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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building in Washington on March 29, 2021.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on funding for financial protection agency

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 29, 2023 at 12:58pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is accused in a federal indictment of bribery and providing Egyptian officials sensitive information.

US aid to Egypt under new scrutiny after Menendez indictment

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 28, 2023 at 3:39pm
FBI Director Christopher Wray defended the Section 702 program during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in July.

Privacy board recommends changes to Section 702 surveillance authority

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 28, 2023 at 11:36am
California Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs is part of a congressional coalition hoping to overhaul current privacy laws to give consumers more agency over their personal data, including the right to delete their information.

Lawmakers look at data privacy in post-Dobbs world

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 28, 2023 at 6:00am
A sculpture in front of the facade of the Supreme Court Building.

Supreme Court to weigh cases on guns, regulations and redistricting in new term

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 28, 2023 at 5:00am
Banking Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, shown earlier this month, backed the cannabis measure.

Senate Banking advances cannabis banking bill

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 27, 2023 at 2:49pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is among those eligible for plum tax-writing panel position.

Menendez’s Finance panel seat would have no shortage of suitors

By Laura Weiss
Posted September 27, 2023 at 2:21pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with reporters about a possible government shutdown, border security and other issues outside his Capitol office on Tuesday.

House gets gears moving for four fiscal 2024 spending bills

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 26, 2023 at 8:36pm
Republican Rep. Michael C. Burgess led a coalition of 18 Texas lawmakers in a letter urging ARPA-H Director Renee Wegrzyn to select Dallas for the agency’s customer experience hub.

ARPA-H announces first two regional hubs

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 26, 2023 at 6:14pm
The Supreme Court building in 2021.

Supreme Court allows process to redraw Alabama congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 26, 2023 at 11:15am
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said at a data privacy event she worries the issue will be overshadowed by AI.

Data privacy law seen as needed precursor to AI regulation

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 26, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., says the House speaker's job may be on the line if he cuts a deal with Democrats.

Senate readies stopgap as House tries again on full-year bills

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 25, 2023 at 8:11pm
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., has introduced a bill that would guarantee pay for active-duty military, reservists and certain civilian employees, including at the Coast Guard.

Military pay, typically exempted during shutdowns, is at risk

By Peter Cohn
Posted September 25, 2023 at 6:30pm
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin has long focused on protecting human rights and stopping corruption abroad.

Cardin to take Foreign Relations gavel after Menendez charges

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 25, 2023 at 5:23pm
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., is seen outside a House Appropriations Committee markup in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 18. Lee, ranking member of the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, has urged a quick, clean reauthorization of PEPFAR.

Lee, administration officials issue plea for five-year PEPFAR

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 25, 2023 at 4:34pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday that 50,000 USDA workers would be furloughed, affecting spending in the communities where they work and loans to farmers.

Vilsack sees shutdown taking away children’s food, farmers’ loans

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted September 25, 2023 at 4:02pm
"We have to do both," Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said about addressing climate change while protecting worker rights.

Unions rebut claims green jobs will be worse for workers

By David Jordan
Posted September 25, 2023 at 2:29pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to the Capitol with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., for a meeting with House members on Thursday.

Hill worries mount about delays in arming Ukraine

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 22, 2023 at 9:00am
Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao says U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduates like these at a June 23, 2003, commencement ceremony in Kings Point, N.Y. will benefit from a cutting-edge training ship program.

How a new generation of Merchant Marine ships can chart a course for government efficiency

By Elaine Chao
Posted September 21, 2023 at 2:46pm
Rep. Christopher H. Smith is pushing for a one-year reauthorization of PEPFAR that would reinstate some anti-abortion restrictions.

PEPFAR reauthorization debate highlights splits in GOP

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted September 21, 2023 at 7:00am
A welcome sign stands outside the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Long road to compensation for Camp Lejeune victims takes a turn

By Mike Magner
Posted September 20, 2023 at 11:26am
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., talks to reporters after a GOP conference meeting on Tuesday.

Partisan House GOP stopgap funds bill on halting comeback trail

By Paul M. Krawzak and Laura Weiss
Posted September 19, 2023 at 7:38pm
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., was among five Republicans who voted with Democrats against bringing up the fiscal 2024 Defense spending bill on the House floor.

House conservatives torpedo rule on Defense spending bill

By Briana Reilly
Posted September 19, 2023 at 7:15pm
The Supreme Court in June sided with the challengers to Alabama’s congressional map as a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act.

Challengers urge Supreme Court to allow Alabama redistricting order

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 19, 2023 at 6:59pm
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on July 11.

Johnson offers way out of Senate appropriations impasse

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 19, 2023 at 5:15pm
Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., chairman of the Commerce Consumer Protection subcommittee, has proposed a framework for AI regulation alongside Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.

As US debates, EU begins to audit AI

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted September 19, 2023 at 7:00am
Louisiana Republican Rep. Garret Graves walks down the House steps after the final votes of the week in the Capitol on Sept. 14.

House stopgap bill falters with no Senate backup plan in sight

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 18, 2023 at 7:42pm
Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., is among those in contention for prized committee assignment.

GOP Steering panel postpones meeting to fill Appropriations seat

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 18, 2023 at 3:36pm
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., listens during a Senate Banking subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Entertainers, athletes looped in to Taiwan tax benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted September 18, 2023 at 12:30pm
Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., one of the lead negotiators on temporary funding bill, is seen in the Capitol on Sept. 14.

House GOP makes first move in stopgap funding fight

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted September 17, 2023 at 11:39pm