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The Syracuse Orange and UConn Huskies tip off to an empty arena in the second round game of the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 23.

Senators cry ‘foul’ on NCAA for unequal treatment of women’s basketball stars

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 29, 2021 at 2:38pm
A volunteer walks through rows of traffic cones guiding cars lined up at a mass vaccination site in the parking lot of Six Flags in Prince George's County, Md., on March 9, 2021.

DC didn’t qualify for a FEMA mass vaccine site because it’s not part of a larger state

By Ariel Cohen
Posted March 29, 2021 at 12:30pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., arrives for the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Feb. 2, 2021.

Sen. Tillis to undergo surgery next week following prostate cancer diagnosis

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 29, 2021 at 11:31am
All 15 members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet have been confirmed, including, clockwise from top left, Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. EPA Administrator Michael Regan is among 13 other high-level administration officials confirmed.

Biden nominees are cruising to confirmation with GOP votes

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 29, 2021 at 7:00am
A Fit & Well Seniors exercise class hosted by the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, pre-pandemic.

Nonprofits unsure about small-business loan access as clock ticks

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 29, 2021 at 6:32am
President Joe Biden holds a semiconductor during his remarks before signing an executive order on the economy at the White House on Feb. 24.

Special report: Congress eyes big bucks for tiny computer chips

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 29, 2021 at 6:01am
Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, the lone remaining member of the seven-person U.S. Sentencing Commission. (U.S. Courts)

Help wanted: Revived commission could spark criminal justice changes

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 29, 2021 at 6:00am
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, is sworn in during a March 3 Senate hearing examining the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Maj. Gen. William J. Walker named House sergeant-at-arms, first Black man in post

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 26, 2021 at 4:47pm
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, here with House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer outside the Capitol on March 10, says his legislation would “end our rigged tax code.”

Sanders rolls out nearly $3 trillion in tax increase proposals

By Doug Sword
Posted March 25, 2021 at 8:45pm
A woman dressed up as a plague doctor holds a sign Thursday near the Capitol ahead of the House hearing on online disinformation.

Lawmakers alarmed at social media making money off ‘addiction’

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 25, 2021 at 6:41pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's ouster of a Black USDA official in 2010 was the only instance of a department employee being fired for discrimination, according to Shirley Miller Sherrod, the woman he forced out of a job.

House panel leader vows end to ‘racial discrimination’ at USDA

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted March 25, 2021 at 6:36pm
From left, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Sen. Roy Blunt hold a news conference Thursday to introduce their Capitol fencing legislation.

Lawmakers push to prohibit permanent fencing around the Capitol complex

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:36pm
President Joe Biden answers questions Thursday at the White House during his first news conference since taking office.

Senate Democrats welcome Biden ‘signal’ on nixing filibuster if Republicans obstruct

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:09pm
Cardin warned his Senate colleagues Thursday that adopting any amendments would probably mean expiration of the PPP.

Senate clears PPP bill, extending loan applications through May

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 25, 2021 at 2:21pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer holds his news conference on upcoming Senate business in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

Schumer lays out ambitious spring, early summer agenda

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 25, 2021 at 2:01pm
Fire trucks line Independence Avenue with the Capitol under lockdown on Jan. 6, 2021.

Emergency preparedness training is optional for lawmakers, staff, but some look for a mandate

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:30am
Pro-Trump rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6.

Lawmakers quibble over extent of military’s extremism problem

By Mark Satter
Posted March 24, 2021 at 5:14pm
Scott, the first African American to lead House Agriculture, will examine the state of Black farmers.

Hearing on Black farmers puts Vilsack’s past and future on view

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted March 24, 2021 at 3:50pm
A Capitol Hill resident runs through a portion of security fence along 3rd Street on Monday. Much of the outer fencing near the Capitol was removed over the weekend.

Outer fence surrounding the Capitol complex is down

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 24, 2021 at 2:35pm
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, is one of two Asian American and Pacific Islander senators who pushed the White House for more AAPI nominees.

White House promises Asian American liaison after Democrats threaten confirmation votes

By Niels Lesniewski and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 24, 2021 at 9:16am, Updated at 10:27am
House Appropriations Interior-Environment Subcommittee Chairwoman Chellie Pingree said the tools for addressing plastic waste are available now.

Democrats’ corporate responsibility bill targets plastic waste

By Joseph Morton
Posted March 24, 2021 at 7:00am
Rounds, who supports an alternative proposal, acknowledged Democrats may have enough support to clear a House PPP extension.

As deadline nears, Senate Democrats pick up GOP support to extend PPP

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 24, 2021 at 7:00am
Colored tape on the floor guides COVID-19 vaccine recipients at a neighborhood vaccination center in Washington on March 19.

Americans at military bases overseas struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine

By Mark Satter
Posted March 24, 2021 at 5:30am
Sen. Tammy Duckworth is seen in the Senate subway on Feb, 9, 2021.

Duckworth to vote ‘no’ on Biden nominees unless they are minorities, LGBTQ

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 23, 2021 at 6:53pm
Vivek H. Murthy adjusts his mask during his confirmation hearing on Feb. 25, 2021.

Senate confirms Murthy as surgeon general

By Ariel Cohen
Posted March 23, 2021 at 6:44pm
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power testifies Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

USAID nominee promises to prioritize anti-corruption work

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 23, 2021 at 6:06pm
Shalanda Young testifies during her Senate Budget Committee nomination hearing on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Young confirmed as OMB deputy director

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted March 23, 2021 at 3:30pm, Updated at 4:57pm
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said federal financial relief packages, especially provisions in the newest law, would address the “very deep pockets of pain” that remain in the economy.

Yellen, Powell say pandemic aid averted worst economic blow

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 23, 2021 at 3:26pm
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Lisa Monaco, far right, nominee for deputy attorney general, and Vanita Gupta, nominee for associate attorney general, on March 9.

New mass shootings reveal old divisions on gun control proposals

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 23, 2021 at 2:42pm
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has compared short selling more shares than are available to playing “musical chairs with your money.”

GameStop hearing targets stock lending, social media

By Michael Shaw
Posted March 23, 2021 at 5:00am