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Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said servicemembers who liked extremist content on social media could face discipline.

Pentagon review finds few extremists in the armed forces

By Shawn Zeller
Posted December 20, 2021 at 5:35pm
Rep. Jim Langevin says the United States' heavy reliance on the internet also makes it vulnerable.

Rep. Jim Langevin on defending the country against ransomware

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 29, 2021 at 7:30am
The U.S. Capitol dome at sunset.

CQ Future: Politics

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted July 9, 2021 at 8:00am
From left, Democrats Tom Suozzi, David Scott, Carolyn Bourdeaux and Pramila Jayapal have all drawn their red lines over infrastructure and other tax and spending priorities.

Biden has to erase red lines to see his agenda through

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 6, 2021 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s ability to keep his caucus together faces a test in light of the stalled elections overhaul, Zeller writes.

Unkept promise on elections overhaul leaves Democrats scrambling

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 28, 2021 at 6:46am
A ransomware cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline in May spurred gas pumps to shut down across the Eastern Seaboard.

CQ Future: Ransomware attacks

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted June 25, 2021 at 8:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is taking a “two track” approach toward infrastructure — one bipartisan and the other partisan — that he believes will balance the desires of all Democrats, including centrists such as Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema and progressives such as Massachusetts’ Edward J, Markey.

Democrats promise to do it all despite dissension in the ranks

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 21, 2021 at 6:46am
A scaled-back infrastructure bill, like the one West Virginia’s Joe Manchin III and other senators are negotiating, is what most Hill aides expect will ultimately pass.

Hill staffers expect infrastructure bill to pass, but little else

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 14, 2021 at 7:00am
Employees given shares of Amazon as part of their employment package are using that power to force ESG policies at shareholder meetings.

CQ Future: Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)

By Shawn Zeller, Laura Weiss, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted June 10, 2021 at 9:30am
On policy matters, President Joe Biden isn’t facing the same level of stonewalling from Republicans in Congress that Barack Obama did, Zeller writes.

Maybe Biden is a moderate after all

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 1, 2021 at 7:00am
An Amtrak train pulls out of Union Station. in Washington.

CQ Future: Amtrak

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell, Joanne Levine, Thomas McKinless and Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 27, 2021 at 10:00am
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference following the Senate Democrats' policy luncheon last week.

Cracks in party unity could stall Democratic momentum

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 24, 2021 at 7:00am
Immigration activists rally near the Capitol on May 12. “Until Congress is willing and able to pass legislation, we will continue to have wild policy swing,” former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner says.

‘Ad hoc responses’ take toll on US immigration policy, Meissner says

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 20, 2021 at 6:30am
Despite losing her House GOP Conference chair position, Wyoming’s Liz Cheney vows not to go the way of so many Trump critics before her.

Cheney promises to fight on, while McCarthy covets the speakership

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 17, 2021 at 7:00am
Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, testifies remotely during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Breaking the News: Censorship, Suppression, and the 2020 Election on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.

CQ Future: ‘Big Tech’

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted May 14, 2021 at 8:00am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hopes that ousting Liz Cheney from party leadership will satisfy pro-Trump GOP voters and allow him to move on to attacking Democrats’ failings, Zeller writes.

McCarthy needs to rout Cheney to move past 2020

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 10, 2021 at 7:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, here elbow bumping President Joe Biden at his April 28 joint session address, has seen her caucus reach an unprecedented level of voting unity.

Democratic unity makes Biden’s ambition possible

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 3, 2021 at 7:00am
President Biden flip-flopped after promising to raise the cap on refugees, set by Donald Trump at a historic low of 15 thousand a year.

CQ Future: Refugee policy

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted April 30, 2021 at 8:00am
“We have to focus on transforming policing in the United States,” California Rep. Karen Bass says.

It’s up to Democrats to pass a policing bill

By Shawn Zeller
Posted April 26, 2021 at 7:00am
Earlier this month, Mitch McConnell warned corporations to “stay out of politics,” but his recent comments on taxes were surely music to business owners’ ears, Zeller writes.

The GOP’s fallout with big business is already mending

By Shawn Zeller
Posted April 19, 2021 at 6:55am
Former president Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election despite raising only half as much money as Hilary Clinton's campaign.

CQ Future: Money in politics

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted April 16, 2021 at 8:00am
Reps. Mike Johnson, left, and Jim Jordan speak with reporters in the Senate subway on Feb. 9 after the first day of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.

Political Theater: The future of the GOP

By Jason Dick, Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted April 7, 2021 at 8:00am
Reps. Mike Johnson, left, and Jim Jordan speak with reporters in the Senate subway on Feb. 9 after the first day of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.

CQ Future: The GOP

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted April 1, 2021 at 4:00am
All 15 members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet have been confirmed, including, clockwise from top left, Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. EPA Administrator Michael Regan is among 13 other high-level administration officials confirmed.

Biden nominees are cruising to confirmation with GOP votes

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 29, 2021 at 7:00am
Both Charles E. Schumer and Richard J. Durbin recently linked the Senate filibuster to America’s long resistance to racial equality.

Democrats pushing to weaken the filibuster say it enables racism

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 22, 2021 at 6:55am
The European Union recently proposed issuing vaccine passports to individuals who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, while Israel has already adopted the policy.

CQ Future: Vaccine passports

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted March 19, 2021 at 8:00am
President Joe Biden signs the COVID-19 relief bill into law Thursday. Unlike his Democratic counterparts in the House and Senate, Biden has tried to dampen expectations about the law’s outcomes.

Democrats set the bar high for COVID-19 relief law’s success

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 15, 2021 at 7:00am
Disagreements between Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left, and Joe Manchin III, second from left, and between Republicans like Liz Cheney and Josh Hawley haven’t yet affected the workings of Congress, Zeller writes.

Factions on the left and right are standing down for now

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 8, 2021 at 7:00am
Latinx supporters attend a Biden/Harris Nevada Hispanic Legislative Caucus and supporters on horseback rally at the Walnut Community Center's early voting location.

CQ Future: The Latino vote

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted March 5, 2021 at 8:00am
Collin C. Peterson was the second-least loyal House Democrat in 2020, but that couldn't keep him from losing big in his deep-red Minnesota district.

No quarter for centrists in House: 2020 Vote Studies

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 3, 2021 at 7:00am
Christopher S. Murphy was more willing than certain other Senate Democrats to back Trump nominees in 2020.

Trump support highlights split in Senate role: 2020 Vote Studies

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 3, 2021 at 5:00am
While Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a narrower majority in the current Congress, Democratic party loyalty among members has never been higher, at least in modern times.

Pelosi’s virus relief win shows she can keep her majority together

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 1, 2021 at 7:00am
People take part in an unauthorized rally in support of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny in Moscow.

CQ Future: US-Russia relations

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted February 19, 2021 at 8:00am
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana departs the Capitol on Feb. 13, 2021. He was among seven Republicans to vote convict former President Donald Trump.

Reasons for hope after Trump’s second impeachment trial

By Shawn Zeller
Posted February 16, 2021 at 7:00am
Alabama Rep. Terri A. Sewell leads a group of 12 House Democrats who support regional differences in the minimum wage based on the cost of living.

Why some Democrats are nervous about a $15 minimum wage

By Shawn Zeller
Posted February 8, 2021 at 7:00am, Updated at 4:22pm
Aerial view of students posing with a Chinese flag to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China at a primary school on September 29, 2020 in Kuqa, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China.

CQ Future: US-China relations

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted February 5, 2021 at 8:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s win over Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on the filibuster came alongside Schumer’s offer to model the Senate organizing rules on the power-sharing agreement adopted the last time the chamber was divided 50-50, in 2001.

After the filibuster fight, obstacles remain for progressives

By Shawn Zeller
Posted February 1, 2021 at 6:50am
President Joe Biden points to guests at his inauguration ceremony after he is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2021.

The choices Joe Biden makes now will set his legacy in motion

By Shawn Zeller
Posted January 25, 2021 at 7:01am
Incoming Senate Budget chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., does an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda in Washington.

CQ Future: COVID-19 aid

By Shawn Zeller, Paul M. Krawzak, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted January 22, 2021 at 8:00am
A Capitol Police officer talks with members of the Maryland National Guard outside the Capitol office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Transition: Congress in turmoil

By Katherine Tully-McManus, Niels Lesniewski, Shawn Zeller, Ellyn Ferguson, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted January 11, 2021 at 6:13pm
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing companies to adopt work-from-home policies, some are considering reducing the size of their offices, or forgoing the office completely, to mitigate expenses.

CQ Future: The office

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted January 11, 2021 at 8:00am
Pro-Trump rioters take over the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress works to certify the Electoral College votes.

Trump’s riot gives Republicans reason to help Biden

By Shawn Zeller
Posted January 11, 2021 at 7:00am
Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America, a think tank and civic enterprise with offices in Washington and New York.

CQ Future: Working mothers

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 18, 2020 at 8:00am
If Republicans led by Mitch McConnell keep the Senate, Joe Biden would be the first Democratic president to take office without his party in control of the chamber.

In a GOP Senate, Biden’s Cabinet faces a gantlet

By Shawn Zeller
Posted December 14, 2020 at 7:00am
A Trump supporter debates with anti-Trump protesters in the free speech zone outside of the Janesville Conference Center in Janesville, Wis., in advance of the Donald Trump for President rally in 2016.

CQ Future: Free speech

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 11, 2020 at 8:00am
Lawmakers gather on the House steps during the last votes of the week on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020.

Capitol Insiders Survey finds staffers pessimistic on virus relief

By Shawn Zeller
Posted December 7, 2020 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden may be in control of the White House for the next four years, but after a lackluster showing in House and Senate races in 2020, the Democratic Party is still grappling with its identity. Will the party lean further to the left or move toward the center?

CQ Future: Democratic Party

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 4, 2020 at 8:00am
Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, who caught coronavirus in the spring, was defeated for reelection. He is shown in April.

McAdams and Shalala, in defeat, illustrate Democrats’ challenge

By Shawn Zeller
Posted November 23, 2020 at 7:00am
Presuming House Democrats elect her to return as their leader, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have a monumental task in keeping the caucus together.

For progressives, the House is as big a problem as the Senate

By Shawn Zeller
Posted November 16, 2020 at 7:00am
Passengers wearing face masks wait for their bus in front of a national debt display on Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington.

CQ Future: The national debt

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 13, 2020 at 8:00am
There is still a chance for Democrats to take control of the Senate and hold all the elective levers of power in Washington. But the shine is off the dream of a change election, Zeller writes.

Democrats’ dream election scenario is still alive

By Shawn Zeller
Posted November 9, 2020 at 7:00am
Donald Trump speaks after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017. Since taking office, his administration has been defined by breaking the norms of the presidency.

CQ Future: The presidency

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 30, 2020 at 8:00am
Sen. Susan Collins’ 2020 voting record is slightly less pro-Trump than Sen. Cory Gardner’s, but both are still vulnerable for reelection this year, Zeller writes.

2 GOP senators’ strategies diverge, but both are in peril

By Shawn Zeller
Posted October 26, 2020 at 7:00am
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Sept. 22, 2020.

Democrats’ dilemma: Eliminate the filibuster or pack the Supreme Court

By Shawn Zeller
Posted October 19, 2020 at 7:00am
A Joe Biden White House could open give Congress new latitude to push through major legislation.

How a Democratic sweep on Nov. 3 could restore Congress’ power

By Shawn Zeller
Posted October 5, 2020 at 6:55am
The sun rises behind the Empire State Building in New York City.

CQ Future: Cities

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 2, 2020 at 8:00am
New York Rep. Tom Suozzi attends a Sept. 15 news conference by the Problem Solvers Caucus to unveil coronavirus relief legislation.

Survey: Capitol Hill aides see a job well done fighting the coronavirus

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 28, 2020 at 3:43pm
Court documents show a pattern of misconduct and abuse, including soliciting sex, unsecured guns and derogatory comments amongst Capitol Police.

Special Report: Capitol Police disciplinary reports show pattern of misconduct

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted September 24, 2020 at 11:01am
Majorities of congressional aides in both parties don’t expect their bosses to pass a virus relief bill before Election Day, according to the latest Capitol Insiders Survey.

Survey: Hill aides don’t expect Congress to pass another virus relief bill before election

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 24, 2020 at 6:15am
New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, flanked by other members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, speaks at a news conference Sept. 15 at the House Triangle to unveil their coronavirus relief package.

Democrats, the party of government, are torn over coronavirus relief

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 21, 2020 at 7:00am
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), wears a protective mask during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing in Washington, D.C.

Coronavirus Special Report: Pentagon, HHS will take the lead in distributing vaccine

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted September 16, 2020 at 4:21pm
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunrise.

CQ Future: Congress

By Shawn Zeller, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted September 11, 2020 at 8:00am

Isolated from constituents and colleagues, lawmakers seek bearings

By Shawn Zeller
Posted September 8, 2020 at 7:00am
A sign calling for essential travel only is displayed along I-95 in Maryland.

CQ Future: Travel

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted September 3, 2020 at 8:00am
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (L), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield talk on Capitol Hill on June 30.

Coronavirus Special Report: Should COVID-19 vaccines be free?

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted August 31, 2020 at 5:28pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., joined by other Democratic members of Congress, speaks during a news conference on postal service outside the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Coronavirus Special Report: Why the GOP is offering money to help the ailing Postal Service

By Shawn Zeller and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 18, 2020 at 5:55pm
A citizen arrives to vote early for the June 2nd primary at McKinley Technology High School in Ward 5s Eckington neighborhood.

CQ Future: Voting

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted August 7, 2020 at 8:00am
Restaurant industry workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak, arrive to pick up donated food during a distribution organized by Saval Foodservice and Busboys and Poets at 14th and V Streets NW.

CQ Future: Restaurants

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted July 31, 2020 at 8:00am
A band plays at a demonstration near the Capitol Hill residence of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on July 22, 2020, to call for the extension of unemployment benefits set to expire on July 31.

Republicans look to virus relief to avert economic and electoral disaster

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 27, 2020 at 6:30am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., takes an elevator in the Senate subway after attending the Senate Republican luncheon in the Capitol.

Coronavirus Special Report: Employees and businesses clash over liability protections

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 22, 2020 at 5:49pm
President Donald Trump, right, talks to reporters while hosting House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, second from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and members of Trump's cabinet in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday.

Coronavirus Special Report: Republicans meet with Trump to discuss COVID-19 aid

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 20, 2020 at 4:39pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talk before an Inaugural Ceremonies Committee meeting on June 30. Despite key disagreements, both sides, including staffers, at least agree that further virus relief is needed.

Capitol Insiders Survey: Parties are poles apart on virus relief

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 20, 2020 at 7:00am
Melvin Makhni, MD, spine surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital demonstrates a telehealth follow up appointment with Nicole Dane, a patient who recently had motion-sparing fusionless surgery for spinal cord compression neurologic issues (pre-COVID-19) in Boston.

CQ Future: Telehealth

By Shawn Zeller, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted July 17, 2020 at 8:00am
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., joined by other House Freedom Caucus members, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on July 9.

Coronavirus Special Report: The debate over masks comes to Congress

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 15, 2020 at 4:47pm
Aerial view of the Pentagon.

Coronavirus Special Report: Why would the Pentagon cut spending on chemical and biological protections during a pandemic?

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 13, 2020 at 6:59pm
The House Appropriations Committee gathers Friday for a markup. As lawmakers turn to their routine business of appropriations this month, consensus about how to handle the coronavirus crisis has eroded, and the political imperative has returned.

For Congress, rancor and politics overshadow consequential coronavirus relief

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 13, 2020 at 7:00am
Oklahoma GOP Rep. Markwayne Mullin is one of many lawmakers who's firm received money through the Paycheck Protection Program.

Coronavirus Special Report: How $14 million in relief funds wound up going to lawmakers and their families

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 8, 2020 at 5:19pm
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin prepares to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill.

Coronavirus Special Report: Administration releases names of those who received funds under PPP

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 6, 2020 at 5:57pm
Jehan C., center, raises their fist after taping an eviction notice to the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles building during a march with the L.A. Tenants Union to demand that the LAPD and the Apartment Association of Greater L.A. abandon their roles in brutality and injustice against minorities, as well as in favor of rent cancellation, protections against landlord harassment and shelters for the homeless.

CQ Future: Housing

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted July 2, 2020 at 8:00am
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., conduct a news conference after the Senate Republican policy luncheon on June 23, 2020.

On policing, it’s all politics now

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 29, 2020 at 7:00am
Former Gov. Tom Ridge speaks with CQ Roll Call.

Coronavirus Special Report: Former DHS head Tom Ridge on secure voting and the pandemic

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted June 24, 2020 at 6:25pm
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, left, talks with his GOP colleagues Wednesday before a news conference to unveil their policing overhaul bill.

Policing overhaul hinges on compromise

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 22, 2020 at 7:00am
Sam Zimbabwe, director of Seattle’s Department of Transportation, talks to CQ Roll Call’s Shawn Zeller on the latest “The Future Of” podcast.

The Future Of: Public transit

By Shawn Zeller and Joanne Levine
Posted June 19, 2020 at 9:00am
People wait in line outside the National Building Museum for walk-up COVID-19 testing on Monday, June 15, 2020.

Coronavirus Special Report: Unpacking COVID-19’s rise, fall and rise

By Shawn Zeller, Emily Kopp, Sandhya Raman, Joanne Levine and Thomas McKinless
Posted June 16, 2020 at 6:54pm
Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, FDA Administrator, testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on "Food and Drug Administration Budget Request for FY2021” in Washington on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Coronavirus Special Report: FDA reverses on drug Trump touted

By Shawn Zeller and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted June 15, 2020 at 5:31pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress kneel inside Emancipation Hall as they observe a moment of silence to honor George Floyd and other victims of racial injustice on June 8, 2020. The members of Congress are wearing Kente cloth stoles.

There’s danger in Democrats’ gamble on policing

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 15, 2020 at 7:00am
Bus driver Treva White and nutritionist Shaunté Fields deliver meals to children and their families. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 and the closure of all school buildings, the Seattle Public Schools Nutrition Services Department has been distributing breakfast and lunch to students through a network of 26 school sites and 43 bus routes five days a week. The meal distribution also includes additional food for weekends. Approximately 6,500 people are served per day through the program.

Coronavirus Special Report: What the pandemic could mean for schools

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted June 10, 2020 at 6:11pm
Demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue march toward the Capitol to protest the death of George Floyd on June 3, 2020.

Democrats promise ‘bold change,’ but delivering is harder

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 8, 2020 at 7:01am
Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., conducts the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on coronavirus preparedness and response.

The Future Of: Oversight

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted June 5, 2020 at 11:22am
COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted minorities during the pandemic, especially African Americans and Hispanics. In April, unemployment among African Americans hit 16 percent and among Hispanics, 18 percent.

Coronavirus Special Report: COVID-19’s economic impact on minorities

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted June 3, 2020 at 5:46pm
A protester takes photos of the fires set by others at the Sofitel Hotel near the White House as the George Floyd and police brutality protests continued in Washington on Sunday night.

Coronavirus Special Report: Protests erupt across the country during a pandemic

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted June 1, 2020 at 6:31pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., conduct a news conference in in April on COVID-19 relief funding.

The House’s legislative ambitions will have to wait

By Shawn Zeller
Posted June 1, 2020 at 12:31pm
Sen. Marsha Blackburn talks on the Coronavirus Special Report podcast about what is at stake with China, Hong Kong and COVID-19.

Coronavirus Special Report: Sen. Marsha Blackburn on China

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted May 29, 2020 at 12:28pm
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducts a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., after a meeting with President Trump at the White House.

Coronavirus Special Report: Mr. Cuomo goes to Washington

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted May 27, 2020 at 5:38pm
A general view of of the Pentagon.

Coronavirus Special Report: Artificial intelligence, the Pentagon and the pandemic

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted May 20, 2020 at 6:47pm
Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., is a member of the House Agriculture Committee.

Coronavirus Special Report: Del. Stacey Plaskett

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted May 18, 2020 at 5:06pm
A lone protester holds a sign calling for an end to the lockdown outside the White House on Saturday, April 25. Republicans have generally pushed for a faster reopening than Democrats have.

Ideological fault lines of economic reopening emerge

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 18, 2020 at 11:40am
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., wearing his New England Patriots mask, walks down the House steps after voting on the rule for the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

Coronavirus Special Report: Congress debates two important issues

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted May 15, 2020 at 3:29pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about the $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill Tuesday.

Coronavirus Special Report: Democrats barrel toward voting rules change

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell
Posted May 13, 2020 at 6:12pm
Michelle Burnett helps daughters Namarhianna (left), 9, and Alayjah, 12, with online classes at their home in Vallejo, Calif., on April 23, 2020.

Coronavirus school shutdowns could worsen achievement gap

By Shawn Zeller
Posted May 12, 2020 at 6:31am