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Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, left, speaks with Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wisc., before the start of the House Administration Committee hearing Thursday.

Republicans on House panel tee off on crime in DC

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 21, 2024 at 2:05pm, Updated at 3:12pm
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, in the Capitol in February. He says "Congress should act" regarding incidents involving United Airlines flights.

Lawmakers press for investigation of United Airlines mishaps

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 21, 2024 at 2:52pm
Peak bloom cherry blossoms frame the U.S. Capitol dome on the first full day of spring Wednesday morning.

Final spending package unveiled, countdown to recess begins

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 21, 2024 at 5:27am
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger prepares to testify last year on Capitol Hill.

Capitol Police creating center to tackle lawmaker protection

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 20, 2024 at 6:48pm
Rep. Stephanie Bice holds up the printed Constitution Annotated, which would be eliminated under her proposed legislation in favor of the online version.

A new era for CRS? Lawmakers propose more data, less ‘bicep work’

By Justin Papp
Posted March 20, 2024 at 6:23pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing last week. On Wednesday, he appeared before two House panels to discuss President Joe Biden's fiscal 2025 budget.

With fiscal 2024 funding still in the works, Becerra looks to 2025

By Sandhya Raman and Lauren Clason
Posted March 20, 2024 at 5:59pm
The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Republicans criticize Trump prosecution in Supreme Court case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 19, 2024 at 5:41pm, Updated March 20, 2024 at 5:51pm
From left, Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., attend the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on Wednesday.

House panel members clash at latest Biden oversight hearing

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 20, 2024 at 4:51pm
Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting on Feb. 29.

Member pay increase blocked in final spending package

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 20, 2024 at 4:12pm
Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last month.

Congress cuts federal prison infrastructure funding

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 20, 2024 at 4:07pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is seen outside the Capitol in February.

South Carolina asks to hold election on current congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 20, 2024 at 3:14pm
From left, Matt Dolan, Frank LaRose and Bernie Moreno, the Republican candidates in the primary to run against Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, attend the Columbiana County Lincoln Day Dinner in Salem, Ohio on Friday.

Nasty GOP race for Ohio Senate nomination nears the end

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 18, 2024 at 12:21pm, Updated March 20, 2024 at 1:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Scramble to finish spending bill text is on as details start trickling out

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 20, 2024 at 1:09pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., put a little distance between his caucus and the Homeland Security funding deal.

House leaders mull Friday vote on final spending package

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 19, 2024 at 8:07pm
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks Saturday during a Buckeye Values PAC rally in Vandalia, Ohio.

Democrats spurn use of certification process to block a Trump win

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 19, 2024 at 4:36pm
Rep. Bob Latta, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, calls China’s tech ambitions a “significant threat.”

Focus sharpens on China’s tech

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 19, 2024 at 8:04am
Steve Ricchetti, one of President Joe Biden's top negotiators, attends the official White House portrait unveiling ceremony for President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama on Sept. 7, 2022.

Spending deal done, though final action could slip past deadline

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 18, 2024 at 4:26pm, Updated at 9:42pm
An Southwest Airlines plane passes the Capitol dome before landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Feb. 9.

Virginia, Maryland senators renew National flight slot debate

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 18, 2024 at 12:42pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., discuss border security at a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting on Jan. 30.

Final spending package back on track after flurry of DHS talks

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 17, 2024 at 8:00pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., speaks about Republicans abandoning the bipartisan border deal during a Feb. 6 press conference.

Homeland stopgap plan faces last-minute White House pushback

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 17, 2024 at 3:35pm
The House puts social media app TikTok on its chopping block in this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses.

TikTok show — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 15, 2024 at 4:50pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger testifies during a House hearing last May.

Capitol Police chief details body-worn camera pilot program

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 15, 2024 at 3:21pm
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., right, shown with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said he is part of an effort to determine whether there is enough Senate support for the tax break bill.

Senate Democrats seek to maneuver tax deal to the floor

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 15, 2024 at 6:00am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., participates in the news conference Thursday.

Judge denies Menendez push to dismiss some criminal charges

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 14, 2024 at 5:40pm
Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., right, and Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., attend a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Jan. 25.

DHS headed for yearlong stopgap as appropriations finale comes into focus

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 14, 2024 at 5:19pm
Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin, left, is introducing the compromise measure with Sen. Mike Lee, who has been vocal about opposing a Section 702 reauthorization without changes.

Durbin, Lee pitch ‘compromise’ bill to renew Section 702 authority

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 14, 2024 at 4:59pm
The Senate majority leader's criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was the strongest rebuke to date by a senior elected U.S. official of Netanyahu's handling of the war with Hamas.

Schumer calls Netanyahu obstacle to peace, urges new elections

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 14, 2024 at 4:48pm
Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January.

Schumer signals slower pace on TikTok measure in the Senate

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 14, 2024 at 6:00am
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks as House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (L) listen during an “Expanding the Majority” press conference at The Greenbrier hotel.

House GOP members — well, some of them — head for the hills

By Justin Papp
Posted March 13, 2024 at 7:01pm
Rep. Michelle Fischbach, seen here at the Capitol in December, saw her nursing home staffing bill move through the Ways and Means panel this month.

In the Spotlight: Michelle Fischbach

By Nick Eskow
Posted March 13, 2024 at 3:06pm, Updated at 4:35pm