.

Senate AI ‘road map’ potentially a dangerous detour, critics say

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 21, 2024 at 7:00am
A Rivian electric vehicle charges outside of Blink Charging’s new flagship manufacturing facility in Bowie, Md., in March.

Election year politics roil the EV transition

By Mike Magner and Valerie Yurk
Posted May 20, 2024 at 12:09pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., has scheduled the farm bill markup for Thursday.

Thompson’s animal welfare, whole milk priorities in farm bill

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 20, 2024 at 11:17am
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., is among the lawmakers pushing to increase the Pentagon's Basic Housing Allowance.

Draft NDAA seeks to cut housing costs for military families

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 16, 2024 at 2:28pm
U.S. Supreme Court building

Supreme Court upholds financial agency’s ‘novel’ funding structure

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 16, 2024 at 11:20am
Gynecologist Frantz Bousquet is pictured outside his hospital in Sete, France, on March 11. He is one of the only physicians in the area who performs abortions.

In France, abortion restrictions offset by medical autonomy

By Ariel Cohen
Posted May 16, 2024 at 7:00am
“This is a hair in the fire moment, and here’s why — AI has the potential to turbocharge the spread of disinformation and deceive voters,” Senate Rules and Administration Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar said.

Senate Rules advances three AI election bills

By Justin Papp
Posted May 15, 2024 at 6:24pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is among Republicans who have accused Biden of withholding information on arms transfers to Israel.

As House readies a vote on Israeli arms, Democrats whip members in opposition

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 15, 2024 at 4:35pm
The Biden administration this week announced the first national maternal mental health strategy. Twenty-three percent of pregnancy-related deaths are caused by suicide, drug overdose or other outcomes from mental health or substance use disorders.

Administration releases maternal mental health plan

By Sandhya Raman
Posted May 15, 2024 at 4:29pm
A Delta Air Lines jet flies past the Capitol dome as it approaches Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on February 18.

House clears FAA bill for Biden

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 15, 2024 at 4:21pm
Schumer is flanked by Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group members Todd Young, R-Ind., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., at a news conference on Wednesday.

Schumer proposes $32 billion annual spending under AI road map

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 15, 2024 at 1:28pm
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., is seen in the Capitol before Senate votes on April 23.

Senate GOP bill seeks to protect anonymous nonprofit donors

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 14, 2024 at 2:07pm
Ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., right, makes an opening statement as Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., looks on, during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in March.

Lawmakers issue ultimatum to tech platforms over data privacy

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 14, 2024 at 7:00am
Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, said China is flooding the global marketplace with underpriced products.

Citing unfair trade, Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, batteries

By David Jordan
Posted May 14, 2024 at 6:35am
Photographers and camera crew on Enewetak Atoll during Koa nuclear test as part of Operation Hardtack, a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds.

Radiation compensation bill’s backers plan Hill blitz

By Mike Magner
Posted May 14, 2024 at 5:31am
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., left, sponsored the legislation that would seek to prevent the administration from pausing any arms shipments to Israel.

House poised to vote on Israel arms after mixed report on their use

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 13, 2024 at 5:11pm
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., tried to remove provisions from the FAA bill that add flights to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Less turbulent ride for FAA bill predicted in House

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 13, 2024 at 3:52pm
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip transport their belongings in the back of a truck as they arrive to take shelter in Khan Yunis on Sunday.

Israel report further clouds Biden’s approach to Gaza conflict

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 13, 2024 at 11:30am
Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Donald Trump, addresses the media outside a federal court in Washington on Oct. 21, 2022, after being sentenced to four months in prison for defying a congressional subpoena.

Appeals court upholds Bannon contempt of Congress convictions

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 10, 2024 at 12:30pm
Some 2,225 hospitals have received the Biden administration's new "birthing friendly" designation, leading some to question the value of the label.

‘Birthing friendly’ label requires little effort by hospitals

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 9, 2024 at 5:00am
Activists protest at the Supreme Court as the court hears oral arguments in March in a case about access to mifepristone, the drug used in medication abortions.

Supreme Court to decide contentious issues amid ongoing criticism

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 8, 2024 at 3:32pm
Shou Chew, CEO of TikTok, arrives to testify during the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 31.

TikTok sues US, calling divestiture law unconstitutional

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 7, 2024 at 4:11pm
Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next” on May 1.

Change Healthcare lacked safeguards even as it gave security advice

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 7, 2024 at 7:00am
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., introduced the energy efficiency standards measure to be considered by the House Tuesday.

House eyes energy standard limits as climate wars hit laundry

By David Jordan
Posted May 7, 2024 at 6:00am