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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.

Policy

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

Agency cites growing prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases as a reason the rule was needed

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.

Congress

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.

Policy

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.

Policy

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
TikTok supporters are seen outside the Capitol in March 2024, before the House passed legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

Supreme Court action on TikTok could shape congressional power

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 8, 2025 at 1:18pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 22. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay sentencing in New York case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 8, 2025 at 11:44am
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters Tuesday during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

As House GOP calls for spending cuts, Trump pushes pricey Greenland purchase

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2025 at 2:56pm
President-elect Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on New Year's Eve at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump open to two-step budget plan despite earlier comments

By David Lerman
Posted January 6, 2025 at 12:57pm, Updated at 2:44pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, arriving in the House chamber after winning the gavel for the 119th Congress on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Quick action planned for ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

By David Lerman
Posted January 5, 2025 at 3:23pm, Updated at 9:45pm
Steelworkers attend a rally in support of the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel in Clairton, Pa., on Dec. 12.

Biden blocks Nippon purchase of US Steel

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 3, 2025 at 10:10am
The moon rises over the U.S. Capitol dome as an airplane lands at nearby National Airport in October.

Key dates to watch in 2025 for the 119th Congress

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 3, 2025 at 6:00am
"This is a good win," Republican Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said of the decision. Carr is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the FCC.

Court throws out Biden FCC’s net neutrality rule

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 2, 2025 at 5:53pm
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., linked her vote on returning the gavel to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to commitments on the budget.

Spartz links vote on Johnson to commitment on spending

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted January 2, 2025 at 4:20pm
Initial immigration bills the House might take up include one similar to legislation backed by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. She is seen in the Capitol on Dec. 20.

House Republicans look to tee up immigration bills

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 2, 2025 at 4:12pm
The Supreme Court will be hearing another case related to abortion, this time over whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds because it provides abortion care.

Supreme Court to hear case over Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 18, 2024 at 5:13pm
Robert Kennedy, Jr., nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for his meeting with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.

Kennedy faces questions about food, vaccines in GOP meetings

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot, Jessie Hellmann and Sandhya Raman
Posted December 17, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated December 18, 2024 at 3:11pm
Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, leaves a meeting in Sen. John Fetterman’s office in March, one month before Congress enacted the sale or ban.

Supreme Court agrees to hear dispute over TikTok divestiture law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 18, 2024 at 12:22pm
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus about the candidacy of President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

After briefing, Intelligence panelists confident skies are safe

By Mark Satter
Posted December 17, 2024 at 6:39pm
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on March 22, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump risks legal clashes in plans to not spend appropriations

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 12, 2024 at 5:15pm, Updated December 17, 2024 at 4:41pm
Rep. Brian Babin supports Americans’ returning to the moon because the country will benefit “geopolitically, scientifically, economically and from a national security perspective.”

At House Science, Babin aims to boost commercial spaceflight

By Hunter Savery
Posted December 17, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 11:41am
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for a meeting with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Monday.

Trump defends polio vaccines, rejects school vaccine mandates

By Lia DeGroot
Posted December 16, 2024 at 7:38pm