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Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., was among the holdouts Wednesday on a sweeping GOP border security package.

House GOP makes last-minute tweaks to border security bill

By Lindsey McPherson and Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 10, 2023 at 8:08pm
Former Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton

Congress could fire Capitol architect under bipartisan bill

By Justin Papp
Posted May 10, 2023 at 7:19pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol Visitor Center in February.

Rep. George Santos indicted on 13 charges

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 10, 2023 at 10:31am, Updated at 7:06pm
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., is saying "the quiet part out loud."

Length of spending caps, debt limit hike mulled as talks begin

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted May 10, 2023 at 5:04pm, Updated at 5:56pm
Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., shown in March, said the delay “will be until there's a deal in place.”

NDAA on hold while Congress grapples with debt limit

By Caroline Coudriet and Briana Reilly
Posted May 10, 2023 at 5:12pm
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said the Biden administration "has made it clear they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal- and gas-fueled power plants out of existence."

Manchin says he will oppose all EPA nominees

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 10, 2023 at 4:53pm
Xochitl Torres Small, the Agriculture undersecretary for rural development, received backing from Senate Agriculture Committee leaders to become deputy secretary.

Torres Small backed by Senate Agriculture leaders for USDA deputy

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted May 10, 2023 at 4:31pm
Clockwise from top, left: Rep. George Santos joins the list of former members of Congress who have been indicted while in office, including Reps. Jeff Fortenberry, Chris Collins, and Duncan Hunter, Sen. Bob Menendez, Reps. Michael G. Grimm, Chaka Fatah, Rick Renzi and Corrine Brown and Sen. Ted Stevens.

Santos isn’t the first member of Congress indicted. Here’s how others ended up

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 10, 2023 at 4:26pm
President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House as he departs for travel to New York on Wednesday.

Biden blasts debt limit plan in New York district the GOP flipped

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 10, 2023 at 11:56am, Updated at 3:47pm
House Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said a Biden Administration plan to forgive student loans would be a burden on people who never went to college.

House panel moves to block Biden student loan forgiveness plan

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 10, 2023 at 3:11pm
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference Wednesday on planning and operations in advance of the cessation of the Title 42 public health order. Also pictured is acting Assistant Secretary of State Ricardo Zuniga.

Mayorkas blames Congress as US preps for ‘difficult’ weeks at border

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 10, 2023 at 2:07pm
Senate Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, doesn't see any consensus on how to raise the deposit insurance cap.

Bipartisan interest in new deposit insurance cap, but for whom?

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 10, 2023 at 8:17am
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reported little progress toward a debt deal after a White House meeting Tuesday.

Debt talks: Fiscal discipline vs. no negotiation

By David Winston
Posted May 10, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s immigration panel, said Republicans would make a change to employment verification requirements.

Republicans agree to some changes to border bill for farmers

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 9, 2023 at 9:13pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaves the Capitol on his way to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit on Tuesday.

No debt deal, but Biden, Hill leaders agree to meet again

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 9, 2023 at 6:52pm, Updated at 7:37pm
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 12.

Rep. George Santos reportedly facing federal criminal charges

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 9, 2023 at 6:13pm, Updated at 7:00pm
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

Feinstein returning to the Senate

By Justin Papp
Posted May 9, 2023 at 4:17pm
Josh Bolten, right, CEO of the Business Roundtable, talks with now-retired Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker after a 2018 Senate hearing on trade and tariff policy.

Business groups weigh in on debt limit impasse ahead of meeting

By Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted May 9, 2023 at 3:17pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen ahead of a House hearing in the Rayburn Building last month.

Labor union challenges constitutionality of debt limit law

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 9, 2023 at 2:24pm
Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., center, at the Capitol last week.

Senate Democrats request details on gifts to Clarence Thomas

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 9, 2023 at 12:13pm
Before Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., goes to the White House for debt talks, the House GOP campaign arm released new ads hitting vulnerable Democrats over spending.

Debt standoff is fodder for ads targeting vulnerable House members

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 9, 2023 at 6:00am, Updated at 10:35am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sponsored a bill that cleared the Judiciary Committee to remove liability protections for companies whose customers post content showing child sexual abuse.

Even Senate sponsors are skeptical of bills to shield kids online

By Sean Michael Newhouse
Posted May 9, 2023 at 7:00am
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks during a convocation at Liberty University's Vines Center in Lynchburg, Va., on April 14.

Trump’s Hill backers often voted like DeSantis on entitlements

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted May 9, 2023 at 5:30am
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., participate in the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol on March 17, 2023.

Debt limit veterans look for hopeful signs in Tuesday’s meeting

By Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 8, 2023 at 6:24pm
President Joe Biden speaks with the media at the White House last month.

Biden administration threatens veto on GOP border security bill

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 8, 2023 at 1:24pm
Members of both parties are looking to oust Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., as he faces investigations and ethics complaints.

Most vulnerable House list runs through New York, California

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 8, 2023 at 11:15am
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., introduced permitting bills on April 4.

Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one.

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 8, 2023 at 11:06am
A Border Patrol agent leads migrants to a temporary processing tent on Thursday in Brownsville, Texas.

Nonprofits, lawmakers worry end of Title 42 will strain resources

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 8, 2023 at 5:00am
Democratic Sens. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Dianne Feinstein of California.

Senate Democrats tout judicial confirmations amid criticisms

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 5, 2023 at 4:57pm
President Joe Biden will meet with the top four congressional leaders in their first formal talks on raising the debt limit.

Presidential engagement

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 5, 2023 at 12:05pm