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Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with reporters about a possible government shutdown, border security and other issues outside his Capitol office on Tuesday.

Congress

House gets gears moving for four fiscal 2024 spending bills

Previous attempts to take up rule for Pentagon spending bill had been unsuccessful

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 26, 2023 at 8:36pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to a meeting with senators on Sept. 21.

Congress

Bipartisan stopgap funds bill unveiled in Senate

By David Lerman
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:02pm, Updated at 7:55pm
Dark clouds hang above the Capitol dome on Monday.

Congress

Shutdown would mean fewer visitors at Capitol complex, and fewer open doors

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 26, 2023 at 5:51pm
President Joe Biden has called for an electric vehicle transition that has caused unease for some autoworkers.

White House

Biden, Trump visit Michigan in battle for union vote

By Valerie Yurk
Posted September 26, 2023 at 11:41am, Updated at 1:59pm
Republican candidates appear at a debate on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.

Opinion

The GOP quest to beat Biden just got more interesting

By David Winston
Posted September 27, 2023 at 6:00am
Republican Rep. Michael C. Burgess led a coalition of 18 Texas lawmakers in a letter urging ARPA-H Director Renee Wegrzyn to select Dallas for the agency’s customer experience hub.

ARPA-H announces first two regional hubs

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:14pm
Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., left, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., at a Foreign Relations Committee meeting on Oct. 5, 2017, Menendez's first day back to the Hill since his first corruption trial had started.

Booker joins chorus, calls Menendez’s refusal to resign ‘a mistake’

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 26, 2023 at 11:46am

Share Your Opinion: State of Government Affairs 2024

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 12, 2023 at 4:13pm
The Supreme Court building in 2021.

Supreme Court allows process to redraw Alabama congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 26, 2023 at 11:15am
House Natural Resources Chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., led a delegation to the Compacts of Free Association States in the summer and saw evidence of China's efforts to boost its influence.

Spending holdup risks US ties to key Pacific Island states

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 26, 2023 at 8:46am
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said at a data privacy event she worries the issue will be overshadowed by AI.

Data privacy law seen as needed precursor to AI regulation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 26, 2023 at 7:00am

Webinar: Fall 2023 Legislative Preview: Appropriations, Farm Bill, NDAA, and Beyond

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 12, 2023 at 4:14pm

Capitol Ink | DOJ EOI

By R.J. Matson
Posted September 26, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Anthony D'Esposito leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Sept. 19.

How Anthony D’Esposito went from cop to GOP congressman in a Biden district

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:15am
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., leaves the Capitol in May.

When being kicked out of a theater is about more than bad manners

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:00am

Webinar: Gen Z to Boomers: Strategies for Effective Advocacy Communications Across Generations

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 12, 2023 at 4:14pm
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., says the House speaker's job may be on the line if he cuts a deal with Democrats.

Senate readies stopgap as House tries again on full-year bills

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 25, 2023 at 8:11pm
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., has introduced a bill that would guarantee pay for active-duty military, reservists and certain civilian employees, including at the Coast Guard.

Military pay, typically exempted during shutdowns, is at risk

By Peter Cohn
Posted September 25, 2023 at 6:30pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., said he expects to beat a federal indictment and criticized those calling for him to resign.

Menendez expects to win ‘biggest fight yet,’ defends seized cash

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 25, 2023 at 5:31pm
Group of business people covering their faces with question mark

Fireside Chat: How to Build Your Personal Brand as an Elected Official

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted August 22, 2023 at 11:34am
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin has long focused on protecting human rights and stopping corruption abroad.

Cardin to take Foreign Relations gavel after Menendez charges

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 25, 2023 at 5:23pm
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., is seen outside a House Appropriations Committee markup in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 18. Lee, ranking member of the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, has urged a quick, clean reauthorization of PEPFAR.

Lee, administration officials issue plea for five-year PEPFAR

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 25, 2023 at 4:34pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday that 50,000 USDA workers would be furloughed, affecting spending in the communities where they work and loans to farmers.

Vilsack sees shutdown taking away children’s food, farmers’ loans

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted September 25, 2023 at 4:02pm
"We have to do both," Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said about addressing climate change while protecting worker rights.

Unions rebut claims green jobs will be worse for workers

By David Jordan
Posted September 25, 2023 at 2:29pm

Capitol Lens | Pacific host

By Tom Williams
Posted September 25, 2023 at 1:50pm
Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J.,launched a challenge to Sen. Bob Menendez on Saturday after the senior senator said he would not resign following a bribery indictment.

Kim launches primary challenge after Menendez refuses to quit

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 23, 2023 at 4:42pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stops to speak to reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Four spending bills readied for House floor amid stopgap uncertainty

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted September 23, 2023 at 4:12pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., faces calls to resign after his indictment Friday on bribery charges.

Menendez rejects New Jersey Democrats’ calls to resign after indictment

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 22, 2023 at 5:28pm, Updated at 7:28pm
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, and his wife, Nadine, were indicted Friday on bribery charges.

Menendez indictment comes with Democrats playing 2024 defense

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 22, 2023 at 1:45pm, Updated at 4:30pm
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife, Nadine, arrive for a reception honoring of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Mitsotakis in the East Room of the White House in May 2022.

Sen. Bob Menendez and wife indicted on federal bribery charges

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 22, 2023 at 10:29am, Updated at 4:22pm
A “danger” sign is posted at a work site on the East Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Photos of the week ending September 22, 2023

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 22, 2023 at 3:02pm
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and the Senate dropping its dress code is a highlight of this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses.

Dressing down — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted September 22, 2023 at 2:22pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to the Capitol with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., for a meeting with House members on Thursday.

Hill worries mount about delays in arming Ukraine

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2023 at 9:00am
Dark clouds hang over the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington on May 3.

Why there are no heroes in this shutdown showdown

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 22, 2023 at 6:00am
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has struggled to find something his conference can agree on.

House GOP leaders scrap spending bill votes amid infighting

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 21, 2023 at 4:15pm, Updated at 6:55pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova, right, leave a meeting with House members in the Capitol on Thursday.

Lawmakers welcome Zelenskyy but don’t have path to Ukraine aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 21, 2023 at 4:23pm
At the start of the 112th Congress on Jan. 5, 2011, Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., left, hugs Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., as Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., shakes hands with Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif.

One of these five people will (probably) be Trump’s running mate

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 21, 2023 at 3:50pm
Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates like these at a June 23, 2003, commencement ceremony in Kings Point, N.Y. will benefit from a cutting-edge training ship program.

How a new generation of Merchant Marine ships can chart a course for government efficiency

By Elaine Chao
Posted September 21, 2023 at 2:46pm