Congress

Obamacare Gave HHS a Lot of Power. Democrats Say They Never Expected RFK Jr.

By Oriana González

November 22, 2024
Inside One Lawmaker’s Quest to Beat the Freshman Room Lottery

By Katherine Swartz

November 21, 2024
Matt Gaetz Might Not Be Allowed to Come Back to Congress Without Another Election, Even If He Wanted To

By Claire Heddles and Reese Gorman

November 21, 2024
‘She’s Gone Away’ — Tulsi Gabbard’s Old Friends in the House Are Baffled by Her Nomination

By Shifra Dayak

November 21, 2024
House Republicans Are Calling For Big Changes at FEMA

By Calen Razor

November 20, 2024
House Ethics Committee Deadlocked on Releasing the Matt Gaetz Report

By Violet Jira and Reese Gorman

November 20, 2024
Republicans Are Leaning Toward a Shutdown Fight in Trump’s First 100 Days

By Katherine Swartz

November 20, 2024
‘Tremendous Staying Power’: Inside Collins and Murkowski’s Battle to Remain Relevant

By Riley Rogerson

November 20, 2024
Steven Horsford Privately Weighed Another Bid for CBC Chair

By Tinashe Chingarande and Violet Jira

November 19, 2024
The House Republicans Who Would Rather Just Bury the Gaetz Report

By Reese Gorman and Mark Alfred

November 19, 2024
John Fetterman Is Open to Supporting Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid

By Katherine Swartz

November 19, 2024
Democrats Shift Their Response to Republicans’ Anti-Trans Effort After Talking to Sarah McBride

By Oriana González

November 19, 2024
Trump Actually Has a Lot of Allies in the Coming Trade War

By Haley Byrd Wilt

November 19, 2024
‘The Most Powerful Minority’: Democrats See Some Upside to Their Election Misfortunes

By Tinashe Chingarande

November 19, 2024
Blue Dogs Propose New Task Force to Look at ‘Winner-Take-All’ Election System

By Katherine Swartz

November 19, 2024
Sen. Thom Tillis Faces an Early Trump Loyalty Test

By Calen Razor and Alex Roarty

November 19, 2024
Republican Bill Targets Sarah McBride From Using Women’s Restrooms in the Capitol

By Oriana González

November 18, 2024
Lawmakers Are Trying to Take the Culture Wars Out of Defense Budget Negotiations

By John T. Seward

November 18, 2024
‘I’m Thrilled’: Some Congressional Republicans Are All In on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Nomination

By Mark Alfred and Helen Huiskes

November 18, 2024
Mike Johnson Doesn’t Want the Gaetz Ethics Report Released

By Helen Huiskes and Reese Gorman

November 15, 2024
‘We Can’t Pigeonhole Communities’: Hispanics in Congress Say They Have Work to Do to Win Back Latino Voters

By Samuel Larreal

November 15, 2024
Farm-Friendly Republicans Insist Trump’s Tariff Agenda Will Be Just Fine

By Nuha Dolby

November 15, 2024
Republicans Are Starting to Ask a New Question: Do They Need to Be More Like Trump to Win?

By Alex Roarty

November 15, 2024
The Senate Tried to Trump-Proof NATO. Now They Hope Their Effort Worked.

By Helen Huiskes

November 15, 2024
GOP Senators Don’t Expect John Thune to Be a Check on Donald Trump

By Riley Rogerson and Nuha Dolby

November 15, 2024
‘Karma Comes Around’: Lawmakers Want the Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Released

By Reese Gorman

November 14, 2024
CBC Members Want Democrats to Talk About ‘Everything’ to Build Back Their Voting Coalition

By Tinashe Chingarande and Torrence Banks

November 14, 2024
Matt Gaetz Will Test the Limits of Senate Republicans’ Fealty to Trump

By Casey Murray and Evan McMorris-Santoro

November 14, 2024
Matt Gaetz Resigns From His House Seat After Trump Attorney General Nomination

By Reese Gorman

November 13, 2024
The Chaotic Scene When Senators Learned Trump Nominated Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

By Riley Rogerson, Ben T.N. Mause, Katherine Swartz and Nuha Dolby

November 13, 2024

Gavin Newsom Has a Mission Before Trump Takes Office

By Samuel Larreal

November 13, 2024
Trump’s Pete Hegseth Nomination Has Left Republicans Confused On and Off the Hill

By John T. Seward

November 13, 2024
John Thune Picked to Lead Senate Republicans Over Trumpworld Objections

By Katherine Swartz, Casey Murray, Riley Rogerson and Claire Heddles

November 13, 2024
Trump Uses Meeting With House Republicans to Lock Down Support for Mike Johnson

By Reese Gorman

November 13, 2024
GOP Senators Think They Know Who Trump Wants as Majority Leader. That May Backfire.

By Riley Rogerson, Katherine Swartz, Claire Heddles and Casey Murray

November 13, 2024
Republicans Ran on Anti-Trans Issues. They Say They Haven’t Discussed Sarah McBride.

By Oriana González

November 13, 2024
John Cornyn Is Fighting to Be GOP Leader. He May Also Be Fighting for His Political Life.

By Casey Murray

November 12, 2024
Democrats Are Not-So-Secretly Thrilled About Marco Rubio’s Potential Nomination

By Haley Byrd Wilt

November 12, 2024
Yvette Clarke to Seek Congressional Black Caucus Chair

By Violet Jira

November 12, 2024
‘Just a Numbers Game’: Mike Johnson Doesn’t Expect Any More House Republicans in the Trump Administration

By Ben T.N. Mause and Reese Gorman

November 12, 2024
House Democrats Look for a Winning Message After Loss to Trump

By Mark Alfred and Samuel Larreal

November 12, 2024
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Put a Further Strain on a Shrinking House Majority

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Reese Gorman

November 11, 2024
GOP Lawmakers Hope Trump Can Keep Them From Tearing Each Other Apart Again

By Haley Byrd Wilt

November 8, 2024
Mitch McConnell Just Wants to Be a ‘Regular’ Senator Standing Athwart Trump’s Isolationism

By Haley Byrd Wilt

November 6, 2024
An Unconstrained Trump Likely Won’t Face Much Pushback From Congress in His Second Term

By Haley Byrd Wilt

November 6, 2024
Security, Legal Insurance, Disguises: Democrats Are Preparing for the Worst After the Election

By Riley Rogerson and Matt Fuller

November 4, 2024
Raúl Grijalva Is Running to Lead Natural Resources Again. Democrats Say He’s Not Up to the Job.

By Mark Alfred, Samuel Larreal and Matt Fuller

November 1, 2024
Scandals Are Footnotes in Two Tight New York House Races

By Violet Jira

October 31, 2024
Vulnerable Republicans Swear a Bill Granting Embryos Personhood Rights Isn’t an Abortion Ban

By Oriana González

October 28, 2024
Congress Tried to Address Forced Labor. They Have No Idea How Well It’s Working.

By Haley Byrd Wilt

October 22, 2024
Steve Scalise Says the GOP Already Has Big Plans for the First 100 Days

By Reese Gorman

October 22, 2024
How Tom Emmer Transformed Himself in Trumpworld From ‘Globalist RINO’ to ‘Great Ally’

By Reese Gorman

October 17, 2024
Pressure Is Mounting for Congress to Return and Pass Disaster Aid

By Haley Byrd Wilt

October 8, 2024
Sarah McBride Is Ready to Be the First Openly Trans Member of Congress. Is Congress Ready for Her?

By Oriana González

October 7, 2024
National Republicans Don’t Blink Anymore at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘Weather’ Conspiracies

By Haley Byrd Wilt

October 4, 2024
The Disappearing ‘Trump-Tammy’ Voter

By Nuha Dolby

October 4, 2024
Sen. Eric Schmitt Is Already Eyeing the NRSC Chair Bid

By Reese Gorman

October 4, 2024
Progressives Have Some Issues With Kamala Harris. They’re Campaigning for Her Anyway.

By Riley Rogerson

October 4, 2024
The Controversy Over a GOP Rep.’s Racist Post Isn’t Going Away. The CBC Is Making Sure of It.

By Tinashe Chingarande

October 2, 2024
Republicans Push Biden to Strike Iran

By John T. Seward

October 1, 2024

A Year of Fury and Feuding: GOP Lawmakers Are Still Reeling From McCarthy’s Removal

By Haley Byrd Wilt

October 1, 2024
Zelenskyy Showed Up to Congress. Will Congress Show Up for Him Next Term?

By Riley Rogerson

September 27, 2024
The Self-Appointed Investigators Into Trump’s Assassination Attempts Take the Mic

By John T. Seward

September 26, 2024
House Floor Gets Heated After GOP Lawmaker Posts Racist Tweet About Haitians

By Tinashe Chingarande and Oriana González

September 25, 2024
Republicans Cave (Again) and Pass a Government Funding Bill They Hate

By Ben T.N. Mause

September 25, 2024
Democrats Are Investing in Wisconsin House Races They Ignored Last Cycle

By Nuha Dolby

September 25, 2024
Republicans Head Home to Campaign on Their Big Accomplishment: The Bare Minimum

By Haley Byrd Wilt

September 25, 2024
Trump Is Impossible to Manage. Did Mike Johnson Somehow Figure It Out?

By Riley Rogerson, Reese Gorman and Tinashe Chingarande

September 25, 2024
Mike Johnson Privately Tells Republicans Trump Doesn’t Want a Shutdown

By Reese Gorman

September 24, 2024
Mike Johnson Caved to Democrats on Substance. Now He Has to Cave on Style Too.

By Ben T.N. Mause, Riley Rogerson and Katherine Swartz

September 23, 2024
Matt Gaetz Hit With a Bar Complaint Following Allegations That He Attended a Sex Party With a Teenager

By Jose Pagliery

September 23, 2024
The Ghost of Obamacare Repeal Haunts the GOP

By Haley Byrd Wilt

September 20, 2024
Mike Johnson Said There Was No ‘Plan B’ on Government Funding. Turns Out, ‘Plan B’ Is What Everyone Expected.

By Riley Rogerson, Oriana González and Reese Gorman

September 20, 2024
Lawmakers Want Harris and Trump to Have More Security. They Just Don’t Agree on What That Should Look Like.

By John T. Seward

September 19, 2024
The Failure Was the Point: House Rejects Mike Johnson’s Government Funding Gambit

By Ben T.N. Mause

September 18, 2024
‘I Think He’s Cooked’: Inside Mike Johnson’s Two Big Problems

By Riley Rogerson, Ben T.N. Mause and Reese Gorman

September 18, 2024
Senate Democrats Taunt Trump on IVF

By Oriana González

September 17, 2024
The Feds Are Concerned Another Jan. 6 Is Coming. Republican Lawmakers Aren’t.

By Haley Byrd Wilt

September 17, 2024
Congress Plans to Investigate the Possible Assassination Attempt at Trump’s Golf Course Too

By Oriana González and Reese Gorman

September 16, 2024
The Leader of Congress’ Investigation Into July’s Trump Assassination Attempt Has Questions About What Happened Sunday

By Oriana González

September 15, 2024
Donald Trump’s ‘Conflicting Signals’ on Immigration Policy Are Confusing Even Some Allies

By Casey Murray

September 13, 2024
Raining Cats and Dogs: GOP Lawmakers Embrace Trump’s Baseless Claims About Immigrants Eating Pets

By Haley Byrd Wilt

September 12, 2024
Republicans Prepare to Ditch the ‘Fake Fighting’ and Accept a Government Funding Bill

By Riley Rogerson and Ben T.N. Mause

September 12, 2024
Mike Johnson Pulls Government Funding Bill as Republicans Revolt

By Ben T.N. Mause

September 11, 2024
Mike Johnson Forges Ahead With Government Funding Plan He Thinks Will Fail

By Riley Rogerson and Ben T.N. Mause

September 10, 2024
Mike Johnson’s Plan to Keep the Government Open Is Already Falling Apart

By Riley Rogerson, Ben T.N. Mause, Reese Gorman and Katherine Swartz

September 9, 2024
House Republicans Put Biden at the Center of Their Afghanistan Withdrawal Report

By John T. Seward

September 9, 2024
Never-Before-Seen Details About Matt Gaetz’s Alleged Sex Scandal May Soon Be Public — Thanks to a Friend

By Jose Pagliery and Reese Gorman

September 7, 2024
Inside Mike Johnson’s ‘Failure Theater’ on Government Funding

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Reese Gorman

September 6, 2024
The Lawmaker Leading the Investigation Into the Trump Assassination Attempt Says He Warned Campaign Staff About the Venue

By Katherine Swartz

August 27, 2024

Is Nancy Pelosi Really the Democratic Party’s Puppet Master?

By Riley Rogerson

August 19, 2024
GOP Lawmakers Sound the Alarm That Trump Can’t Help but Be Trump

By Reese Gorman

August 15, 2024
Congress Is Losing Another Lawmaker Who Shared Their Abortion Story

By Oriana González

August 12, 2024
Lawmakers Hope China Doesn’t Make a Move on Taiwan During U.S. Election Chaos

By Haley Byrd Wilt

August 8, 2024
Congressional Dems Have a Special Reason to Love Tim Walz: He’s a House Guy

By Riley Rogerson

August 6, 2024
‘Déjà Vu All Over Again’: Senators Say the 2024 Race Is Suddenly Looking Like 2016

By Riley Rogerson

August 2, 2024
Senators Condemn Brazil and Colombia for OAS Failing to Put Pressure on Venezuela

By Oriana González

August 1, 2024
GOP Senators Are Desperate to Talk About Anything Other Than Kamala Harris’ Racial Identity

By Haley Byrd Wilt

August 1, 2024
JD Vance Is Filling In Trump’s Policy Gaps

By Reese Gorman

August 1, 2024
GOP Lawmakers Don’t Know How Trump’s ‘Mass Deportation’ Policy Would Work. They’re Still On Board.

By Casey Murray

August 1, 2024
Joe Manchin’s Permitting Reform Bill Advances With a Rare Bipartisan Vote

By Anna Kramer

July 31, 2024
Lawmakers Target World Anti-Doping Agency as Olympic Athletes Look at China With Suspicion

By Ben T.N. Mause

July 31, 2024
Senate Republicans Know Exactly What They Want From Biden on Venezuela. Democrats, Not So Much.

By Oriana González

July 30, 2024
House Republicans Try to Help Steve Bannon in Court — By Whining About Nancy Pelosi

By Jose Pagliery

July 30, 2024
Where Clean Energy Developers and Environmentalists Fracture

By Anna Kramer

July 30, 2024
House Republicans Finally Admit Defeat on Their Doomed Spending Bill Strategy

By Haley Byrd Wilt

July 30, 2024
Joe Biden Took His Big Swing at the Supreme Court. Republicans Say It’s DOA.

By Calen Razor and Oriana González

July 29, 2024
The Dirty Little Secret of 2024: GOP Senators Have a Soft Spot for Kamala Harris

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Riley Rogerson

July 29, 2024
Lawmakers Show Concern Over China and Russia Military Exercises Near Alaska Airspace

By John T. Seward

July 26, 2024
Six House Dems Join Republicans to Chastise Kamala Harris’ Border Policies

By Ryan Hernández

July 25, 2024
Why Did Progressives Leave Rashida Tlaib to Protest Netanyahu on Her Own?

By Claire Heddles

July 25, 2024
There’s a Partisan Fight Brewing Over a Controversial Trump-Era Program to Counter Chinese Espionage

By Calen Razor

July 25, 2024
How Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress Fired Up the GOP and Disappointed Democrats

By Katherine Swartz and John T. Seward

July 24, 2024
Inside the Room for the Dem Counterprogramming to Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress

By Katherine Swartz

July 24, 2024
Lawmakers Are Lobbying to Get on the Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force

By John T. Seward and Katherine Swartz

July 23, 2024
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigned Under Pressure After the Trump Assassination Attempt

By John T. Seward and Katherine Swartz

July 23, 2024
‘I Want Your Resignation’: House Lawmakers Go After Secret Service Director’s Job

By John T. Seward

July 22, 2024
‘Time for You to Pass the Torch’: More Democrats Call for Biden to Withdraw

By Tinashe Chingarande

July 19, 2024
Mike Johnson Tempers Expectations About What a New GOP Majority Can Actually Achieve

By Reese Gorman

July 19, 2024
Bob Menendez Could Get Pushed Out of the Senate

By Ryan Hernández

July 16, 2024

Down-Ballot Democrats Aren’t Feeling Biden’s Electability Problem — Yet

By Alex Roarty and Evan McMorris-Santoro

July 15, 2024
Republicans Demand Answers on the Secret Service’s ‘Staggering Security Failure’

By Casey Murray

July 14, 2024
Hill Democrats Wonder If Biden Is Even Listening

By Haley Byrd Wilt

July 11, 2024
‘We Haven’t Heard Anything’: Asian American Lawmakers Think Biden Is Ignoring Their Caucus

By Calen Razor

July 11, 2024
Some House Democrats Say the Biden Campaign Is Blowing Off Their Concerns

By Reese Gorman

July 11, 2024
‘One Day Can Only Make Things Worse’: Joe Biden Is Facing a Make-or-Break Moment

By Katherine Swartz

July 11, 2024
The Congressional Black Caucus Has Biden’s Back — Publicly

By Tinashe Chingarande and Calen Razor

July 11, 2024
Dems Want Biden to Make a Decision. Biden Says He Has. Dems Say Not That One.

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

July 10, 2024
Is This House Republican Calling for Armed Rebellion? He Won’t Say.

By Haley Byrd Wilt

July 10, 2024
Republicans Marvel at Their Newfound Media Irrelevancy

By Katherine Swartz

July 9, 2024
Senate Democrats Unite Over a Conspicuous Silence on Biden

By Haley Byrd Wilt, Riley Rogerson and Calen Razor

July 9, 2024
House Democrats Increasingly Think Biden Is Going to Survive as the Nominee

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

July 9, 2024
House GOP Whip Brings in Over $5 Million in Latest Fundraising Haul

By Reese Gorman

July 9, 2024
Democrats Have an Answer to Questions About Biden: Trump

By Haley Byrd Wilt, Calen Razor, Casey Murray, Nuha Dolby, Katherine Swartz, Oriana González and Tinashe Chingarande

July 9, 2024
Joe Biden Hasn’t Lost Dems on Capitol Hill. Keeping Them Won’t Be So Simple.

By Riley Rogerson, Reese Gorman, Oriana González, Haley Byrd Wilt, Tinashe Chingarande, Calen Razor, Nuha Dolby, Casey Murray, Katherine Swartz, Ryan Hernández, John T. Seward and Matt Fuller

July 8, 2024
Biden Is Digging In

By Katherine Swartz

July 8, 2024
Democrats Had a Chance to End the Trump Era After Jan. 6. Some Are Now Haunted by It.

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Oriana González

July 5, 2024
The Democratic Dynamic: Publicly Support Biden, Privately Hope for the End

By Alex Roarty, Riley Rogerson and Matt Fuller

July 3, 2024
Democrats Want Pharmacies to Offer Abortion Pills After the Supreme Court Preserved Access

By Oriana González

July 2, 2024
The First Democratic Member Just Called for Joe Biden to Withdraw

By Ryan Hernández

July 2, 2024
The Real — and Very Sneaky — Way Lobbyists Get Policies Through Congress

By Byron Tau

July 2, 2024
Democratic Leaders Swarmed TV Trying to Project Calm About Biden. But Conversations Are ‘Ongoing.’

By Ben T.N. Mause

June 30, 2024
‘Every Democrat Needs to Do Soul-Searching’: Biden’s House Allies Are Stressed About His Future

By NOTUS Team

June 28, 2024
Partisanship Is Killing a Bipartisan Presidential Ethics Bill

By Haley Byrd Wilt

June 27, 2024
House Republicans Show Some Uneasiness With the Pending SCOTUS Decision on Trump Immunity

By Riley Rogerson

June 26, 2024
Rep. Troy Nehls Has Stopped Wearing the Combat Infantryman Badge After Accusations of Stolen Valor

By John T. Seward

June 26, 2024
Republicans Ridicule Bob Good for Losing a Race He Hasn’t Officially Lost Yet

By Reese Gorman

June 25, 2024
How Tom Cotton Pissed Off Democrats and Won Friends in the GOP

By Riley Rogerson

June 24, 2024
Army Confirms Troy Nehls Is Ineligible for the Combat Badge He Proudly Wears

By John T. Seward

June 24, 2024
Angela Alsobrooks Is Campaigning for History — If She Can Best Larry Hogan

By Jasmine Wright

June 21, 2024

Inside Democrats’ Plans to Repeal the Comstock Act

By Oriana González

June 21, 2024
Worst Attendance of the Year: Senators Defend Their Colleagues Skipping Town Early

By Riley Rogerson

June 20, 2024
The Supreme Court Is Raising the Stakes of Congressional Dysfunction

By Claire Heddles

June 20, 2024
The Government and Private Companies Are in a Tug-of-War Over Who Controls Access to Public Websites

By Byron Tau

June 20, 2024
Republicans Say They’re Giving Up On a National Abortion Ban — For Now

By Haley Byrd Wilt

June 19, 2024
Republican Senators Have No Plan to Stop Biden’s New Immigration Protections

By Casey Murray

June 18, 2024
Ethics Committee Reaffirms Probe Into Matt Gaetz for ‘Sexual Misconduct’

By Reese Gorman

June 18, 2024
Pro-Immigrant Voters Don’t Want Trump. Democrats Warn They May Not Want a Hard-line Biden, Either.

By Casey Murray

June 17, 2024
Democrats Begin Their Offensive Against the Comstock Act

By Oriana González

June 14, 2024
Bob Good’s Investments Are a Mystery. His Explanations Are Even More Mysterious.

By Katherine Swartz

June 14, 2024
Senate Republicans Say They Have an Alternative to Protecting IVF

By Oriana González

June 13, 2024
Wisconsin Republicans Jump to Defend a Fake Electors Ringleader

By Nuha Dolby

June 13, 2024
Republicans Are Very Busy With Bills That Are Going to Die Immediately

By Haley Byrd Wilt

June 12, 2024
Rep. Troy Nehls Denies Accusations of ‘Stolen Valor,’ Defends Wearing Combat Infantry Badge Pin

By John T. Seward

June 11, 2024
Democrats Create a Task Force to Punch Back at GOP’s ‘Project 2025’

By Riley Rogerson

June 11, 2024
Republicans Finally Have a Chance to Win This Year: On the Baseball Field

By Ben T.N. Mause and Ryan Hernández

June 11, 2024
The Very Secret — But Very Loud — Campaign to Oust the Top House Dem on Antitrust Issues

By Claire Heddles

June 10, 2024
Border Democrats Love Biden’s Immigration Order — If They’re in Vulnerable Districts

By Ryan Hernández

June 7, 2024
The CBC Wrestles With Whether Immigration Is a ‘Black Issue’

By Tinashe Chingarande

June 7, 2024
Both Parties Agree on Technology in Agriculture. So Why Can’t They Get It Done?

By Nuha Dolby

June 7, 2024
The Right to Remain Silent: Vulnerable House Republicans Avoid Talking About the Trump Verdict

By Katherine Swartz and Haley Byrd Wilt

June 6, 2024
‘It’s Really Shameful’: House Republicans Accuse Rep. Troy Nehls of Stolen Valor Over Military Award Pin

By John T. Seward

June 6, 2024
Senate Republicans Say They Support Birth Control. They’re Also Backing Restrictions.

By Oriana González

June 5, 2024
Republicans Were Negotiating With Democrats on ICC Sanctions. They Chose Politics Instead.

By Tinashe Chingarande

June 4, 2024
Republicans Insist the DOJ Is Biden’s Political Tool — Even With Hunter Biden on Trial

By Calen Razor

June 4, 2024
Biden Isn’t Winning Over Any Republican Lawmakers With His Asylum Crackdown

By Casey Murray and Tinashe Chingarande

June 4, 2024
House Democrats Are Going on the Offensive on Birth Control

By Oriana González

June 4, 2024
The ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Is All Over Capitol Hill

By Haley Byrd Wilt

June 3, 2024
Even the Most Trump-Skeptical Republicans Got On Board With Trump After the Verdict

By Ryan Hernández

May 31, 2024
Henry Cuellar Aide’s Pay Shot Up After His Role in the Alleged Bribery Scheme, Records Show

By Casey Murray and Byron Tau

May 31, 2024

Lawmakers Struggle With Whether to Keep the Cash From This Chinese Company

By Nuha Dolby

May 29, 2024
Uvalde Congressman Ekes Out Victory in Gun-Obsessed Texas Primary

By Ryan Hernández

May 29, 2024
Uvalde Casts a Dark Shadow Over This Gun-Obsessed Election

By Ryan Hernández

May 24, 2024
House Republicans Take Aim at Diversity Initiatives in the Military

By John T. Seward

May 23, 2024
A House Oversight Hearing Devolved Into Shouting Over Biden’s Climate Agenda

By Anna Kramer

May 23, 2024
‘Republicans Can’t Have It Both Ways’: Why Democrats Held a Second Vote on a Doomed Border Bill

By Claire Heddles

May 23, 2024
Inside the Unglamorous Life of a Republican Attending Trump’s Trial

By Katherine Swartz

May 23, 2024
Defense Bill Debate Unravels Over Palestinian Refugee Amendment

By John T. Seward

May 22, 2024
‘It’s Hilarious’: House GOP Dismisses Trump’s Third-Term Ideas

By Oriana González

May 22, 2024
Shein Is Aggressively Lobbying a Very Skeptical D.C.

By Maggie Severns

May 22, 2024
Senators Say Scarlett Johansson’s AI Debacle Shows Why We Need New AI Laws

By Nuha Dolby

May 21, 2024
Donald Trump Wants His Political Adviser in Congress. Is That Enough to Get Him Elected?

By Ben T.N. Mause

May 21, 2024
Conservative Lawmakers Nationwide Want to Crack Down on Protests

By Calen Razor

May 20, 2024
Senior Mike Johnson Staffer Resigns Over Behavioral Complaints

By Ryan Hernández

May 17, 2024
Lawmakers Turn Trump Trial Trip Into Republican Rite of Passage

By Katherine Swartz

May 17, 2024
Mike Johnson Bets He Can Rely on Democrats and Still Lead Republicans

By Haley Byrd Wilt

May 17, 2024
House Democrats Mostly Stay in Line With Biden Over GOP’s Vote on Arms for Israel

By John T. Seward

May 16, 2024
Republicans Want a Campus Antisemitism Crackdown. They Also Want Cuts to the Department That Would Handle It.

By Oriana González

May 16, 2024
The House GOP Tries to Use Israel to Divide Senate Democrats

By Katherine Swartz

May 16, 2024
House GOP Tries to Take Control of D.C.’s Crime Crackdown

By Katherine Swartz and Tinashe Chingarande

May 15, 2024
Congress Wrestles With New Election Laws Tackling AI

By Nuha Dolby

May 15, 2024
Mike Johnson Showed His Love for Trump at the Trial. It Didn’t Convince His Haters.

By Matt Fuller

May 14, 2024
Henry Cuellar Is Losing Staff After His Indictment

By Ryan Hernández

May 13, 2024
The Human Rights World Has a Sexual Harassment Problem

By Haley Byrd Wilt

May 10, 2024
Most Americans Aren’t Closely Following Trump’s Trial. Democrats Aren’t Pressing On It.

By Tinashe Chingarande

May 10, 2024
Republicans Say Civilian Deaths in Gaza Are Not a Reason to Condition Aid to Israel

By John T. Seward

May 9, 2024
After a Loss on FISA, Privacy-Minded Senators Find a New Target: Facial Recognition at Airports

By Claire Heddles

May 9, 2024
A Bipartisan Push on China Is at Risk of Falling Apart Alongside the Farm Bill

By Nuha Dolby

May 9, 2024
Henry Cuellar, Under Federal Indictment, Has Some Unusual Defenders

By Ryan Hernández

May 9, 2024
Democrats Say They Didn’t ‘Save Mike Johnson’

By Calen Razor, Tinashe Chingarande and Oriana González

May 8, 2024

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Move Against Mike Johnson Failed

By Katherine Swartz, Ben T.N. Mause, Nuha Dolby and Claire Heddles

May 8, 2024
It’s a Big Week for Lobbying Congress

By Claire Heddles

May 8, 2024
Democrats Urgently Want a Detailed Report on Israel’s Conduct in Gaza

By John T. Seward

May 8, 2024
‘You Got Played’: Republicans Blame the Media for Marjorie Taylor Greene Furor

By Katherine Swartz and Ben T.N. Mause

May 7, 2024
House Democrats Insist Henry Cuellar Is No George Santos

By Tinashe Chingarande and Calen Razor

May 7, 2024
The New Space Race Is On and Congress Is Panicked

By Haley Byrd Wilt

May 7, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Quest Against Mike Johnson Turns Into Hours of Meetings

By Katherine Swartz and Ben T.N. Mause

May 6, 2024
The GOP Wants to Punish Colleges. It’s Unclear How Much It Can.

By Casey Murray and Nuha Dolby

May 6, 2024
Henry Cuellar’s Indictment Creates a Mess for Democrats in Texas

By Casey Murray and Ryan Hernández

May 3, 2024
Michael McCaul Stands Apart in the House GOP. But He Has the Speaker’s Ear.

By Ryan Hernández

May 3, 2024
Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About the Police Response to Campus Protests

By Nuha Dolby and Tinashe Chingarande

May 2, 2024
Democrats Are Reluctantly Throwing a Life Raft to Mike Johnson

By Katherine Swartz

May 1, 2024
Conservatives Are Worried About Campus Free Speech — But Not for Gaza Protesters

By Casey Murray

May 1, 2024
The House Is Mostly Done Legislating. It’s Time for Messaging.

By Haley Byrd Wilt

May 1, 2024
Democrats Want a Bill to Combat Antisemitism. But Which One?

By Tinashe Chingarande

April 30, 2024
House Republicans Call for Ending Biden’s Affordable Internet Program — And Extending It

By Oriana González and Calen Razor

April 30, 2024
Mike Johnson Seized His Moment at Columbia. Protesters Shrugged.

By Evan McMorris-Santoro

April 24, 2024
Politicians Say They Are Ready for a TikTok Ban Panic

By Evan McMorris-Santoro and Ben T.N. Mause

April 24, 2024
Republican Senators Who Flipped on Foreign Aid Say It’s Due to Trump

By Ben T.N. Mause and John T. Seward

April 23, 2024
Summer Lee Just Won a Tough Primary. Other Progressives May Use Her Playbook.

By Katherine Swartz

April 23, 2024
Why House Progressives Left Medicare for All Off Their 2025 Agenda

By Tinashe Chingarande

April 23, 2024
Senate Democrats Point to the White House to Handle Accountability on Israel Aid

By John T. Seward

April 23, 2024
Mike Johnson Is Fundraising for Tony Gonzales, Making His Haters Even Angrier

By Ryan Hernández

April 23, 2024
Democrats Like Ted Cruz, Says Ted Cruz

By Casey Murray

April 23, 2024
The House’s Most Progressive Members Post Big Fundraising Numbers

By Tinashe Chingarande

April 22, 2024
Loud but Overruled: House GOP Sidelines Its Isolationist Wing on Ukraine Aid

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Katherine Swartz

April 20, 2024
How Mike Johnson’s Faith Changed His Path on Ukraine

By Haley Byrd Wilt

April 19, 2024
House Leadership Relied on Democrats, and Aggravated Their Own Members, to Move on Foreign Aid

By Katherine Swartz

April 19, 2024
Black Caucus Members Line Up to Help Oust Rep. Shri Thanedar

By Tinashe Chingarande

April 19, 2024
Senators Say China’s TikTok Lobbying Efforts Could Backfire

By Ben T.N. Mause

April 19, 2024

‘We Don’t Have the Full Picture’: Lawmakers Feel Left in the Dark Over FISA Reform

By John T. Seward and Byron Tau

April 19, 2024
Ted Cruz Is Facing Heat for His Podcast

By Ryan Hernández

April 18, 2024
Democrats Are Quietly Celebrating Their Wins on Foreign Aid Bills

By Katherine Swartz and Tinashe Chingarande

April 18, 2024
Foreign Aid Is in the House’s Hands — And That Makes Senate Democrats Nervous

By Casey Murray

April 18, 2024
Calls for Mike Johnson’s Ouster Are Getting Louder

By John T. Seward

April 18, 2024
Mike Johnson Can’t Do Anything About Rebellious Members on a Key Committee

By Haley Byrd Wilt

April 18, 2024
Democrats Say They Have a Winning Hand on Abortion but Outside Groups Won’t Let Them Play It

By Oriana González

April 18, 2024
Republicans Say Democrats Will Pay for Dismissing Mayorkas’ Impeachment

By Ben T.N. Mause and Ryan Hernández

April 17, 2024
Harlan Crow Has Weighed In on Nancy Mace’s Primary

By Ryan Hernández

April 17, 2024
‘It’s Theater’: Conservatives Are Furious With Mike Johnson’s Attempt to Appease Them on the Border

By Katherine Swartz

April 17, 2024
Progressives to Biden: Don’t Forget About Gaza

By John T. Seward

April 16, 2024
Mike Johnson’s Aid Plan Is Under Fire. So Is His Speakership.

By Katherine Swartz

April 16, 2024
Mike Johnson’s New Aid Plan: Four Votes on Four Bills

By Katherine Swartz, Ben T.N. Mause and John T. Seward

April 15, 2024
Iran’s Attack on Israel Has U.S. Politicians Scrambling

By Evan McMorris-Santoro

April 14, 2024
Mike Johnson’s FISA Win Risks an Even Angrier Right-Wing Faction

By John T. Seward

April 12, 2024
Mike Johnson’s Strategy of Losing All the Time Is Helping Him Stay in Power

By Haley Byrd Wilt

April 12, 2024
Democrats’ Divides Are on Full Display Over Israel Aid

By John T. Seward

April 12, 2024
Republicans Hope Mike Johnson’s Meeting With Trump Can Prevent Future Surprises

By Katherine Swartz and Calen Razor

April 12, 2024
Congress’ Anti-Abortion Republicans Want a National Ban. But They Want President Trump More.

By Oriana González

April 11, 2024
Japan’s Prime Minister Sends a Message to Republicans on Ukraine

By John T. Seward

April 11, 2024
Johnson Says There Will Be a Ukraine Aid Vote. The Details Are TBD.

By Katherine Swartz

April 10, 2024
Republicans Show No Urgency in Funding a Key Biden Infrastructure Program

By Calen Razor

April 10, 2024
Everyone Is Sick of Marjorie Taylor Greene

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Ben T.N. Mause

April 10, 2024
The FISA Bill Fails After Trump Calls to ‘Kill’ the Program

By John T. Seward

April 10, 2024
Why the Intelligence Community Is Trying to Blow Up Bipartisan FISA Deals

By Byron Tau

April 10, 2024
Republicans Can’t Force the Senate to Remove Mayorkas, So They’re Delaying It

By Ryan Hernández

April 9, 2024
Eric Hovde Is Following Ron Johnson’s Playbook in Wisconsin

By Nuha Dolby

April 9, 2024
Congress Has a Lot to Do and No Time to Do It

By Katherine Swartz

April 8, 2024
House Republicans Tried to Tank the Increase to Afghan Allies Visas Altogether

By John T. Seward

April 3, 2024
Will Scandals Lead Congress to Finally Address Sports Betting?

By Ben T.N. Mause

April 2, 2024