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The USS Theodore Roosevelt patrols the Pacific Ocean in 2019.

Senate clears compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 15, 2021 at 1:17pm
Pharmacist Elizabeth Alvarez administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Grubb’’s Pharmacy in Washington on Nov. 8.

Burnout among pharmacists slows COVID-19 booster shots

By Emily Kopp and Ariel Cohen
Posted December 15, 2021 at 6:29am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer worked out an agreement to defuse a possible financial crisis.

House clears $2.5 trillion debt limit increase, ending fiscal drama

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 14, 2021 at 1:09pm, Updated December 15, 2021 at 12:45am
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Democrats' press conference in the Capitol on Oct. 5, 2021.

Optimism waning in Senate about budget reconciliation vote this month

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 14, 2021 at 7:20pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits while agents process migrants along the Texas border in 2019.

Biden administration loses appeal in ‘Remain in Mexico’ case

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted December 14, 2021 at 1:00pm
Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., believes the tax credits will pass muster with the Senate parliamentarian.

Democrats push forward with EV tax credits

By Joseph Morton
Posted December 14, 2021 at 10:30am
Network cables are plugged into ports of a switch at a supercomputing center in Germany.

Senators scrutinize shady third-party data brokers

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted December 14, 2021 at 6:00am
A TSA official checks in passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in 2016.

TSA: More passengers bringing anger and loaded guns to airports

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 13, 2021 at 7:00pm
Vice President Kamala Harris talks with Sema Connect CEO Mahi Reddy during a tour of the Prince George’s County Brandywine Maintenance Facility in Maryland on Monday.

Harris touts administration’s electric vehicle plans

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted December 13, 2021 at 5:47pm
Protesters rally outside as the Supreme Court hears two challenges to Texas' new abortion law on Nov. 1, 2021. On Friday, the court issued its ruling in the case.

Supreme Court allows narrow challenge to Texas abortion law

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 10, 2021 at 11:34am, Updated at 3:12pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, who requested the CBO analysis, says the agency “has provided a true cost of the bill over ten years,” but Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer says Graham's request was "nothing more than a partisan attempt to mislead the public."

CBO: Fully extended reconciliation bill could cost $3 trillion

By David Lerman
Posted December 10, 2021 at 12:46pm, Updated at 2:19pm
The U.S. Supreme Court announced decisions on Friday involving a pivotal abortion case.

Activists react to high court move to leave Texas abortion ban in place for now

By Sandhya Raman
Posted December 10, 2021 at 1:22pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., attends a hearing in July 2018. He was one of two Democrats to back a move to block the Biden administration's vaccine rule for large employers.

Senate passes resolution to end COVID-19 shots-or-test rule

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 9, 2021 at 9:58am
Protests against the Saudi government for the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi have continued, including earlier this year in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Defense bill nixes sanctions on Jamal Khashoggi’s killers

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 8, 2021 at 6:24pm
President Joe Biden spoke at the General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in November.

Biden flexes federal purchasing power on climate

By Joseph Morton
Posted December 8, 2021 at 3:51pm
U.S. Navy Admiral Christopher Grady speaks during a Memorial Day celebration at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York on May 28, 2018.

Senators question Biden nominee on fighting China and Russia

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted December 8, 2021 at 3:21pm
Trucks hauling shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, in November.

Trucker shortage? It’s a point of debate amid supply chain jam

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 8, 2021 at 12:28pm
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table.

Omicron partially evades protection from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

By Emily Kopp
Posted December 8, 2021 at 10:09am
House Education and Labor Chairman Robert C. Scott and ranking member Virginia Foxx have both expressed their support for the surprise billing rule, but not all lawmakers agree with them.

Health care industry seeks surprise billing changes this month

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 8, 2021 at 6:15am
Congress would bar the Pentagon from retiring the older, A-10 Thunderbolt for one year.

House passes compromise defense policy bill

By Andrew Clevenger, Mark Satter and John M. Donnelly
Posted December 7, 2021 at 4:02pm, Updated at 9:58pm
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., says averting Medicare cuts might be enough to win his vote.

House passes debt limit process, Medicare cuts delay bill

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 7, 2021 at 1:59pm, Updated at 9:36pm
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., shown in the Capitol last week, were divided on the issue of allowing arms sales to Saudi Arabia.

Senate votes to allow Saudi ‘defensive’ arms sale to proceed

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 7, 2021 at 9:18pm
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as Swiss President Guy Parmelin looks on during the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva in June.

Biden, lawmakers warn Putin of severe sanctions over Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 7, 2021 at 9:12pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., leave the Senate Democrats' lunch in the Capitol on Nov. 16, 2021.

Manchin repeats call for ‘strategic pause’ in big spending package

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted December 7, 2021 at 7:49pm
Tucson, Ariz., Police Chief Chris Magnus at his confirmation hearing in October before the Senate Finance Committee.

Senate confirms border chief amid record migrant encounters

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 7, 2021 at 7:32pm
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington on Thursday.

Commission sends Biden report on Supreme Court overhauls

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 7, 2021 at 5:44pm
Members of the California National Guard sort food at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley in San Jose, Calif., in March 2020.

Defense bill’s assistance for poor troops falls short, advocates say

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 7, 2021 at 5:20pm
Senate Judiciary Chairman Richard J. Durbin has pressed the Biden administration about closing the Guantánamo Bay detention center in Cuba.

Afghanistan complicates new push to close Guantánamo Bay

By Todd Ruger
Posted December 7, 2021 at 3:49pm
Rochelle P. Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, earlier this year on Capitol Hill. During an interview with CQ/Roll Call Wednesday, Walensky called for funding and authority to better respond to public health crises.

Omicron could overtake delta within weeks, experts say

By Emily Kopp
Posted December 7, 2021 at 3:01pm
The House in April passed Rep. Patrick T. McHenry’s bill that would direct the two primary financial regulators, the SEC and CFTC, to set up a working group.

Cryptocurrency outlook may depend on which agency is supervising

By Sarah Wynn
Posted December 7, 2021 at 7:00am