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The House version of the annual defense spending bill includes $675 million for tiltrotor aircraft the Navy did not request.

Policy

Members want $26 billion for programs the Pentagon didn’t seek

Projects generally sought by far-flung Defense establishment or by contractor or university

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 3:54pm

Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos leaves the Capitol after the House voted to expel him from Congress on Friday.

Congress

House expels Rep. George Santos

By Chris Marquette
Posted December 1, 2023 at 11:41am, Updated at 12:35pm
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Ensuring Judicial Independence Through Civics Education" on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. O'Connor died on Friday at the age of 93.

Heard on the Hill

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 1, 2023 at 4:12pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., says Republican immigration demands are holding up aid to Israel and Ukraine.

Podcasts

Hard slog on war funds and appropriations

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 1, 2023 at 2:26pm
The expulsion of former Rep. George Santos from Congress highlights this week’s Hits and Misses.

Video

Expelling bee — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 1, 2023 at 3:47pm
The November full moon, also known as the Beaver Moon, rises over the Capitol dome on Monday.

Photos of the week ending December 1, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 1, 2023 at 12:41pm
President Joe Biden signs the CHIPS and Science Act into law on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 9, 2022.

Biden administration, states need to step up efforts to maximize CHIPS Act

By John Katko, Fred Upton, Rodney Davis, Chris Jacobs and David McKinley
Posted December 1, 2023 at 6:00am

From Farm to Floor: 2023 Farm Bill Developments, Insights, & Implications

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 4, 2023 at 5:18pm
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, center, talks with then-Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joe Biden, D-Del., right, and ranking member Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., before a hearing on Jan. 31, 2007. Kissinger died on Wednesday.

Kissinger and the Capitol

By Jason Dick
Posted November 30, 2023 at 7:54pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen at a Nov. 15 hearing, said advancing election bills in smaller pieces "may have an easier path to get across and signed into law.”

House GOP takes new tack in advancing conservative election bills

By Justin Papp
Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:45pm

Capitol Lens | Pointing out

By Bill Clark
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:51pm

Navigating State Sessions: Key Issues & Best Practices for 2024

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 4, 2023 at 5:20pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., holds a news conference Thursday outside the Capitol to discuss the upcoming vote to expel him from Congress.

House debates Rep. George Santos expulsion ahead of Friday vote

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:40pm
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin, right, speaks as ranking member Lindsey Graham listens during a committee markup on Thursday.

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas related to Supreme Court ethics probe

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 30, 2023 at 4:24pm
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was choking at a Thursday lunch.

Sen. Paul uses Heimlich maneuver on choking Sen. Ernst

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 30, 2023 at 4:05pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am

At the Races: Colorado trip a Biden template?

By Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 30, 2023 at 2:30pm
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee markup on Thursday.

GOP senators cry foul as Durbin disallows more debate on two committee votes

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 30, 2023 at 1:43pm
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Fight against ‘price gouging’ on military parts heats up

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 30, 2023 at 8:29am
Readers in and around Congress give these books a thumbs-up for your year-end reading list.

Capitol Hill insiders share their favorite books to read in 2023

By Jim Saksa
Posted November 30, 2023 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Big Lie redux

By R.J. Matson
Posted November 30, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Josh Brecheen, seen here arriving for a Republican conference meeting on Nov. 7, says the late Sen. Tom Coburn shaped his approach to governing.

Tom Coburn was the ‘semitruck for a lot of people,’ says Rep. Josh Brecheen

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:31am
Rosalynn Carter, center, watches as husband Jimmy Carter recites the presidential oath of office administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger, left, on Jan. 20, 1977.

Carter funeral, Rustin biopic show lives getting deserved reexamination

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted November 30, 2023 at 6:00am
Amy Rutkin has worked for Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., for nearly 25 years.

‘It’s time’: Departing Nadler chief Amy Rutkin will launch her own political consulting firm

By Justin Papp
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:30am
Trash and boxes are seen stacked outside a House office in 2018. When departing members leave office, transitions can be rocky for their replacements (and constituents).

‘Shrugged off and ignored’: Lawmakers disagree on how to ease pain of election churn

By Justin Papp
Posted November 30, 2023 at 5:01am
Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and vice chair Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talk at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in July.

Congress weighs proposals to renew key surveillance authority as deadline looms

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 29, 2023 at 6:58pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Drama ahead of third Santos expulsion vote

By Chris Marquette
Posted November 29, 2023 at 1:04pm, Updated at 6:00pm
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., will be the focus of President Joe Biden's event on Wednesday.

White House goes at ‘MAGA’ Boebert over opposition to Biden agenda in Colorado

By Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 29, 2023 at 5:00am, Updated at 5:30pm
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., left, and ranking member Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.

Recreation bill aims to foster biking, target shooting on public lands

By David Jordan
Posted November 29, 2023 at 4:49pm

Capitol Lens | Steel curtain

By Tom Williams
Posted November 29, 2023 at 3:55pm
Visitors walk across the U.S. Supreme Court plaza to enter the building in October.

Supreme Court casts doubt on agency enforcement actions without juries

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 29, 2023 at 2:29pm
New York Times Columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews former Speaker Kevin McCarthy during The New York Times DealBook summit on Wednesday.

Ousted as speaker, McCarthy has not decided about reelection

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 29, 2023 at 11:30am
A sign on Election Day earlier this month at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Is 2024 the year for a third-party candidate to break through with dissatisfied voters?

By David Winston
Posted November 29, 2023 at 6:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson and his wife, Kelly, pose with West Virginia lawmakers and fourth grader Ethan Reese in front of the Capitol Christmas Tree on Tuesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson invokes ‘reason for the season’ at Capitol Christmas Tree lighting

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted November 28, 2023 at 10:01pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a swearing-in ceremony with Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after she was sworn in on the House floor on Tuesday.

Celeste Maloy sworn in; House now at full capacity

By K. Sophie Will
Posted November 28, 2023 at 8:40pm
Martin O’Malley, nominee to be commissioner of the Social Security Administration, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Nov. 2.

Biden pick for Social Security chief OK’d by Senate panel

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 28, 2023 at 2:26pm

Capitol Lens | Air apparent

By Bill Clark
Posted November 28, 2023 at 2:00pm

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