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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Nov. 14.

Roy urges Johnson to reject appropriations ‘side deals’

By Aidan Quigley
Posted November 28, 2023 at 1:00pm
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., heads the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.

China commission calls for stronger tech export controls

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 28, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Lou Correa co-chairs a caucus looking to advance treatments for veterans.

Momentum builds for psychedelic therapies for troops, vets

By Mark Satter
Posted November 28, 2023 at 5:30am
From left, Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., speaker-designate, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., are seen on the House floor before Johnson was elected speaker on Oct. 25.

Bipartisan consensus elusive on government retirees’ benefits

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 28, 2023 at 5:00am
A dozen people with the Bound4LIFE group stand in front of the Supreme Court building with red tape over their mouths for the first day of the court’s new session in October.

Idaho asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of state abortion ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 27, 2023 at 2:14pm
Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, seen leaving a House GOP meeting on Nov. 7, says the administration’s move may be unconstitutional.

IRS delays new online sellers’ tax reporting threshold

By Laura Weiss
Posted November 21, 2023 at 4:16pm
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo arrives at the Rayburn House Office Building on Sept. 15, 2022. Eshoo on Tuesday became the latest veteran lawmaker to announce plans to retire at the end of this term.

Eshoo, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker, announces plans to retire

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 21, 2023 at 1:13pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., objected to language in the Senate's bill that could allow pilots to complete some of their training on simulators.

‘Near misses’ add urgency to FAA reauthorization efforts

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 21, 2023 at 11:05am
Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives to testify during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in 2022.

Appeals court rules private groups can’t file lawsuits over key Voting Rights Act section

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 20, 2023 at 3:21pm
Anti-war protesters hold banners and signs calling for a cease-fire in Gaza on Nov. 3 in the Hart Senate Office Building.

US arms aid to Israel tests whether humanitarian law applies

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 20, 2023 at 3:10pm
Former President Donald Trump signs a Border Patrol hat Monday after giving remarks at the South Texas International airport in Edinburg, Texas.

Appeals court weighs Trump’s arguments against gag order in Jan. 6-related case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 20, 2023 at 1:32pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., walks down the steps outside the Senate side of the Capitol on Wednesday.

Tentative Senate calendar for 2024 available

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 17, 2023 at 5:16pm
An ongoing ad campaign by PhRMA over the role of pharmacy benefit managers has made its star, Peter Flihan, a familiar and omnipresent face.

The inescapable ad campaign for a wonky drug policy debate

By Lauren Clason
Posted November 17, 2023 at 10:12am
Physician Luke Van Oeveren and nurse Cindy Pirrung respond to a call in Avel eCare's telehealth emergency hub, in Sioux Falls, S.D., where the team fields calls from ambulances and hospitals around the country.

COVID aid fuels telehealth expansion in rural America

By Lauren Clason
Posted November 16, 2023 at 7:00am
A boat pushes coal barges up the center of the Mississippi River after the water level dropped to near historical lows in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on October 18. For the second straight year the largest North American river has sunken to record low levels amid ongoing drought.

Trouble comes to the Mississippi from prolonged drought

By Mike Magner
Posted November 16, 2023 at 7:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and his leadership counterparts have their work cut out for them.

Senate votes to keep government open amid wide gulf on spending

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted November 15, 2023 at 6:50pm, Updated at 11:18pm
Former President Donald Trump's eligibility for the Colorado ballot is under challenge because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

Colorado case over Trump’s eligibility for primary ballot goes to judge

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 15, 2023 at 9:15pm
Members of House leave the Capitol for their Thanksgiving recess after the final votes of the week on Wednesday.

House heads home after defeat of rule for Iran, spending bills

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 15, 2023 at 12:13pm, Updated at 3:11pm
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow says she expects provisions dealing with artificial intelligence in the next farm bill.

Senators embrace AI on the farm, eye provisions in farm bill

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted November 15, 2023 at 12:10pm
Sen. Roger Marshall forced a procedural vote Tuesday aimed at forcing a vote on a House-passed bill Israel aid bill that includes billions in cuts to the IRS.

Senate Democrats stop GOP ‘sneak attack’ on House-passed Israel aid and IRS cut bill

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 14, 2023 at 7:04pm
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., points to a photo of Justice Clarence Thomas during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in May on Supreme Court ethics.

Supreme Court ethics code doesn’t satisfy Democratic appetite for legislation

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 14, 2023 at 6:00pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

House passes two-tiered stopgap bill to avert shutdown

By Aidan Quigley
Posted November 14, 2023 at 5:42pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center where he addressed the continuing resolution to fund the government on Tuesday.

Relatively smooth sailing seen for stopgap bill in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted November 14, 2023 at 2:27pm
Speaker Mike Johnson leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday.

House backers of proposed cuts to federal law enforcement see Johnson as an ally

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 14, 2023 at 1:00pm
Senate Commerce Chair Maria Cantwell says the Senate is on track to pass a package of child online safety measures this year.

Push renewed for online child safety bill despite setbacks

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted November 14, 2023 at 7:00am
Comedian and activist Jon Stewart, right, speaks to Marine Corps veteran Jerry Ensminger on Aug. 10, 2022, during a signing ceremony for the PACT Act, which allows those harmed at Camp Lejeune to file damage claims.

Key study of Camp Lejeune cancers in limbo as cases go to court

By Mike Magner
Posted November 14, 2023 at 6:00am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with the panel's ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, before the start of the committee's hearing on the president's supplemental request on Nov. 8.

Stopgap funds bill leaves plenty of post-Thanksgiving leftovers

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted November 13, 2023 at 7:31pm
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., is seen outside the House Republican Conference speaker election in the Longworth House Office Building on Oct. 11.

Rep. Mike Garcia pushes for ‘right sized’ Ukraine supplemental

By Briana Reilly
Posted November 13, 2023 at 3:59pm
Justices pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington in October 2022. Seated, from left, are Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., and Justice Elena Kagan. Standing behind, from left, are Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Supreme Court announces new ethics code

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 13, 2023 at 3:54pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference on Nov. 7 with family members of hostages taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Johnson offers up two-tiered stopgap funds plan

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 11, 2023 at 5:25pm, Updated at 6:30pm