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Capitol Ink | Confirmation bias

By R.J. Matson
Posted February 3, 2022 at 7:00am
Ting Yen-che, chairman of Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation, poses with bottles of rum imported from Lithuania in Taoyuan on Jan. 22, after the state-run liquor company snapped up 20,000 bottles of the spirit blocked from China after a row between Beijing and Vilnius.

Lithuania’s resistance to Chinese pressure a test for US strategy

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 3, 2022 at 6:30am
Sarah Bloom Raskin, here seen with her husband Rep. Jamie Raskin at their Maryland home in 2020, is set to appear before the Senate Banking and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.

Climate views put Fed nominee Raskin in GOP’s crosshairs

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 3, 2022 at 6:15am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., sent the House a China competition bill he helped negotiate. Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded by writing a much broader bill of her own.

House poised to tee up Pelosi-pushed China bill as GOP howls

By Gopal Ratnam and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 2, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., argues climate provisions Democrats largely reached consensus on during negotiations last year should serve as the basis for the latest iteration of the party's budget package.

Democrats mull how much to build back, and when, in budget bill

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted January 28, 2022 at 12:25pm
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is pushing a bill to slap new sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine.

As Congress contemplates, White House issues sanctions threat to Russia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 26, 2022 at 6:30am
President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on January 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. With his approval rating hovering around 42-percent, Biden is approaching the end of his first year in the Oval Office with inflation rising, COVID-19 surging and his legislative agenda stalled on Capitol Hill.

Trump pounces and Scranton Joe shows signs of fight in 2024 preview

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 24, 2022 at 6:00am

Capitol Ink | Modern talking filibuster

By R.J. Matson
Posted January 20, 2022 at 7:00am
Police tape is seen outside the Capitol. Members have been experiencing death threats as the political climate worsens.

‘Rise in violent rhetoric’: Lawmakers in both parties report spike in death threats

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 20, 2022 at 5:00am
Beneath a portrait of President George Washington, President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday.

Biden ties midterm election legitimacy to doomed voting rights bill

By Niels Lesniewski and Kate Ackley
Posted January 19, 2022 at 6:57pm, Updated at 10:59pm