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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to speak to reporters about the spending negotiations in the Capitol last Friday. Johnson is scheduled to speak at the March for Life on Friday.

House GOP plans pregnancy-related bills before Roe anniversary

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 16, 2024 at 5:54pm
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., at a House hearing in 2019.

Federal judge approves redrawn Georgia congressional districts

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 28, 2023 at 2:47pm, Updated December 29, 2023 at 9:09am
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo arrives at the Rayburn House Office Building on Sept. 15, 2022. Eshoo on Tuesday became the latest veteran lawmaker to announce plans to retire at the end of this term.

Eshoo, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker, announces plans to retire

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 21, 2023 at 1:13pm
President Joe Biden pardons the turkey, Liberty, from Willmar, Minn., during the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday Nov. 20, 2023. Steve Lykken, center, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and Jose Rojas, vice president of Jennie-O Turkey Store, also appear.

Freedom granted to Liberty and Bell in annual turkey pardoning

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 20, 2023 at 1:17pm, Updated at 1:44pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., walks down the steps outside the Senate side of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Tentative Senate calendar for 2024 available

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 17, 2023 at 5:16pm
John L. “Jack” Smith, special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump, asked for the partial gag order in a criminal case about Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Appellate court to hear arguments over Trump’s rhetoric in federal trial on 2020 election

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 16, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the Longworth Building on Oct. 24.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup to retire

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 9, 2023 at 8:55pm
Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, right, Rich McCormick, R-Ga., left, and Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., leave the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Crenshaw introduced a bill that would bar federal funds aimed at training pediatricians from going to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. "This is the issue of our time. This is the hill we're going to die on," he said of the issue.

House GOP eyes trans care as newest battleground issue

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 9, 2023 at 7:00am
Abortion rights supporters celebrate winning the referendum on the so-called Issue 1, a measure to enshrine a right to abortion in Ohio's Constitution, in Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 7, 2023.

Ohioans vote to codify abortion rights

By Sandhya Raman
Posted November 8, 2023 at 10:08am, Updated at 3:05pm
Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who is up for reelection next year, plans to make caregiving a key part of his campaign platform, according to his campaign manager.

As 2024 nears, advocates push for caregiving as campaign issue

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted October 19, 2023 at 7:00am