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UNITED STATES - JULY 1: Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., takes a selfie with other members of the Democratic Women's Conference as they gather to hold their news conference about the care economy on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in the U.S. Capitol. The group is pushing for extending funding for the nations care economy to be included in infrastructure legislation. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photo of the day: Selfie time

By Bill Clark
Posted July 1, 2021 at 2:53pm
The new battle of the Alamo in Texas is emblematic of today’s culture wars, Curtis writes, with the attempts to entrench a sanitized myth that Hollywood helped propagate.

America’s cultural education also needs a ‘truth’ upgrade

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 1, 2021 at 6:00am
New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. says he’s willing to accept less than a full repeal of the state and local tax deduction.

Democrats search for sweet spot on ‘SALT’ deduction

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 1, 2021 at 5:30am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has extended the proxy voting period in the House through Aug. 17.

What’s next for proxy voting and hybrid committees?

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 1, 2021 at 5:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi hugs MPD Officer Michael Fanone and Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, right, on Wednesday. Also pictured, center, are Gladys Sicknick and Sandra Garza, the mother and partner of the late Officer Brian Sicknick, who died shortly after the Jan. 6 attack.

House creates Jan. 6 select committee

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 30, 2021 at 4:28pm
Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., became the newest member of Congress on June 14. As a staffer, she learned that climate change was still a “third rail” for the GOP — but she predicts a sea change ahead.

We couldn’t say ‘climate change’: Rep. Melanie Stansbury on her staffer days

By Eleanor Van Buren
Posted June 30, 2021 at 6:30am
Daniel Hernandez is greeted by President Barack Obama at a 2011 event in Tucson, Ariz., to honor the victims of the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabby Giffords.

Ex-intern seeking House seat says facing gunfire cemented desire to serve

By Stephanie Akin
Posted June 30, 2021 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden’s flip-flop-flip on the bipartisan infrastructure deal illustrates the difficulty he faces in trying to meet progressives’ ever-growing demands while giving Democratic moderates cover, Winston writes.

Biden’s infrastructure choice: Progressives or bipartisanship?

By David Winston
Posted June 30, 2021 at 6:00am
Helen Beaudreau hopes the enactment of her boss Rep. Grace Meng’s anti-AAPI hate crimes bill is a signal of better things to come.

‘Yes, I do belong here’: AAPI staffers on a tough year working for Congress

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted June 30, 2021 at 5:00am
Demonstrators participate in a June 23 rally outside the Supreme Court held by the Poor People’s Campaign, calling for elimination of the legislative filibuster and passage of the "For The People" bill to overhaul voting rights, ethics and campaign finance laws.

Democrats lack leverage on top priority

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted June 29, 2021 at 10:00am