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Reps. Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert are seen at a hearing on March 4. “I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen in this place,” Mace says.

A GOP ‘MeToo’ moment? Not yet

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 10, 2026 at 6:28pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House against President Trump and strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

House members vying for Senate face conundrum with Iran votes

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted March 6, 2026 at 3:36pm
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, walks down the House steps after votes on April 30, 2024.

GOP Rep. Gonzales gives up on reelection bid

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 5, 2026 at 3:14pm, Updated March 6, 2026 at 5:57am
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, speaks at House Democrats’ annual issues conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on Thursday. Also pictured are, from left, co-chair Lauren Underwood, Chair Debbie Dingell and co-chair Lori Trahan.

The search for Democrats’ HR 1

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 26, 2026 at 5:44pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., listens during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Push for a ‘talking filibuster’ stalls in Senate GOP conference 

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 25, 2026 at 6:49pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blocks a sign held by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, as President Donald Trump arrived for his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb.24, 2026.

The State of Division

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 25, 2026 at 12:45am
Haley Robson, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager, speaks at a Nov. 18 news conference at the Capitol. She is set to return to the Hill for Tuesday night’s State of the Union as a guest of Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna.

Silence for Democrats but a spotlight for Epstein survivors at State of the Union

By Valerie Yurk, Savannah Behrmann and Nina Heller
Posted February 20, 2026 at 2:29pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hold a joint news conference in the Capitol in January.

When is the shutdown ‘snapping point’? Don’t ask the House

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 19, 2026 at 6:00am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks from his office to the Senate floor on Thursday.

With no agreement on DHS funding, Congress leaves town

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:56pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Byron Donalds unveil the Frederick Douglass Press Gallery sign in the Capitol on Thursday.

Among the Capitol press corps, look for Frederick Douglass

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:13pm
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., seen here at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Jan. 22, was among the GOP lawmakers who voted against the rule.

House rejects rule that would block floor votes to end tariffs

By Olivia M. Bridges and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 10, 2026 at 10:11pm, Updated at 10:19pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are demanding an overhaul of immigration enforcement as the price for Homeland Security funding.

Homeland Security spending spat

By Aidan Quigley, Chris Johnson and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 9, 2026 at 4:29pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., last week laid out Democrats' demands for changes to immigration enforcement policies as part of Homeland Security Department funding, which expires this week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

This week: DHS faces possible shutdown ahead of congressional recess

By Niels Lesniewski and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 9, 2026 at 6:15am
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., has called the Democrats’ newest proposal “a ridiculous Christmas list of demands.”

Another funding extension eyed as partisan immigration standoff deepens

By Valerie Yurk, Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted February 5, 2026 at 6:16pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, listens to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak during a news conference Wednesday. Also pictured is Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the House Homeland Security panel's top Democrat.

Democratic leaders pitch wish list ahead of DHS funding deadline

By Niels Lesniewski and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 4, 2026 at 4:39pm, Updated at 10:31pm
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., conduct a rally Tuesday with members of the CHC, Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and other caucuses, to call for the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters.

Congress turns to Homeland Security funding clash

By Chris Johnson and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 3, 2026 at 3:46pm, Updated at 5:03pm
Christian Menefee addresses supporters in Texas after winning a special election runoff on Saturday.

As Menefee joins the House, Johnson’s margin shrinks

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 2, 2026 at 7:23pm, Updated at 9:22pm
Architect of the Capitol crews clear snow on Tuesday, after a winter storm dumped snow, sleet and ice on the Washington area.

Wrap-up: Senate plows spending work back to the House

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 30, 2026 at 6:53pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters in the Senate subway on Thursday.

Tillis ‘unleashed’

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 29, 2026 at 5:16pm, Updated January 30, 2026 at 12:05pm
Senators returned to Washington after a massive winter storm, with just a few days to avert a partial government shutdown. Time is not on their side, nor is a solution for addressing concerns about Homeland Security operations.

Forecast shows chance of snow, shutdown

By Jason Dick, Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 29, 2026 at 12:22pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025.

A GOP clash over right to carry

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 27, 2026 at 6:31pm
A gun shot perforation in a window pane can be seen in front of a makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti on Monday in Minneapolis. Responses from lawmakers in Congress have ranged from calling for impeachment to citing the Insurrection Act.

Two i-words return to Capitol Hill after Minnesota shooting

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:29pm
Capitol workers clear snow last January. This year, the threat of snow has senators nervously checking the forecast, while House members got out of town after a busy week.

Wrap-up: One chamber down, one to go (plus snow)

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 23, 2026 at 12:33pm, Updated at 4:45pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters earlier in January. He has seen a familiar scene unfold time and time again lately — holdouts threatening to tank procedural votes on the House floor.

These House votes were once routine. Now they’re nail-biters

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 22, 2026 at 4:34pm
A flag with the national colors of Greenland is seen Wednesday in Nuuk, the Arctic territory's capital and largest city.

Trump announces ‘framework’ with NATO to start Greenland talks

By John T. Bennett and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 21, 2026 at 5:04pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, right, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen here walking in the U.S. Capitol in October 2025, have a heavy agenda after lawmakers return from the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Wrap-up: Congress leaves for MLK Day with long January to-do list

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 15, 2026 at 6:34pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here on Jan. 5, has had a rocky start to the year on the House floor, with a GOP-led bill defeated on Tuesday night.

No-shows and holdouts define Johnson’s shaky majority

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 13, 2026 at 7:39pm
Jared Isaacman, nominee to be NASA administrator, testifies to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in early December.

Senate confirms Isaacman to be NASA administrator

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 17, 2025 at 4:58pm
Rosie Rios, chair of the America250 commission, is photographed at the Ronald Reagan Building on Dec. 11.

A balancing act in planning for America’s 250th birthday party

By Valerie Yurk and Mike Magner
Posted December 16, 2025 at 6:59am, Updated at 12:16pm
Jared Isaacman, nominee to be NASA administrator, testifies to the Senate Commerce Committee on Dec. 3.

Senate panel advances nominee in his second run to lead NASA

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2025 at 7:21pm
Proximity transmission language in the NDAA falls short of what some had hoped after a fatal midair collision over the Potomac River earlier this year. Above, Apache helicopters fly past the Washington Monument on June 14.

NDAA makes exceptions on DC military flight restrictions

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:14pm
Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

House cancels vote on college sports NIL bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 3, 2025 at 5:49pm
Jared Isaacman, nominee to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, testifies during his Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Russell building on Wednesday.

NASA nominee denies conflict of interest with Musk

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 3, 2025 at 12:56pm
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., objected to Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno's collection of identification data for Democrats' vehicles.

Senate Democrats seek to ‘get to bottom’ of Moreno’s car-data collection

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 6, 2025 at 2:32pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said flight reductions will begin at 40 high-traffic airports starting Friday.

FAA to cut a tenth of flights starting Friday due to shutdown

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 5, 2025 at 7:21pm
House Transportation and Infrastructure ranking member Rick Larsen, D-Wash., was among the House Democrats asking the Army Corps of Engineers for details of projects affected by a funding pause.

Democrats seek funding details on Cape Cod bridges, port projects

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 3, 2025 at 12:00pm
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought leaves a Capitol after attending a Republican Senate luncheon.

‘Radio silence’ on list of paused Army Corps projects

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 30, 2025 at 7:44pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, center, attends a news conference about the government shutdown on Oct. 23 alongside, from left to right, Republican Rep. Sam Graves, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

Duffy says shutdown threatens air traffic control student aid

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 28, 2025 at 1:49pm
Electric vehicles charge outside of Blink Charging’s new flagship manufacturing facility in Bowie, Md., on March 11, 2024.

Fuel economy standards rewrite poised to deal a blow to EVs

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 27, 2025 at 3:08pm
The space shuttle Discovery, on the back of a NASA 747 transport jet, flies over the Capitol on its way to its permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution in 2012.

Texas Republicans allege Smithsonian broke lobbying law on shuttle

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 23, 2025 at 3:54pm
Aerial view of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 1.

EPA, DOE employees face layoffs; aviation staffing worsens

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted October 15, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., along with Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, called on the Treasury to close the automakers’ 'loophole' that has car makers using electric vehicle tax credits that Congress phased out.

EV and renewable companies brace for end of tax credits

By Kelly Livingston and Valerie Yurk
Posted October 6, 2025 at 10:53am
The first phase of the Second Avenue Subway in New York opened in 2017. The Transportation Department said Wednesday it is withholding funds for the second phase, blaming the Democratic minority leaders in the House and Senate for the partial government shutdown that began Wednesday.

Blaming shutdown, DOT freezes funds for projects in New York

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 1, 2025 at 11:58am, Updated at 3:01pm
Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., was one of 21 lawmakers to urge the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman to include project permitting changes in a surface transportation bill the panel is expected to take up this fall.

Lawmakers eye surface transportation bill for permitting changes

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted September 29, 2025 at 11:15am
In this aerial view, Waymo self-driving vehicles charge at a station in Santa Monica, Calif., on May 14.

Lawmakers want driverless vehicle rules in transportation bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 22, 2025 at 6:45am, Updated September 23, 2025 at 5:00pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on July 16.

GOP lawmakers seek details of air traffic revamp before giving more funding

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 15, 2025 at 11:18am
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stands near a NextGen Amtrak Acela train during his news conference at Union Station in Washington on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Duffy announces DOT takeover of DC’s Union Station

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 27, 2025 at 4:41pm
The space shuttle Discovery atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, makes one of several passes by the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, on its way to to be delivered to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted July 28, 2025 at 11:31am
Wreckage from American Airlines flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. The plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, January 29, killing 67 people.

Hill looks to boost safety of military flights near airports

By John Donnelly and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 23, 2025 at 1:10pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday.

Duffy: Air traffic control overhaul to cost $31.5 billion

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:50pm
Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3. The plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, killing 67 people.

Lawmakers mull a pricey air traffic control ‘wish list’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:15pm
Bryan Bedford, confirmed Wednesday to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, is shown here at his Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing in June.

Senate confirms Bedford to head FAA

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 9, 2025 at 4:04pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts.

Reconciliation law offers radiation compensation to more people

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2025 at 7:00am
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen with panel ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., before the start of a hearing on January 15. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate’s spectrum proposal raises aviation safety question

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 16, 2025 at 4:48pm
Bryan Bedford, nominee to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

FAA nominee Bedford defends pilot training rule position

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:02pm
“Our country deserves high-speed rail that makes us proud — not boondoggle trains to nowhere," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement.

With high-speed rail stuck in the station, Brightline still moving

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 9, 2025 at 9:35am
West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Senate Environment reconciliation provisions pause methane tax

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted June 4, 2025 at 7:39pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy paused the funding for electric vehicle charging in February.

GAO finds DOT funding pause on electric vehicle charging illegal

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 22, 2025 at 3:47pm, Updated at 6:37pm
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., was the only Democrat to join Republicans in passing the joint resolution.

In CRA first, Senate blocks EPA waivers after procedural change

By David Jordan and Valerie Yurk
Posted May 22, 2025 at 11:56am, Updated at 3:18pm
Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies during a House hearing on Department of Energy’s budget on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

House Republicans voice concern over DOE nuclear, research cuts

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 7, 2025 at 2:39pm
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Sam Graves, R-Mo., left said the panel's approval of an electric vehicle fee Wednesday would start the move away from the gas tax.

House Transportation advances reconciliation plan; focus on EV fee

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 30, 2025 at 6:01pm
The Trump administration's change in tariff policies is meant to encourage car markers to finish assembly in the U.S., giving them an offset for imported parts for two years.

Trump to give carmakers tariff break on vehicles finished in US

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 29, 2025 at 2:16pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will testify to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Duffy to lay out transportation funding plan amid cutback push

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 31, 2025 at 6:22am
Chris Rocheleau, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation panel hearing on the Potomac River crash investigation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

FAA data should’ve been red flag before crash, senators say

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 27, 2025 at 4:20pm
Elon Musk, of the Department of Government Efficiency, leaves a lunch with Senate Republicans in the Capitol on March 5.

Musk conflict complaints appear moot with Trump in charge

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 18, 2025 at 1:48pm
A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River on Feb. 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

NTSB calls for ending risky helicopter route near Reagan National

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:35pm
Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., says funding should go toward "laying asphalt, pouring concrete."

States want to move funds pulled from green projects to hard infrastructure

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 11, 2025 at 6:00am
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is pictured at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee in January.

GOP weighs aviation funding boost amid culture of spending cuts

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 4, 2025 at 7:00am
A BNSF freight train locomotive travels across a railroad crossing in Williams, Ariz., in 2022.

Rail accuses truck industry of coasting on highway tax ‘subsidy’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 11, 2025 at 7:00am
Vice President JD Vance introduces Howard Lutnick at his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Jan. 29. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate panel advances Lutnick for Commerce secretary

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 5, 2025 at 1:06pm
An American Airlines aircraft takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as emergency workers continue to search the wreckage of the aircrafts that crashed into the Potomac River on Jan. 30.

Crash sheds light on strained workforce controlling the skies

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 31, 2025 at 5:09pm
Dan Driscoll, Trump's choice to be Army secretary, at his confirmation hearing Thursday.

White House, Army field questions following airliner collision

By Briana Reilly and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 30, 2025 at 2:13pm
A helicopter flies near the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening.

Investigation underway in DCA air disaster

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 30, 2025 at 9:19am
Howard Lutnick, nominee for secretary of Commerce, takes his seat for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday.

Commerce pick Lutnick defends tariffs, funding freeze

By Valerie Yurk and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 29, 2025 at 3:55pm
Sean P. Duffy, President Donald Trump's pick for Transportation secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Jan. 15.

Senate confirms former Rep. Duffy for Transportation head

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 28, 2025 at 2:40pm
Lee Zeldin greets Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., right, before his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Zeldin faces climate change heat on path to confirmation

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 16, 2025 at 4:23pm
Duffy shakes hands with senators before his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Wednesday.

Transportation pick Duffy soars through confirmation hearing

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:21pm
A Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed bullet train passes through the Shiodome district of Tokyo on January 21, 2024.

All aboard: High-speed rail aims to win over reluctant Republicans

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 19, 2024 at 2:23pm
Rep. Sam Graves poses inside his office in the Longworth House Office Building on Dec. 4.

In a party of firebrands, Graves sidesteps limelight

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 10, 2024 at 7:00am
Former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., will be nominated to lead the Transportation Department.

Trump pick for DOT head Duffy has empty transportation resume

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 19, 2024 at 6:05am
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. is expected to chair the Senate Banking Committee, which has authority over transit programs.

Incoming Senate chairs expected to rein in infrastructure dollars

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 13, 2024 at 1:26pm
Republican Bernie Moreno from Ohio won a Senate seat campaigning for U.S. "energy dominance."

GOP wins put rollback of Biden energy policies in play

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted November 6, 2024 at 11:53am
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va.

Vulnerable candidates get creative as they vie for climate votes

By David Jordan and Valerie Yurk
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:00pm
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.

Preparing for Milton also means fighting misinformation, FEMA says

By David Jordan and Valerie Yurk
Posted October 9, 2024 at 2:09pm
A JetBlue plane flies past the Washington Monument just before sunrise on March 26.

Congress urged to shift billions to improve aging flight controls

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 8, 2024 at 5:00am
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.

EPA opts for more stringent rule on lead pipes

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 8, 2024 at 5:00am
An Amtrak train at Union Station in Washington.

Amtrak botched planning on $6 billion tunnel project, watchdog says

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 2, 2024 at 7:59am
Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., said impacts will be "wide ranging."

Republican members call on Biden to halt dockworkers strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 1, 2024 at 12:54pm
Former Rep. Peter A. DeFazio of Oregon.

Latest round of Boeing hearings prompts call for decisive action

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:30am
Locked out railway workers outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on Thursday in Brampton ON, Canada.

US industries prepare for hit from Canadian rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 22, 2024 at 10:32am
Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in April.

Energy Department awards $2.2B in grid grants

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 6, 2024 at 6:00am
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says the rule will keep families from facing "additional stresses or costs" when flying.

Proposal would bar airline fees for parents to sit beside kids

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 1, 2024 at 8:10am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, agreed to shelve the Homeland Security bill until the fall.

Spending bill punts

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 29, 2024 at 6:46pm
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, is seen with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on the House floor before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.

Interior-Environment spending bill passes House in late-night surprise

By Valerie Yurk and David Lerman
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:33pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, addresses the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Vance pick for VP muddies push for rail safety bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
President Joe Biden in May.

White House awards funds to convert old plants to EV and hybrid sites

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 11, 2024 at 5:00am
Dave Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on “Boeing’s Broken Safety Culture,” on June 18.

Boeing to plead guilty in fatal 737 Max crashes

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2024 at 10:54am
“The absence of a fatality or injury doesn’t mean the presence of safety,” Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said Tuesday.

NTSB says bad sensor, poor response worsened East Palestine wreck

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 25, 2024 at 2:15pm
The site of the derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio.

Rail safety legislation lingers as NTSB wraps East Palestine probe

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 24, 2024 at 11:47am