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Pins to promote voting by Native Americans are at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30, 2023.

100 years after gaining citizenship, Native Americans face barriers to voting

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 8, 2024 at 9:10am
Rep. James R. Comer’s earmark total jumped more than tenfold from less than $20 million in last year’s House bills.

Earmarks in House spending bills increase over last year’s versions

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted July 5, 2024 at 5:00am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives for trial last month in New York City.

Sen. Bob Menendez begins defense in corruption trial

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 2, 2024 at 2:47pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference last month.

House panel files lawsuit to obtain Biden audio recording

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2024 at 6:20pm
Protesters hold signs in front of the Supreme Court in Washington while waiting Monday for the court to announce its decision on presidential immunity.

Historians, legal experts express dismay at Trump immunity ruling

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2024 at 3:15pm
Then-Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., attends the House Ways and Means Committee markup of the GOP tax overhaul plan on Nov. 9, 2017.

Newer crop of tax writers prepares to take on legacy 2017 law

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 1, 2024 at 10:08am
Warren and other liberal lawmakers want the administration to take a hard look at two TransDigm acquisitions.

Lawmakers request review of two defense industry acquisitions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 1, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Mike Lee says the high court’s decision represents the first step for Congress to make more decisions when writing laws.

Supreme Court’s ‘Chevron’ ruling means changes for writing laws

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 28, 2024 at 6:34pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives for trial June 11 at federal court in New York City.

Prosecution rests in Sen. Bob Menendez corruption trial

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 28, 2024 at 4:10pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves the House Republicans’ caucus meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Oct. 13, 2023.

Rep. Thomas Massie announces death of his wife

By Justin Papp
Posted June 28, 2024 at 11:58am
A beam of sunlight breaks through cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court gives judges more power to review agency rules

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 28, 2024 at 11:19am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured on June 18, is scheduled to speak to a joint meeting of Congress later this summer.

Progressive staffers call on their bosses to boycott Netanyahu visit

By Justin Papp
Posted June 28, 2024 at 6:00am
House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., center, and ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., right, are shown at a hearing on the social media platform TikTok in March 2023.

Privacy bill markup canceled amid multi-front opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 27, 2024 at 9:06pm
Chairman Harold Rogers speaks during a House Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal 2025 budget request for the Department of Justice on April 16. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland testified.

Justice Department agencies have warned of budget cut fallout

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 27, 2024 at 5:01pm
Olympic swimming gold medalist Michael Phelps takes his seat to testify during the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining Anti-Doping Measures in Advance of the 2024 Olympics” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday.

Olympians implore Congress to act on doping as games approach

By Ariel Cohen
Posted June 25, 2024 at 9:29pm
“Setting the stage for how the federal government is going to buy and use AI will have a large effect on the AI industry, as well as innovation,” says Sen. Gary Peters.

Peters pitches AI legislation as model for private sector

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 25, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 5:16pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seeking amendments that would gut foreign aid from spending bills the House plans to take up this week.

Border security and foreign aid fights

By David Lerman, Rachel Oswald and Michael Macagnone
Posted June 24, 2024 at 4:11pm
Sen. John Fetterman, pictured here on June 4, spoke at the Aspen Ideas: Health conference over the weekend about depression, saying he wants to share his story to help others.

After a ‘rough’ start, Sen. Fetterman opens up about his mental health journey

By Sandhya Raman
Posted June 24, 2024 at 2:53pm
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., faces challengers in Tuesday's primary as she seeks the nomination in a different district.

Buck replacement, Boebert switch top races for open seats

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 24, 2024 at 11:10am
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., is one of the most vulnerable House incumbents this year.

Roads to the House majority: Interstate 5

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 24, 2024 at 5:30am
Democrats in New York’s 1st District will pick a challenger to GOP Rep. Nick LaLota.

Battleground House matchups to be set in New York, Colorado

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 24, 2024 at 5:01am
Rep. Jamaal Bowman faces a well-funded challenger in New York’s 16th District Democratic primary Tuesday.

Bowman fights for survival as Maloy, Tenney also face primaries

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 24, 2024 at 5:00am
Cheri Bustos collides with Debbie Wasserman Schultz during the Congressional Women's Softball Game in 2021. Bustos will return to the game this year as an announcer.

Key players return to Congressional Softball Game, this time at the microphone

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 21, 2024 at 2:36pm
Rep. Blake D. Moore, R-Utah, speaks during a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting on April 10.

House Republicans shift message on extending 2017 tax cuts

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 21, 2024 at 6:30am
Rep. Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist by training, is advocating language in a spending bill that would clarify the right of medical professionals to work for compensation while in Congress.

Should doctors in Congress earn money for their side job?

By Justin Papp
Posted June 20, 2024 at 4:48pm
The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Supreme Court dodges definitive answer on legality of a ‘wealth tax’

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 20, 2024 at 4:19pm
Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, left, pictured talking with ranking member Michael D. Crapo before a hearing in March, says he will work with other committee Democrats to come up with a “menu” of possible revenue raisers.

Senate Finance Democrats look to raise revenue for 2025 tax cliff

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 20, 2024 at 3:35pm
“We have to have at least an ability for veterans, if they wish, to go in front of a jury and tell their story,” said Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., who sponsored the bill.

Bills seek to speed up lawsuits over Camp Lejeune contamination

By Mike Magner
Posted June 20, 2024 at 12:00pm
Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing on Feb. 14.

CBO: Deficits and inflation higher, but so is economic growth

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 18, 2024 at 7:36pm
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks to reporters during a news conference last fall.

Senate Democrats try maneuver to pass ban on ‘bump stocks’

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 18, 2024 at 6:23pm