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Congress · 117th Congress

Pelosi confident in security for Biden speech, trucker rally

convoys traveling to the Washington, D.C., region to protest COVID-19 restrictions, noting that most potential disruptions would not overlap with President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1.

Opinion · 117th Congress

Biden always behind the curve

In this week’s new Gallup Poll, taken Feb. 1-17, Biden’s job approval came in at 41 percent approve to 55 percent disapprove.

Opinion · 117th Congress

The sad but true limits of American power

In a sense, the chilling uncertainty is reminiscent of the days leading up to the Nazi invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939. Everyone knew that war was coming — the only question was when.

Congress · 117th Congress

OMB nominee says new Biden budget coming in March

President Joe Biden is likely to submit his fiscal 2023 budget request shortly after the March 1 State of the Union address, his acting White House budget chief told senators Tuesday.

Congress · 117th Congress

Some troops are driven to suicide by hunger, experts say

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the House version would help 2,500 more military families than the Senate’s bill, at a cost of $14 million, versus the $1 million Senate plan.

Congress · 117th Congress

Lawmakers decry ‘alarming’ hunger in US military families

The Senate bill would cost around $1 million a year, giving about 500 families an average of $200 a month, while the House bill would help 3,000 families with $400 a month on average, costing just over

Congress · 117th Congress

Pentagon told Biden not to withdraw from Afghanistan

Reached in February 2020, the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban committed to a complete U.S. withdrawal by May 1, 2021, so long as the Taliban met stipulated conditions.

Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress

How we got here: The raw post-9/11 films of Greg Barker

That includes an extensive interview from Dec. 1, 2001, with John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban who was the war on terror’s first enemy combatant detainee.

Congress · 117th Congress

House committee demands answers on Afghanistan

The committee report accompanying the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act states that the Defense Department’s Automated Biometric Identification System contains about 1 million entries

Policy · 117th Congress

Biden defends decision to end war in Afghanistan

My predecessor had made a deal with the Taliban, and when I came into office, we faced a deadline May 1,” Biden said, referring to the agreement the Trump administration struck last year not with the Afghan