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Rep. Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., arrives at the Capitol for a House Republican Conference meeting on the nomination for speaker on Oct. 12.

Jordan’s speaker bid gains steam with key endorsements

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 16, 2023 at 10:44am, Updated at 12:23pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seen in a House Republican Conference speaker election meeting after he was voted the party’s nominee for speaker Friday.

House GOP to reconvene Monday amid soft Jordan support

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 13, 2023 at 4:06pm, Updated at 5:31pm
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza on October 11, 2023.

Fate of two idle Iron Dome batteries in U.S. remains unclear

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 13, 2023 at 5:06pm
Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga, arrives for House Republicans’ meeting in the Longworth Building after announcing his run for speaker on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

Rep. Austin Scott to run for speaker

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 13, 2023 at 12:29pm, Updated at 1:41pm
The exterior of the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco, which has the offices of the California Northern Federal Public Defender.

Federal public defenders warn proposed funding would cause layoffs, court delays

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted October 13, 2023 at 12:08pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, arrives at a House Republican Conference meeting in the Longworth office building on Friday.

House GOP again rejects raising bar for speaker candidate

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 13, 2023 at 11:06am, Updated at 11:38am
A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on Sunday.

Will GOP conclude Joe Biden, proxy war president, needs a House partner?

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 13, 2023 at 6:00am
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks with reporters after a conference meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

Scalise bows out of speaker race

By Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted October 12, 2023 at 8:08pm, Updated at 9:45pm
A squad of U.S. Capitol Police officers walks across the East Plaza of the U.S. Capitol in 2022.

Israel attack prompts temporary boost to security of Capitol grounds

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 12, 2023 at 6:28pm
A Capitol Police K-9 rests in Statuary Hall before a memorial service for the late Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings in 2019.

Capitol Police discriminated against Black K-9 trainer, congressional labor office finds

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 12, 2023 at 5:30pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., leaves a House Republican meeting in the Capitol on Thursday. Luna said she'd back Majority Leader Steve Scalise as speaker on Wednesday but reversed herself a day later.

House GOP grasps for answers to speaker vacuum

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 12, 2023 at 5:15pm
Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., could get additional powers.

House members discuss lifting limits on speaker pro tem power

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 12, 2023 at 4:10pm
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, center, and other lawmakers are seen on the House floor during a vote in May. The turmoil Gaetz set off this month is a symptom of larger structural problems, some congressional observers say.

What’s to stop the House speaker chaos from happening again to the next guy?

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 12, 2023 at 3:36pm
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez is seen last month after addressing colleagues at a Democratic Senate luncheon where he said he would not resign after being indicted on federal corruption charges.

Menendez faces additional criminal charge

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 12, 2023 at 2:12pm, Updated at 2:59pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, says he'll keep an open mind but is "not in a positive place right now" about Louisiana Republican Steve Scalise's speaker bid.

Scalise working to lock down speaker votes as pessimism grows

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted October 12, 2023 at 1:11pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held up Amtrak nominations that were not compliant with a 2021 infrastructure law.

White House to withdraw Amtrak nominee to lift Senate blockade

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 11, 2023 at 7:33pm, Updated at 9:28pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is seen in the House Republican Conference election meeting where he was voted as the party’s nominee for speaker on Wednesday.

Speaker vote timing uncertain as Jordan backers hold out

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Laura Weiss and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 11, 2023 at 4:28pm, Updated at 7:49pm
Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., said he would run for majority leader after the current holder of that position, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, was nominated by the GOP conference for speaker.

Hern wants to replace Scalise as majority leader

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 11, 2023 at 2:17pm, Updated at 2:58pm
“There's a lot of appetite” for quick action on Israel, says Colorado Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn. “And I know my appetite is to get a speaker today.”

Lawmakers eager for Israel action hamstrung by House speaker impasse

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted October 11, 2023 at 2:55pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center after an all-members briefing on the attack on Israel on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Scalise and the House Republican Conference were heading to the speaker election in Longworth Building.

Scalise wins GOP nomination for speaker

By Aidan Quigley, Mary Ellen McIntire and Laura Weiss
Posted October 11, 2023 at 1:07pm, Updated at 2:48pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House Republican Conference speaker candidate forum on Tuesday.

Another push to remove Santos from House, this time from some Republicans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 11, 2023 at 2:00pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves a House Republican speaker candidate forum in the Longworth Building on Tuesday.

Jim Jordan supporters wave off new scrutiny of Ohio State abuse

By Justin Papp
Posted October 10, 2023 at 9:14pm, Updated October 11, 2023 at 12:53pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is seen after a House Republican Conference meeting on the speaker race in Longworth Building on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.

House GOP rejects effort to raise threshold for speaker

By Laura Weiss, Mary Ellen McIntire and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 11, 2023 at 12:07pm
From left, California Democratic Reps. Katie Porter, Adam B. Schiff and Barbara Lee pose for a photo after the National Union of Healthcare Workers Senate Candidate Forum in downtown Los Angeles, on Sunday.

California law signals ongoing push for single-payer system

By Sandhya Raman
Posted October 11, 2023 at 6:31am
Rep. Sharice Davids, seen here in December, says being in Congress is “not what it looks like on TV.”

Sharice Davids’ secret to winning over swing voters? ‘It’s kind of like MMA’

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 11, 2023 at 6:15am
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise speaks to reporters as he leaves House Republicans’ speaker candidate forum in the Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday.

House GOP prepares for potentially long slog to elect speaker

By Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted October 10, 2023 at 9:19pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the House Republicans’ caucus meeting for a members only discussion in the Capitol on Monday.

Rep. George Santos faces more federal criminal charges related to 2022 election

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 10, 2023 at 8:29pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leaves a House Republicans caucus meeting Monday evening.

GOP speakers have long indulged party’s anti-government wing. Now what?

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 10, 2023 at 4:58pm
New York GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney, with Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J. and other lawmakers, proposed $2 billion in new U.S. funding for Israeli defense.

Biden, Congress mull supplemental funding for Israel

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted October 10, 2023 at 4:29pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leaves House Republicans’ discussion in the Capitol on Monday.

Speaker race enters critical week with new urgency, no clear outcome

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted October 9, 2023 at 10:19pm