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American flags representing lives lost on 9/11 are seen near the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2024. While the House made changes in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, some say more are needed now.

‘Eye-opening, to say the least’: Lack of House continuity plan vexes Modernization panel

By Justin Papp
Posted September 18, 2024 at 4:59pm
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives” on Sept. 10.

House panel helped boost Ohio immigrant pet-eating claims

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 18, 2024 at 1:48pm
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, speaks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol on Sept. 11.

Chief Senate GOP tax writer floats alternative cost estimate for 2025 package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 18, 2024 at 10:13am
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump does U-turn on ‘SALT’ deduction cap

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:45pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol after last votes of the week on Thursday.

Johnson goes back to ‘Plan A’ on stopgap bill, for now

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 17, 2024 at 11:43am, Updated at 3:45pm
People take pictures of the Wall Street bull in New York City in August. A proposal that advanced out of a Senate committee this summer would curb stock trading among members of Congress, but some fear it won’t see further movement.

Former members join the chorus calling to end congressional stock trading

By Justin Papp
Posted September 16, 2024 at 4:02pm, Updated at 8:33pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens during a panel hearing in July.

House, DOJ lawyers detail cost of subpoena litigation

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 16, 2024 at 6:59pm
House GOP leaders are struggling to settle on a strategy for passing a funding extension that could muster a majority vote.

Long wait for a funding plan

By Aidan Quigley, Peter Cohn and David Lerman
Posted September 16, 2024 at 3:52pm
A reporter prepares a question for President Joe Biden before he spoke with reporters Monday on the South Lawn of the White House about the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Second Trump assassination scare sparks more security concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 16, 2024 at 3:46pm
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., walks down the House steps after the final vote of the week on Thursday.

Emergency veterans bill appears to be on a fast track

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 16, 2024 at 1:54pm
The Secret Service leads planning for high-profile happenings deemed as National Special Security Events. In the past those have included inaugurations and State of the Union speeches. Above, workers install a security fence around the Capitol in March, ahead of the State of the Union.

Lawmakers hail ‘prudent’ decision to up security on Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted September 12, 2024 at 2:39pm, Updated at 4:33pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday. He announced Thursday that the Senate will vote again on a legislative package that would establish a statutory right to IVF.

Schumer tees up second vote on IVF

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 12, 2024 at 3:21pm
Senate Defense Appropriations Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., touted the benefits to his state of unrequested projects in the fiscal 2025 spending bill.

Defense spending bills see another surge in unrequested items

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 12, 2024 at 5:30am
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Trump, Republicans try to stir up support for noncitizen voting bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 11, 2024 at 6:55pm
Six secretaries of state testified at a House Administration Committee hearing Wednesday. From right, Adrian Fontes of Arizona, Jocelyn Benson of Michigan, Maggie Toulouse Oliver of New Mexico, Mac Warner of West Virginia, Frank LaRose of Ohio and Cord Byrd of Florida.

State officials paint differing pictures of election challenges in fiery House hearing

By Justin Papp
Posted September 11, 2024 at 5:13pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for fallen servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Six-month stopgap funds bill yanked from House floor

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 11, 2024 at 12:25pm, Updated at 5:02pm
“For me, it wasn’t about polar bears,” Rep. Eric Sorensen says of climate change.

In the Quad Cities or DC, Eric Sorensen is happy to talk about the weather

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 11, 2024 at 2:25pm
In recent interviews, House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, left, and ranking member Joseph D. Morelle each described their priorities for the panel in the remainder of the 118th Congress.

Election oversight continues to dominate, divide House Administration panel

By Justin Papp
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:24pm
Inspector general reports can provide a glimpse inside the police force charged with protecting Congress. Transparency advocates want to see more.

Capitol Police watchdog reports emerge into public view, but slowly

By Justin Papp
Posted September 9, 2024 at 2:04pm, Updated September 10, 2024 at 4:13pm
Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s move could renew partisan rancor over his 10-month block on nominations that snarled more than 400 military promotions last year.

Tuberville blocks an Army nominee over Austin hospitalization

By Caroline Coudriet and Briana Reilly
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:09pm
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., talks with Gen. Eric M. Smith, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, left, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Navy budget request, on May 1.

Endangered incumbents tout earmarking prowess on campaign trail

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:06pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

GOP leaders to roll the dice on doomed stopgap funds bill

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 10, 2024 at 3:23pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hand medals to family members of the servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Congress honors 13 servicemembers killed as US pulled out of Afghanistan

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 10, 2024 at 1:39pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., says the GOP leadership-drafted continuing resolution is "terrible for defense."

Johnson’s stopgap funds plan appears headed for defeat in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 9, 2024 at 8:47pm

Capitol Lens | Jersey boys

By Bill Clark
Posted September 9, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ron Rowe, acting director of the Secret Service, leaves the Capitol in July after a briefing with senators.

Secret Service says Trump security failure wasn’t result of budget

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 9, 2024 at 5:20pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said the Afghanistan withdrawal was worse than the U.S. departure from South Vietnam in 1975.

House GOP report blames Biden for messy Afghanistan withdrawal

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 9, 2024 at 2:54pm, Updated at 5:10pm
Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump in July on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Republicans use spending clash to highlight immigration issue

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 9, 2024 at 1:39pm
Protesters hold signs outside the Supreme Court on June 24 to mark the second anniversary of the reversal of Roe v. Wade. In a new book, journalist Amanda Becker chronicles the upheaval and activism that followed the decision.

In ‘You Must Stand Up,’ Amanda Becker captures the scramble after Dobbs

By Jason Dick
Posted September 9, 2024 at 1:38pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21.

In Congress, Walz championed tough fiscal medicine

By Daniel Hillburn
Posted September 9, 2024 at 11:19am