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Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., is seen in the Capitol last week.

Crow sidesteps panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 23, 2023 at 3:14pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, wants the administration to back legislative changes to weapons export controls for the UK and Australia.

Lawmakers seek to ease defense export controls to UK, Australia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 23, 2023 at 2:46pm
Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, left, and Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar introduce “The Dignity Act” immigration bill at a news conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday.

Salazar, Escobar unveil comprehensive immigration bill

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 23, 2023 at 8:30am, Updated at 1:15pm
Senate Rules and Administration Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said her proposal would improve efficiency in the Senate.

Resolution would allow bulk Senate confirmation without UC

By Justin Papp
Posted May 23, 2023 at 11:34am
House Appropriations Chairwoman Granger, R-Texas, has banned earmarks from this year's defense funding bill, but questions linger around lawmaker-directed increases to research projects.

Hill-favored projects called defense budget’s ‘black hole’

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 23, 2023 at 9:31am
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, right, shakes hands with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., before the start of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing on artificial intelligence last week.

Lawmakers suggest agency to supervise artificial intelligence

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 23, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., leaves a meeting in the speaker’s suite in the Capitol on Monday.

McCarthy: No deal yet, but debt limit meeting ‘productive’

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted May 22, 2023 at 8:18pm
From left, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Tom Carper, D-Del., conduct a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on March 7.

Carper retirement sets up committee leadership shuffle

By David Jordan
Posted May 22, 2023 at 6:37pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks with reporters about the debt ceiling negotiations in the Capitol on Monday.

McCarthy says debt limit deal with Biden possible

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 22, 2023 at 3:08pm, Updated at 5:06pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says negotiators must reach a deal this week to raise the debt limit.

Spending caps struggle

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 22, 2023 at 3:16pm
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., does not plan to seek a fifth term next year.

Sen. Tom Carper will not run for fifth term in Delaware next year

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 22, 2023 at 11:49am, Updated at 2:51pm
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks at The Citadel Holliday Alumni Center in Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 16.

Five things to know about Tim Scott’s record in Congress

By Niels Lesniewski and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 22, 2023 at 5:00am, Updated at 12:21pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., concludes a news conference after a meeting with President Joe Biden and other top congressional leaders on the debt ceiling at the White House on Tuesday.

Biden, McCarthy will attempt to salvage debt limit deal

By David Lerman
Posted May 22, 2023 at 5:39am
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., speaks to reporters outside of the Capitol Hill Club after the House Republicans’ conference meeting in Washington on May 10.

‘Pause’ lifted, debt limit talks back on

By David Lerman
Posted May 19, 2023 at 12:05pm, Updated at 6:48pm
Top Ways and Means Democrat Richard E. Neal of Massachusetts says he doesn't want to prejudge the outcome of talks.

Tighter TANF requirements may be ripe for debt limit accord

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 18, 2023 at 4:57pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy attend the portrait unveiling for former Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., in Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Contours of debt limit deal start to take shape

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 18, 2023 at 3:29pm
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., sponsored the bill on police assaults that the House passed Wednesday.

House passes bill to deport immigrants who assault police

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 17, 2023 at 6:48pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol last Thursday.

House votes to refer Santos matter to Ethics panel

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 17, 2023 at 6:17pm
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday.

White House defends Biden’s travel to Japan amid debt talks

By Niels Lesniewski and David Lerman
Posted May 17, 2023 at 5:08pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference with House and Senate Republicans on the west terrace of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work

By Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 17, 2023 at 4:23pm
Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., congratulate each other after finishing the ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile race in Anacostia Park on Wednesday.

‘Bipartisan bigwigs’ de-stress at 2023 ACLI Challenge

By Justin Papp
Posted May 17, 2023 at 3:59pm
Xochitl Torres Small, who served one term in the House before becoming a USDA undersecretary, received unanimous Senate Agriculture backing Wednesday to become deputy secretary.

Senate Agriculture backs Torres Small to take deputy position at Agriculture Department

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted May 17, 2023 at 2:58pm
House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro says Republicans’ appropriations process hasn’t been clear enough.

Legislative Branch bill advanced to full Appropriations panel

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 17, 2023 at 2:42pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on April 18.

Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators

By Aidan Quigley and Herb Jackson
Posted May 17, 2023 at 5:30am
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger testifies during the House Administration Committee hearing Tuesday.

House Republicans target Capitol Police preparedness in review of Jan. 6 attack

By Justin Papp
Posted May 16, 2023 at 7:09pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell address the media after a meeting with President Joe Biden on the debt ceiling at the White House on Tuesday.

Debt limit talks pared down to proxies for Biden, McCarthy

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 16, 2023 at 6:39pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pictured leaving the Capitol last week a day after he was indicted on 13 federal criminal charges, faces an expulsion vote.

McCarthy parries move on Santos expulsion by invoking Ethics Committee

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 16, 2023 at 3:55pm, Updated at 5:44pm
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser is flanked by City Administrator Kevin Donahue, left, and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing Tuesday.

Bowser argues for DC autonomy as she defends city on crime response

By Justin Papp
Posted May 16, 2023 at 3:57pm
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, sponsored the Senate version of the House-passed measure considered Tuesday.

Senate sends joint resolution on DC police to Biden

By Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 16, 2023 at 3:38pm
Senate Minority Whip John Thune says senators are prepared for 'all kinds' of potential scenarios.

Recess starting to feel distant as debt limit deadline nears

By Laura Weiss, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 16, 2023 at 2:58pm