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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says lawmakers should stop blocking the retirement of aircraft simply because they are built or based in their home state or district.

Air Force secretary asks Congress to let him retire aircraft

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 20, 2021 at 4:03pm
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says the Defense Department isn't doing enough to stop contracting fraud.

Audit: Pentagon lags in fight against fraud

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 20, 2021 at 6:00am
Dreamers and DACA supporters rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2020.

Senate parliamentarian rejects Democrats’ immigration bid

By Suzanne Monyak and Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 19, 2021 at 9:20pm
Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland testified during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Department of the Interior budget in July.

Haaland: BLM headquarters coming back to Washington

By Joseph Morton and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted September 17, 2021 at 6:04pm
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table.

FDA advisers reject third shots for all, back them for vulnerable

By Emily Kopp
Posted September 17, 2021 at 5:15pm
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, admitted Friday that a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians.

Pentagon admits Kabul drone strike killed only civilians

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 17, 2021 at 5:10pm
Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., left, talks with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on the steps of the Capitol on June 14, 2021. Moore helped lead the House push for the tax break.

Wisconsin firm to benefit from obscure House tax bill provision

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 17, 2021 at 6:00am
A Customs and Border Protection agent processes a migrant family that crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in this 2019 photo.

Judge shields migrant families from border expulsion policy

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted September 16, 2021 at 3:46pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said they lack the “necessary resources” to test migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

DHS must improve COVID-19 border protocols, watchdog says

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 16, 2021 at 3:35pm
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh's department is expected to make ESG investment options available with new guidance.

Retirement plan advisers expect Labor Department rules to boost ESG options

By Keith Lewis
Posted September 16, 2021 at 7:00am
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has teamed up with California Sen. Alex Padilla on a bill that would allow more than 200,000 people who came to the U.S. as children and graduated from American universities to apply for a green card.

Bipartisan bill offers green card path for ‘documented Dreamers’

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted September 15, 2021 at 5:18pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent processes migrants who crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas in this 2019 photo.

Amid congressional inaction, court pendulum swings on immigration

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted September 15, 2021 at 11:23am
A granite curb being prepared for installation on Capitol Hill in August.

Engineering firms told to repay ‘forgivable’ pandemic loans

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 15, 2021 at 7:00am
A nurse prepares to administer a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at UCI Medical Center in Orange, Calif., on Aug. 19.

COVID-19 booster debate rages days before target rollout date

By Emily Kopp
Posted September 15, 2021 at 6:29am
The Glen Canyon Dam was built on the Colorado River to create Lake Powell near Page, Ariz. Lake Powell water levels have dropped to record lows since the dam’s completion in the 1960’s.

12 photos that show the drought’s impact on the American West

By Bill Clark
Posted September 15, 2021 at 6:00am
The Colorado River winds through Horseshoe Bend in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Ariz., at sunset in late August.

In response to Western drought, a flood of legislation

By Joseph Morton
Posted September 15, 2021 at 5:30am
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, criticizes President Joe Biden's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Anger at the Pentagon is coming from both sides of the aisle

By Mark Satter
Posted September 14, 2021 at 9:47pm
John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in February 2020.

Congress’ Afghanistan watchdog will continue oversight

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 14, 2021 at 4:54pm
Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Biden administration took 'risks' with its Afghanistan exit plan.

Theories of Afghan withdrawal failures emerge as Blinken defends chaotic exit

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 14, 2021 at 4:14pm
Penny Lee, CEO of the Financial Technology Association, has long worked for key Democrats.

Political veteran Lee wants fintech group to educate lawmakers

By Steven Harras
Posted September 14, 2021 at 7:00am
Air Force Gen. John Hyten listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 11, 2019.

A top general calls for restraining the defense budget

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 13, 2021 at 6:45pm
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was peppered with questions Monday by House members about the Biden administration's Afghanistan withdrawal.

House hearing on Afghanistan withdrawal descends into partisan mudslinging

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 13, 2021 at 6:04pm
People attend a New York City protest supporting DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, in August.

Democrats make immigration case to Senate parliamentarian

By Caroline Coudriet and Suzanne Monyak
Posted September 10, 2021 at 4:37pm
New Democrat Coalition Chair Suzan DelBene backs a four-year expansion of the child tax credit.

Centrist Democrats push stronger child tax credit expansion

By Laura Weiss
Posted September 10, 2021 at 3:18pm
Members of the New York congressional delegation appeared outside the medical school at Mount Sinai hospital to advocate for 9/11 health funding.

New York lawmakers press for more 9/11 health aid

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 10, 2021 at 12:58pm, Updated at 2:20pm
Women and minorities are underrepresented among Air Force pilots.

Air Force takes hard look at racial disparities

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted September 9, 2021 at 6:04pm
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy is concerned that Democrats still lack key details on many aspects of their $3.5 trillion spending package.

Stephanie Murphy to oppose her party’s ‘rushed’ budget package in committee

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 9, 2021 at 3:28pm
Blum says the race, sex and sexual identity board quotas required by NASDAQ are 'unfair and illegal.'

SEC-backed Nasdaq rule on diversity faces court challenge

By Keith Lewis
Posted September 9, 2021 at 7:00am
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen wrote to congressional leaders on Wednesday that the agency's cash balance and so-called extraordinary measures to remain under the statutory debt ceiling will be “exhausted during the month of October.”

Yellen: Treasury could hit debt ceiling in October without congressional action

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 8, 2021 at 1:19pm
Members of the Supreme Court, posing here for a group photo in April, will restart in-person oral arguments in October.

Supreme Court plans return to in-person arguments next month

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 8, 2021 at 12:09pm