Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Deck the House with boughs of chaos
Starting gate Nevertheless, he persists: Mitch McConnell is leaving Senate GOP leadership but will hold ample sway over Trump’s nominees and agenda, our colleague John T.
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In final month of the session, Congress looks to clean up loose ends, prepare for Trump
Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations, have already started making the rounds.
Photos of the week ending November 15, 2024
-elect Sam T. Liccardo, D-Calif., talks with the media on Tuesday outside the AC Hotel on Capitol Hill as new members arrived for orientation week.
Trump launches transition with nomination blitz
Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., who is a former gubernatorial candidate in New York, is Trump’s choice to lead the EPA.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Please bet responsibly
Tim Walz’s approach recalled his time in the House, carefully avoiding personal attacks, CQ Roll Call’s John T. Bennett writes.
Biden floats recess action on Helene supplemental
An initial six-month stopgap measure offered by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had included $10 billion in extra FEMA aid, but that provision was stripped out when Congress agreed to a more bare-bones measure
Netanyahu address creates a dilemma for Democrats
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Netanyahu’s address would be a historic one at a pivotal moment in time.
Crowd worried about Trump urges Biden to drop out
JD Vance, R-Ohio, in Michigan, slammed the former president’s policies on issues like health care, abortion and the economy.The officials also warned conservatives’ "Project 2025," a blueprint for a possible
Murky situation continues after Senate Democrats huddle with Biden campaign brass
Thomas R. Carper, from Biden’s home state of Delaware, said Biden has "got a great story to tell" and simply needs to show more gusto "in telling it," adding: "We need to be providing a lot of echo."
House Democrats still split on Biden after high-stakes meeting
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has spent months defending Trump, took stock of what he called "the smallest crowd ever assembled for a Republican press conference."
Historians, legal experts express dismay at Trump immunity ruling
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., issued a statement that the ruling "makes perfect sense to me" because core constitutional authorities must come with absolute immunity and other official acts will be determined
Clearfield leads press to win over politicians in National Press Club Spelling Bee
I don’t think they’d give something that easy at the end if it was just n-a-t-h-i-c." Clearfield and Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., were the final two contestants competing to win the bee.
CBO: Deficits and inflation higher, but so is economic growth
Arrington, R-Texas, said "unsustainable" spending negates the benefit of additional revenue in the forecast "by undermining the prowess of the U.S. economy, further eroding consumer confidence and fueling
Supreme Court rejects man’s bid to trademark ‘Trump too small’
During oral arguments in the case in November, the justices noted that the man who brought the case, Steven Elster, could still sell the T-shirts, but would not be able to receive federal intellectual
Fauci faces skeptical GOP to bat back COVID-19 accusations
Morgan Griffith, R-Va., said of Morens’ effort to obscure the Freedom of Information Act and hide his correspondence with Daszak.
Trump griped about trial but did not use holiday to hit multiple swing states
But in a surreal scene, a politician who typically only addresses fans sporting "Make America Great Again" hats and t-shirts was booed, jeered and heckled.
Schumer plans vote on border security bill that GOP blocked
Murphy, D-Conn., James Lankford, R-Okla., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz. — worked through weekends and recesses to reach a compromise.
Congress · 118th Congress
Biden to challenge GOP on lowering costs in State of the Union address
House Financial Services Chairman Patrick T.
Some members of Congress not sweating reelection this year
Henry Cuellar, Sylvia R. Garcia and Greg Casar.
‘Let’s keep this history alive’: Descendants of iconic Black leaders gather at White House
Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington died well before Kenneth Morris Jr. was born, but they always felt present to Morris, thanks to the stories his older relatives would tell.