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John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be director of the CIA, testifies Wednesday during his Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing.

Congress

Senators use confirmation hearings to press views on spy authority

Trump's picks for national security roles asked about Section 702 and privacy protections

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 17, 2025 at 2:39pm

The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn last year.

Congress

Supreme Court upholds law to force TikTok sale or ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 17, 2025 at 10:45am
Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's intended nominee for Treasury secretary, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday.

White House

Bessent warns of ‘devastating’ consequences if tax cuts lapse

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 16, 2025 at 4:58pm
The FDA authorized the 20 Zyn products under a premarket tobacco product application process granted under a 2009 tobacco control law.

Policy

FDA authorizes first nicotine pouches

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 16, 2025 at 4:50pm
Lee Zeldin greets Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., right, before his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Zeldin faces climate change heat on path to confirmation

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 16, 2025 at 4:23pm
Doug Burgum addresses senators at his confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday.

Burgum promises energy dominance at Interior

By David Jordan
Posted January 16, 2025 at 4:09pm
Ashley Moody, Florida’s attorney general, speaks with the media outside the Supreme Court last year after oral arguments over controversial Florida and Texas social media laws.

Next Florida senator pursued conservative policies in courts

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 16, 2025 at 3:46pm
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., used his first meeting as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to hold a vote on the Trump-era immigration policy.

Senate panel votes in support of ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 16, 2025 at 2:29pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Jan. 9.

How RFK Jr. drove mistrust of a cancer prevention vaccine

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 16, 2025 at 7:00am
Russ Vought, picked to lead the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Vought gets chilly reception from Senate Homeland Security Democrats

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:46pm
Chris Wright, the expected secretary of Energy nominee, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Wright promises to ‘unleash’ American energy as DOE head

By David Jordan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:46pm
In this photo illustration, bottles of the generic prescription pain medication buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy in Boca Raton, Florida. The narcotic drug is used as an alternative to methadone to help treat opioid use disorder.

DEA, HHS finalize rule allowing telehealth drug treatment

By Jessie Hellmann and Sandhya Raman
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:40pm
Duffy shakes hands with senators before his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Wednesday.

Transportation pick Duffy soars through confirmation hearing

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:21pm
The Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court airs concerns on child access to online porn

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:06pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of state, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Rubio says Ukraine needs leverage to deter Russia in the future

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:06pm
Red Dye No. 3 can have deleterious health effects. The ring is a strawberry Ring Pop (red no. 40 and red no. 3).

FDA moves to ban Red Dye No. 3, years after groups petitioned agency 

By Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted January 15, 2025 at 2:59pm
A close-up view of cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday released a proposed rule that would limit the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and some other combustible tobacco products.

FDA moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes, some other tobacco

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 15, 2025 at 2:49pm
Outgoing FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, pictured during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on April 11, 2024, had said the labeling proposal was on his list of priorities before the end of his tenure.

FDA publishes long-awaited front-of-package labeling proposal

By Lia DeGroot
Posted January 14, 2025 at 3:04pm
Former Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove testifies on the history of the filibuster at a Senate Rules Committee hearing on April 22, 2010. Dove died in 2021.

Senate guidance on budget bills would put House at disadvantage

By Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:48pm
An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia.

Biden opens federal land for AI development

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:03pm
A beam of sunlight breaks through the cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on porn age verification law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 14, 2025 at 8:40am
President-elect Donald Trump said expanded drilling will lower Americans' energy prices.

Drill, maybe, drill: Trump’s plans may hit political reality

By David Jordan
Posted January 14, 2025 at 7:00am
TikTok supporters outside the U.S. Capitol before the House in March passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

TikTok ban won’t work, groups argue, in hope of eleventh-hour reprieve

By Gopal Ratnam and Michael Macagnone
Posted January 14, 2025 at 7:00am
Fire personnel respond to homes destroyed while a helicopter drops water as the Palisades Fire grows in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025.

Fact-checking Trump’s blame claims about wildfire response

By FactCheck.org
Posted January 13, 2025 at 3:47pm
Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, listens to the national anthem in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.

Reconciliation debate to test ‘tax cuts for the rich’ narrative

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 13, 2025 at 11:02am
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., hands out bottles of water to reporters staking out the House Ethics Committee offices on Nov. 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

GOP eyes compromise ‘SALT’ cap in low-to-mid five figures

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 13, 2025 at 8:49am
Russell Ellis, right, who goes by "JollyGoodGinger," live streams Friday outside the Supreme Court building after the court heard oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S.

Supreme Court sounds ready to back TikTok ban law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:41pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday.

Senate votes to move forward on immigration bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 9, 2025 at 5:21pm
A resident in a wheelchair at an assisted living facility in Boston, MA in 2020.

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 9, 2025 at 7:00am, Updated at 11:24am
From left, Sen. Patty Murray and Reps. Xavier Becerra and James E. Clyburn address the media outside the Senate Foreign Relations room in the Capitol, where members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also know as the “super committee,” were holding a meeting in November 2011.

‘It’s incredibly hard’ — consider the super committee

By Jason Dick
Posted January 9, 2025 at 6:00am
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and wife Kimberly, walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor on Wednesday.

‘Horse race’ is on as Trump hears from senators on budget strategy

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted January 8, 2025 at 9:17pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, makes his way to a meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Dirksen Building on Wednesday.

Hawaii governor sounds alarm over RFK Jr.’s stance on vaccines

By Lia DeGroot
Posted January 8, 2025 at 5:57pm
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in November.

Senate appears poised to move forward on immigration bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 8, 2025 at 5:28pm
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Dec. 11.

Biden administration finalizes rule on medical debt

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 8, 2025 at 4:03pm