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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., navigates through reporters in the Capitol on Thursday.

Rule for debate on war supplemental heads to House floor

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 19, 2024 at 12:14am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for an interview with CNN in the Will Rogers corridor in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Foreign aid supplemental unveiled in House; Biden supports

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 17, 2024 at 11:58am, Updated at 6:39pm
President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event Tuesday in Scranton, Pa.

Biden pitches tax plan in Pennsylvania as Trump stews in court

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 16, 2024 at 4:26pm
President Joe Biden walks onstage to give remarks virtually to the National Action Network Convention on Friday.

Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel flips script as Biden had pressed for changes in Gaza

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 14, 2024 at 6:50pm, Updated April 15, 2024 at 5:30pm
President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ferdinand Marcos Jr., president of the Phillipines, in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

White House rattles its saber with warnings to Iran, China about attacking US allies

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 12, 2024 at 12:27pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint meeting of Congress as Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris look on.

Kishida tells Congress Japan will help US carry the load abroad

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 11, 2024 at 2:16pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his agency's fiscal 2025 budget request on Wednesday.

Mayorkas soldiers on through budget hearings, despite impeachment

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 10, 2024 at 6:41pm
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meet in the Oval Office Wednesday as Washington rolls out the red carpet for the Japanese leader.

Japan’s Kishida to address Congress as its military role expands

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 10, 2024 at 12:35pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 6.

Legal opinion gives Treasury leeway ahead of debt limit fight

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted April 10, 2024 at 6:30am, Updated at 8:38am
Former President Donald Trump speaks on the phone during day three of a LIV Golf tournament in Miami at Trump National Doral on Sunday. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

‘Bloodbath’: How Trump got White House to drop its refusal to address 2024 campaign

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 8, 2024 at 2:31pm
Former President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Monday that he does not support a national ban on abortion. He also expressed support for in vitro fertilization.

Trump supports IVF, backtracks on national abortion ban

By Ariel Cohen
Posted April 8, 2024 at 10:19am, Updated at 11:18am
President Joe Biden will announce a new plan to secure student loan debt relief for millions of borrowers.

Biden renews push for student loan debt relief

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 8, 2024 at 10:48am
Marine One, carrying President Biden, makes an aerial tour of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the container ship Dali in Baltimore on Friday.

Four takeaways from Biden’s visit to Baltimore bridge crash site

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 5, 2024 at 5:08pm
Marine One takes off from the South Lawn of the White House with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on board for a trip to Fort Myers, Fla., to review Hurricane Ian damage on Oct. 5, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Biden to get aerial view of Baltimore bridge collapse scene

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 5, 2024 at 9:06am
A vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, in which World Central Kitchen employees were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Monday is pictured Tuesday.

Biden presses Netanyahu for major changes in ‘hours and days’

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 4, 2024 at 4:38pm
Palestinians watch Tuesday the transfer of bodies of people killed in an overnight bombardment that targeted a residential area in Rafah, Gaza.

‘Lost all of his sway?’: Biden faces questions about Netanyahu influence

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 2, 2024 at 3:51pm
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., shown in January, warns of consequences for Israel’s alliance structure if widespread Palestinian civilian deaths due to starvation occurs.

Democratic lawmakers seek ways to change Israeli approach in Gaza

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 2, 2024 at 1:37pm
Former President Bill Clinton, far right, watches as former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden shake hands during a campaign fundraising event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Thursday night.

Takeaways: Biden, Obama, Clinton try to boost Dem enthusiasm with NYC spectacle

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 29, 2024 at 12:27pm
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., leaves the Senate Democrats’ weekly lunch in the Capitol last month.

Muslim American appeals court nominee loses Democratic support

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 28, 2024 at 3:06pm
Former President Bill Clinton, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, now-President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama at the funeral service for Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., in Baltimore on Oct. 25, 2019.

‘Take the money and run’: Obama, Clinton to raise campaign cash for Biden at A-list NYC event

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 28, 2024 at 12:22pm
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks about Tuesday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore during a White House press briefing Wednesday. Vice Admiral Peter W. Gautier, Coast Guard deputy commandant for operations, is standing behind him.

Officials: Baltimore bridge price tag could be at least $2 billion

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 27, 2024 at 3:45pm
President Joe Biden exits Air Force One upon arrival at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday.

Takeaways as Biden, Harris take aim at Trump, try to flip North Carolina

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 26, 2024 at 6:18pm
President Joe Biden departs the White House on March 19 for a swing through Nevada, Arizona and Texas.

Dems see Biden tortoise beating Trump hare in November race

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 25, 2024 at 10:11am, Updated March 26, 2024 at 3:29pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, before an Oct. 31 panel hearing.

Senate sends spending package to Biden, wrapping up fiscal 2024

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 23, 2024 at 2:05am
Palestinians pray on March 22 in the Rafah area of Gaza during the second Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan on the ruins of Al-Farouq Mosque, which was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

Israeli military operation in Rafah would be ‘a disaster,’ White House says

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 22, 2024 at 4:38pm
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference on the omnibus bill on Friday.

House passes sweeping fiscal 2024 spending package

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 22, 2024 at 11:51am
Sen. Susan Collins is hopeful the final appropriations package can be wrapped up Friday.

Lawmakers hold out hope of Friday night spending finale

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 21, 2024 at 6:03pm
President Joe Biden gives a speech at Intel Ocotillo Campus on Wednesday in Chandler, Ariz.

‘I can’t help you’: Biden jabs at Trump during Southwest swing

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 21, 2024 at 2:42pm
Peak bloom cherry blossoms frame the U.S. Capitol dome on the first full day of spring Wednesday morning.

Final spending package unveiled, countdown to recess begins

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 21, 2024 at 5:27am
From left, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attend the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Wednesday.

House panel members clash at latest Biden oversight hearing

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 20, 2024 at 4:51pm