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Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on July 9.

Homeland Security bill pulled from Senate Appropriations markup

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 29, 2024 at 4:31pm
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Thursday.

Senators seek answers on dwindling fund for crime victims

By David Lerman
Posted July 26, 2024 at 11:30am
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are seen in the Capitol on July 8.

Massive veterans budget gap rips hole in appropriations process

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 26, 2024 at 9:18am
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn, center, join families of victims of online abuse at a news conference Thursday on the childrens' online safety bill that advanced in the Senate.

Senate tees up kids online safety bill for vote next week

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:57pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, addresses the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Vance pick for VP muddies push for rail safety bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses an event with descendants of iconic civil rights leaders to celebrate Black History Month at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 13.

Harris’ Senate portfolio included maternal health, telehealth

By Jessie Hellmann and Ariel Cohen
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Bernie Sanders is not someone who Wall Street, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical industries want to see on the tax-writing committee.

Sanders may bring his populist brand to powerful Finance panel

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 17.

How Kamala Harris could approach foreign conflicts as president

By Caroline Coudriet, John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted July 24, 2024 at 10:56am
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar speaks to reporters as she arrives for the Senate Democrats’ lunch in the Capitol.

Klobuchar staying put, not interested in Menendez’s Finance slot

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 23, 2024 at 8:27pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, seen in the Capitol on March 13, has expressed concern that the CDC has strayed from its original public health mission and is doing too much.

Four years after COVID-19, CDC’s mission divides Capitol Hill 

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 23, 2024 at 6:18pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in 2023, this week hailed the fall of Chevron deference as a chance to “rein in the administrative state.”

A bigger, bolder Congress? Panel debates how to respond to end of Chevron deference

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 23, 2024 at 2:59pm
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 23, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on reproductive rights in the Capitol on June 18.

Names circulate for Finance panel seat if Menendez leaves

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 22, 2024 at 3:19pm
Police stand guard near protesters in front of the Supreme Court in 2018 on the day Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh heard his first oral arguments.

Prosecutors seek trial in Supreme Court assassination plot case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 19, 2024 at 3:47pm
President Joe Biden speaks during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 3.

Summer COVID surge isn’t cause for alarm, experts say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 18, 2024 at 4:35pm
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, talk with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., in Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Vance’s ascension solidifies isolationist faction of GOP

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 8:08pm
Sen. JD Vance appears on stage for a podium check at the Fiserv Forum before the start of the Tuesday session of the Republican National Convention.

Vance has diverse record on tax, spending

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 12:30pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives to the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Once a tech investor, Vance is now Big Tech critic

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 10:38am
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 7:00am
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is pictured with his sons Don Jr., left, and Eric, in Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.

With Roe overturned, Trump’s GOP turns to transgender health care

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 16, 2024 at 11:26am, Updated at 6:20pm
John L. “Jack” Smith, the special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, delivers a statement on the indictment in June 2023.

Florida federal judge tosses out Trump classified documents case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 15, 2024 at 12:41pm, Updated at 6:01pm
Lt. T.K. Williams, Jr., of the Michigan State Police is seen along with a uniformed Secret Service officer and security officials on North Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Drive near the Fiserv Forum ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Sunday.

Amid tense election, Secret Service working with already boosted budget

By Peter Cohn
Posted July 14, 2024 at 5:46pm
Christy Goldsmith Romero, President Joe Biden’s nominee to chair the FDIC, testifies at her confirmation hearing on Thursday.

FDIC nominee promises ‘complete overhaul’ of agency culture

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 11, 2024 at 3:52pm
Tammi Kromenaker, director of Red River Women's clinic, poses in her office at the clinic in Moorhead, Minn., on April 13, 2023.

For at least one abortion clinic, Dobbs eased stressors

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 11, 2024 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden in May.

White House awards funds to convert old plants to EV and hybrid sites

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 11, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she would introduce articles of impeachment against Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas.

With little hope of success, Democrats respond to high-court term

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2024 at 6:58pm
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, has a bill that would block new dishwasher standards without a showing of significant savings to consumers.

House to vote on blocking new dishwasher, refrigerator standards

By David Jordan
Posted July 9, 2024 at 7:47am
Justice Elena Kagan has criticized the 5th Circuit decision that upheld the Texas law, writing for a six-justice majority that social media content moderation is free speech protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Ruling boosts social media free speech protections, some say

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 9, 2024 at 7:00am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, before a hearing on Nov. 8, 2023.

Senate appropriators ready emergency adds to spending bills

By Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:33pm, Updated at 7:13pm