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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in June.

Congress

GOP lawmakers ding Powell probe as coercion, distraction

Democrats say Trump’s ‘bullying’ threatens Fed’s independence

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 12, 2026 at 4:51pm

Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court in December 2024 before the start of oral arguments on a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

Policy

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on transgender athlete bans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 12, 2026 at 11:06am
Reps. Ro Khanna, left, and Thomas Massie, right, pictured here during a November news conference, wrote a letter this week to enforce a law for the U.S. to release documents on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Policy

Lawmakers push for DOJ compliance with Epstein disclosure law

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 9, 2026 at 2:44pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conduct a joint news conference at the Capitol on Thursday.

Policy

Democrats call for hearings, independent probes over ICE shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 8, 2026 at 4:29pm
Witnesses are sworn in during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on fraud and misuse of federal funds in Minnesota. The witnesses are, from left, former Special Counsel Brendan Ballou, State Rep. Marion Rarick, R-Minn., State Rep. Walter Hudson, R-Minn., and State Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Minn.

House GOP hearing highlights Minnesota fraud concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 7, 2026 at 4:43pm
A voter fills out her ballot in the Alexandria City High School gymnasium on Election Day in 2024.

Trump voter data push prompts privacy concerns

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 2, 2026 at 6:30am
From left, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., hold their news conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in November outside the Capitol.

Justice Department releases Epstein investigative documents

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 19, 2025 at 4:06pm, Updated at 5:09pm
Former special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith arrives Wednesday at the Rayburn Building for a closed-door deposition with members of the House Judiciary Committee regarding the prosecutions of Donald Trump.

House panel deposes Jack Smith over Trump criminal cases

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 17, 2025 at 4:57pm
Rosie Rios, chair of the America250 commission, is photographed at the Ronald Reagan Building on Dec. 11.

A balancing act in planning for America’s 250th birthday party

By Valerie Yurk and Mike Magner
Posted December 16, 2025 at 6:59am, Updated at 12:16pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Michael Glasheen, operations director, National Security Branch, FBI, are sworn in Thursday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland."

Trump’s FEMA review group abruptly cancels final report meeting

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 11, 2025 at 4:40pm, Updated at 5:40pm