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Reps. James R. Comer, R-Ky., left, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, conduct a news conference on the investigation into the Biden family's “influence peddling to enrich themselves,” in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 10.

Ways and Means will meet to review private tax documents

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 20, 2023 at 5:40pm
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, attends a White House ceremony in 2022.

Hunter Biden agrees to plead guilty on tax evasion charges

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 20, 2023 at 11:00am
Sen. Richard Blumenthal hugs gun control advocate and former Rep. Gabby Giffords after her address during the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford on Friday.

Advocates, Biden mark anniversary of gun law, look to future

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 16, 2023 at 5:58pm
Trump supporters wear matching T-shirts outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. Courthouse in Miami as former President Donald Trump was arraigned inside on Tuesday.

How inmate Trump could become President Trump and pardon himself

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 16, 2023 at 6:00am
In this photo illustration, pages are viewed from the unsealed federal indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Trump indictment: When always striving for ‘more’ turns toxic

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted June 15, 2023 at 6:00am
House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, center, talks with Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., during a full committee markup Wednesday.

Battle over parties’ share of earmarks erupts in House panel

By Aidan Quigley
Posted June 14, 2023 at 6:55pm
Dale Ho, right, approaches microphones with other lawyers to speak to reporters outside of the Supreme Court after arguments in 2019 over a citizenship question the Trump administration sought to add to the 2020 census.

Senate confirms voting rights lawyer as New York federal judge

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 14, 2023 at 4:34pm
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., conducts a news conference Tuesday outside the Capitol on discharge petitions to bring “common-sense gun safety legislation,” to the floor.

House GOP passes measure to undo pistol brace regulation

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 13, 2023 at 6:01pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito speaks to reporters during Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on May 31.

Disaster relief caught in the supplemental spending crossfire

By Aidan Quigley
Posted June 12, 2023 at 10:30am, Updated at 4:37pm
John L. "Jack" Smith, special counsel, delivers a statement Friday on the recent indictment Donald Trump more than three dozen federal charges related to his retention of classified documents after his presidency.

Trump indictment details national defense documents he kept at club

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 9, 2023 at 2:39pm, Updated at 4:40pm
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy participate in the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon on March 17.

Who emerged from the debt talks stronger? Mostly America’s creditors

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 9, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and members of the House Freedom Caucus hold a news conference to oppose the debt limit deal outside of the US Capitol on May 30.

House GOP leaders work to tamp down rule fracas

By David Lerman
Posted June 8, 2023 at 5:01pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pushed to stop President Joe Biden from being able to forgive student loan debt by executive action.

Biden vetoes effort to block student loan forgiveness

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 7, 2023 at 6:57pm
House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James R. Comer conducts a news conference Monday after a meeting in the Capitol where he and ranking member Jamie Raskin reviewed an FBI document that alleges a criminal financial scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden.

House GOP presses forward with contempt against FBI director

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 7, 2023 at 4:42pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was part of a bloc of conservatives who thwarted a procedural vote Tuesday because of lingering anger over a debt and spending package the House passed last week with Democratic support.

Still steaming over debt deal, conservatives derail House action

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Avery Roe
Posted June 6, 2023 at 4:28pm, Updated at 7:02pm
Texas Sen. John Cornyn warned Democrats not to "jam" the supplemental bill through the Senate.

IRS budget battle not over after debt ceiling agreement

By Laura Weiss
Posted June 5, 2023 at 6:08pm
President Joe Biden shakes hands with Speaker Kevin McCarthy before delivering the State of the Union address on Feb. 7.

Of course President Biden negotiated on the debt ceiling

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 2, 2023 at 6:01am
President Joe Biden is helped up after falling during the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colo., on Thursday.

Biden falls at graduation, but gets back up and finishes ceremony

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 1, 2023 at 3:46pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy makes his way to the House floor for a procedural vote on the debt limit bill on Wednesday.

Debt limit package passes House, heads to Senate

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 31, 2023 at 9:30pm
House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., conducts a news conference on the debt ceiling on Wednesday.

Debt limit rule adopted after Democrats ride to rescue

By Laura Weiss, Caitlin Reilly and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 31, 2023 at 2:59pm, Updated at 7:10pm
An agreement between President Joe Biden and House Republican leaders would end a pause in studen loan repayments begun during the pandemic but would not overturn Biden's proposal to forgive up to $20,000 in debt for borrowers, which has been challenged before the Supreme Court.

House and Senate wrangle over student loans

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 31, 2023 at 9:38am, Updated at 4:08pm
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., the chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, has come out in support of the debt limit deal.

Hawks worry about defense caps in debt limit deal

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted May 31, 2023 at 11:20am
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in November.

McCarthy floats contempt for FBI director over document request

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 30, 2023 at 4:53pm, Updated at 6:27pm
Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, here at a March hearing, defended the debt and spending bill on Tuesday.

White House defends debt deal, leaves vote-counting to Hill

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 30, 2023 at 4:43pm
Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro talks with reporters in August 2022 after appearing in federal district court in Washington for a motion hearing.

Judge sets Navarro contempt of Congress trial for September

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 30, 2023 at 12:44pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, center, Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark conduct a news conference on the debt ceiling in the Capitol on May 23, 2023.

Bipartisan debt limit package unveiled as clock ticks toward ‘x date’

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 28, 2023 at 9:34pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is seen after talking with reporters about the debt ceiling negotiations outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Debt limit deal appears close as negotiators keep working

By Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak, Laura Weiss, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 26, 2023 at 2:42pm, Updated at 7:19pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the White House’s fiscal 2024 budget request on March 16.

Yellen: Treasury to have ‘insufficient resources’ by June 5

By Laura Weiss
Posted May 26, 2023 at 5:09pm
Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-N.C., arrives at the Capitol during the last votes of the week on Thursday.

Parties moving closer on debt ceiling deal as talks drag on

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley, Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 25, 2023 at 2:05pm, Updated at 11:24pm
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said he was “deeply disappointed that the court is taking away the EPA’s ability that has been standing for 50 years.”

Supreme Court ruling will force changes to ‘waters of US’ rule

By David Jordan
Posted May 25, 2023 at 5:43pm