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An electric vehicle charging station in Monterey Park, Calif., on May 18.

In massive House highway bill, climate is a common refrain

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 7, 2021 at 7:00am
Naftali Bennett, leader of the Israeli right-wing Yamina (“New Right”) party, addresses supporters at his party's campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2021.

With new Israeli government, Democrats may seek ‘reset’

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 4, 2021 at 2:10pm
J. Brett Blanton, seen here at his nomination hearing in 2019, is being investigated by the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General for allegedly misusing his government vehicle for personal use.

AOC Blanton under investigation for misusing government vehicle

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 4, 2021 at 8:00am
The interchange of I-66, left to right, and I-495, is seen in Virginia on descent to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 4, 2020.

House Democrats offer five-year, $547 billion highway bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 4, 2021 at 7:48am
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warns the photographer about the end of the escalator in the Senate subway on May 25.

Sen. Ted Cruz prevails in campaign finance lawsuit

By Todd Ruger and Kate Ackley
Posted June 3, 2021 at 3:20pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the Senate subway during a vote on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Iron Dome funds may hitch a ride on Capitol security supplemental

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted June 3, 2021 at 12:36pm, Updated at 1:36pm
House Budget Committee ranking member Jason Smith, R-Mo., speaks to reporters after a House GOP caucus meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center on Feb. 24, 2021.

Legal verdict on Biden’s hold on border wall funds could come soon

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 3, 2021 at 1:06pm
House Agriculture Chairman David Scott presides at a hearing on May 18.

House Agriculture chairman objects to Biden inheritance tax plan

By Ellyn Ferguson and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 2, 2021 at 6:19pm, Updated at 7:55pm
Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden is questioning how pharmaceutical company AbbVie has paid “a stunningly low effective tax rate.”

Finance chair investigating drugmaker AbbVie’s tax strategy

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 2, 2021 at 2:36pm
A new opinion from the Senate parliamentarian states that the framers of the 1974 law establishing the modern budget process didn’t intend for lawmakers to use the budget reconciliation process multiple times in any given year.

Parliamentarian guidance deals blow to reconciliation strategy

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 2, 2021 at 12:54pm
Rep. Jim Langevin says training and engagement can increase accessibility and understanding of the disabled on Capitol Hill.

Staff training key to shifting attitudes on accessibility for disability community

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted June 2, 2021 at 5:00am
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the administration wants a clear direction by June 7.

Capito and Biden to meet as ‘fish or cut bait’ moment nears

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 1, 2021 at 5:44pm
Vice President Kamala Harris tours a clean energy lab at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on May 4.

Research and development ambitions will test bipartisanship

By Dean DeChiaro and Gopal Ratnam
Posted June 1, 2021 at 6:30am, Updated at 12:04pm
House Budget Chairman John Yarmuth says he's still planning to bring a full fiscal 2022 budget resolution before his committee.

Yarmuth: Democrats likely to adopt Biden’s spending targets

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 28, 2021 at 6:16pm
Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, arrives to testify during the House Financial Services hearing on 'An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors' on Oct. 23, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers want advertising transparency from Big Tech

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted May 28, 2021 at 3:18pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., talks with a reporter in the Ohio Clock Corridor before a news conference on Friday.

Schumer puts election overhaul on June agenda, floats second attempt at 1/6 commission

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 28, 2021 at 3:15pm
Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, left, and Mike Lee of Utah have concerns about the science research and development bill’s content and the manner in which the Senate had amended it.

Senate punts Schumer science and tech bill to June

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted May 28, 2021 at 1:46pm
Gladys Sicknick, center, mother of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Officer Harry Dunn and former Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., address the media Thursday before a meeting with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to urge Republican senators to support a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Republican senators torpedo Jan. 6 commission

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 28, 2021 at 12:14pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., led the bipartisan effort to write the bill aimed at competing with China in science and technology.

Senate advances science and tech bill

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted May 27, 2021 at 4:29pm
Christine Wormuth, nominee to be secretary of the Army, testifies during her Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on May 13.

Second time’s a charm? Senate confirms Wormuth, again, as Army secretary

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted May 27, 2021 at 1:28pm
From left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., announced the latest GOP infrastructure proposal on Thursday.

Biden to meet Republicans about their new infrastructure pitch

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 27, 2021 at 12:02pm
The proposals from Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Andy Levin reflect how some Democrats would like to see a more ambitious infrastructure package even as Republicans seek to limit its size and scope.

Progressives push more clean energy infrastructure spending

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Joseph Morton
Posted May 27, 2021 at 10:34am
Staffers say denying the reality that Capitol workers, staffers and lawmakers experienced firsthand on Jan. 6 feels more personal than partisan disagreements about policy.

‘They wouldn’t care if I was dead’ — staffer fallout from Jan. 6 continues

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted May 27, 2021 at 5:00am
Marie Newman

Marie Newman accused of bribing potential primary opponent not to run

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 26, 2021 at 7:54pm
Sen. Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., talk as they arrive in the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Leahy: 50-50 earmarks split OK if GOP requests enough projects

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 26, 2021 at 5:22pm

Capitol Police motorcycle officer struck by van, airlifted to hospital

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 26, 2021 at 5:13pm
David Chipman, left, testifies at a Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force hearing in 2013.

ATF nominee’s gun stances prompt Republican pushback

By Todd Ruger
Posted May 26, 2021 at 2:39pm
Close-up of Sen. John William Warner, R-Va., outside the Capitol in September 1995.

Warner’s death reminds Washington what it’s missing

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 26, 2021 at 1:03pm
Second-term Texas Rep. Colin Allred won reelection last year by a 6-point margin. He said he doesn’t expect earmarks to be used against him in the midterms.

Vulnerable Democrats bet earmark stigma has worn off

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 26, 2021 at 9:56am
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito did not get the Senate Environment and Public Works gavel, but she has been in the spotlight.

Capito, ‘a doer,’ embraces deal-maker role on infrastructure

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 26, 2021 at 5:30am