Congress
Your guide to what’s happening on Capitol Hill.
5 questions about the debt ceiling and the looming X-date, answered.
The Florida governor took to Twitter Spaces to announce a presidential run. It wasn’t pretty.
They’ve urged Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment to tackle the issue solo. That could be complicated.
The South Carolina Republican is running as someone who has “lived the American dream.”
The showdown will cause a global crisis — and that has real implications for US influence.
Rep. George Santos was federally indicted — but he’s still likely staying in Congress.
Former news anchor Donna Deegan flipped the city of Jacksonville, a rare win for Democrats in the state.
The wild primary in the most important election of 2023 pits a future GOP star against a megadonor.
Of the “five families” of the House GOP, one group could determine if the US defaults on its debt.
For the first time in decades, Democrats are making gains in areas that have some of Trump’s most reliable voters.
Failing to raise the debt ceiling would have potentially disastrous economic consequences.
What will the courts do if House Republicans push the United States into a default?
The Republican Congress member’s indictment could make things a lot tougher for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Where Democrats and Republicans stand ahead of a major meeting at the White House.
Ben Cardin’s retirement sets up a wide-open primary in 2024.
As the US inches closer to default, House Republicans offered an opening bid.
Democrats and Republicans took different, sometimes contradictory, lessons from the last standoff.
The reason we’re stressed about the debt ceiling — again.
The president’s policy achievements so far, briefly explained.
Democrats are preparing to fight House Republicans’ plan for Medicaid work requirements.
Three Democrats are running to replace Sen. Feinstein. These three factors may determine who wins.
Why some Democrats want Feinstein to resign immediately.
In a recent tweet, McConnell pushed back on speculation that he’s planning to step down.
Pressuring the 89-year-old senator to step down could throw the California senate race into chaos.
Some Democrats are pushing for the FDA to ignore a court ruling suspending the agency’s approval of mifepristone.
Raquel Terán’s just-announced run for Congress is a window into Democrats’ battle for a crucial swing state.
Even Trump’s Republican skeptics are apoplectic about his indictment.
Multiple far-right lawmakers and commentators responded to the shooting with transphobic statements.
House Republicans are still looking for their next Benghazi. But their investigations are unpopular.
The debate in France over raising the retirement age is also happening in the US.
TikTok, and its CEO Shou Chew, never really stood a chance.
Biden has officially blocked an anti-ESG resolution pushed by the GOP.
How the controversial senator could win — even after leaving the Democratic Party.
In recent statements, DeSantis is the latest GOP leader to break sharply from the party’s support for Ukraine.
If its spirit were more rigorously enforced.
Silicon Valley Bank was a test case for Congress’s 2018 bipartisan banking deregulation law. It failed.
The president is picking a fight with Republicans on their own turf — fiscal responsibility and defense spending.
Senate Republicans are condemning Carlson’s downplaying of the insurrection. House leaders, not so much.
The effort to undo updates to DC’s criminal code shows how little autonomy the city has.
A group of senators have quickly come together with a bill that could change the way the rail industry operates.