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Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, left, and Judiciary Richard Durbin, D-Ill., talk during the hearing on "Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote" on Tuesday.

Senators squabble over voting rights, underscoring deep division on state efforts

By Todd Ruger
Posted April 20, 2021 at 4:51pm
Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., is the third member of his party to face a fine for avoiding security screening to enter the House floor.

Rep. Rogers fined $5,000 for skipping security screening for House floor

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 20, 2021 at 3:56pm
Denis McDonough, secretary of Veterans Affairs, is shown at his Senate confirmation hearing in January.

Veterans hit by huge pandemic-related records backlog

By Mark Satter
Posted April 20, 2021 at 8:00am
An activist holds sunflowers and wears a sticker of Taiwan's national flag on her face in support of the Sunflower Student Movement, which occupied the parliament building in Taipei in 2014. The movement led to the island adopting citizen input votes through mobile phone technology.

Tech tools help deepen citizen input in drafting laws abroad and in U.S. states

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 20, 2021 at 6:30am
Thumbnail photo by Mark Andersen/Getty

As VAWA awaits Senate vote, experts weigh in on the way we talk about abuse

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted April 20, 2021 at 6:15am
“If you want to be a bank, you need to be regulated like a bank,” says Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer.

Lawmakers fret over backdoor entry to banking for big companies

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 20, 2021 at 5:00am
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, seen here at the Capitol on Jan. 3, 2018, has died at age 93.

Walter Mondale, Minnesota liberal who transformed vice presidency, dies at 93

By Finlay Lewis
Posted April 19, 2021 at 10:06pm
A Capitol Police Officer pays her respects to Officer Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries sustained during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Capitol Police officer’s ‘natural’ death to remain classified as in the line of duty

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 19, 2021 at 8:28pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with a reporter in the Senate subway in the Capitol on April 14.

Food fight: Rubio targets House Sodexo contract over voting rights support

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted April 19, 2021 at 6:25pm
A staffer walks through the small Senate rotunda in the Capitol on Monday.

Senate moves toward bipartisan endgame on AAPI hate crimes legislation

By Todd Ruger
Posted April 19, 2021 at 4:38pm
Senate Judiciary Committee member Mazie K. Hirono said she is supportive of having a federal domestic terrorism law, particularly to better deal with violent white supremacists, but she would want to see it carefully tailored to avoid abuse.

Lawmakers divided over need for new domestic terrorism law

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 19, 2021 at 9:01am
Earlier this month, Mitch McConnell warned corporations to “stay out of politics,” but his recent comments on taxes were surely music to business owners’ ears, Zeller writes.

The GOP’s fallout with big business is already mending

By Shawn Zeller
Posted April 19, 2021 at 6:55am
A Capitol Police officer takes a moment to pet one of the K9s on the East Front of the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.

Capitol Police did not act on past intel recommendations from IG

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 15, 2021 at 6:01pm
Rep. Tom Suozzi says the aim of the SALT Caucus, which he co-chairs, is to raise awareness and support for repeal of the $10,000 SALT limitation on state and local tax deductions.

Key Democrats flex ‘SALT’ muscles ahead of infrastructure debate

By Doug Sword
Posted April 15, 2021 at 5:21pm
From left, Sen. Edward J. Markey and Reps. Mondaire Jones, Jerrold Nadler and Hank Johnson hold a news conference Thursday outside the Supreme Court to announce their bill to expand the number of seats on the high court.

Supreme Court expansion bill faces serious blocks across political spectrum

By Todd Ruger
Posted April 15, 2021 at 3:00pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is seen during a Senate vote in the Capitol on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Senate GOP and earmarks: It depends on the definition of ‘rule’

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 14, 2021 at 5:49pm
Rioters attempt to enter the Capitol at the House steps during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.

Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt will not be charged

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 14, 2021 at 5:47pm
Acting Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police Yogananda Pittman was the head of intelligence leading up to Jan. 6.

Inspector general cites glaring problems within Capitol Police

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 14, 2021 at 4:09pm, Updated at 5:23pm
President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Biden’s Afghanistan decision triggers worries on Capitol Hill

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 14, 2021 at 4:50pm
President Joe Biden, left, has been to many joint addresses in his time in politics, such as when this photo was taken in 2016 when he was vice president and spoke with then-Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a Joint Meeting of Congress, June 8, 2016. But April 28 will be his first time addressing a joint session as president.

‘Relatively few’ lawmakers can attend Biden’s April 28 joint address, Hoyer says

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 14, 2021 at 4:34pm
A couple dances at the White House Correspondents' Jam II party during a weekend of festivities for the White House Corespondents' Dinner in 2016. The event has been canceled in 2021 amid the pandemic.

White House Correspondents’ Dinner gets canceled … again

By Chris Cioffi
Posted April 14, 2021 at 3:39pm
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on April 14.

Senators press spy agencies to focus on China’s technological advances

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted April 14, 2021 at 2:10pm
Gensler, left, shown here testifying to Senate Agriculture subcommittee in 2012.

Senate confirms Gensler to lead SEC

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 14, 2021 at 12:33pm
Fire trucks line Independence Avenue as the Capitol is under lockdown in Washington on Jan. 6.

Pandemic, insurrection, shootings, but little progress on congressional continuity plans

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted April 14, 2021 at 5:00am
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse has been a leading voice for keeping earmarks out of spending bills.

Senate GOP to decide April 21 on internal earmark ban

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted April 13, 2021 at 6:10pm
Lee, right, and Cruz, shown here wearing the home team uniform, say they, along with Hawley, will introduce legislation Wednesday.

It’s Lee to Cruz to Hawley as GOP makes antitrust play on MLB

By Alexei Alexis
Posted April 13, 2021 at 6:04pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other Democrats conduct a news conference on Tuesday after their caucus’ first in-person lunch in more than a year.

Senate Democrats: Let’s do lunch, just without food

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted April 13, 2021 at 5:05pm
Hawaii Sen. Mazie K. Hirono’s bill to address the rise in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is headed for floor consideration.

‘Urgency’ creates a Senate path for AAPI hate crimes legislation

By Todd Ruger
Posted April 13, 2021 at 4:57pm
President Joe Biden, the children of the late Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans — Logan, 9, and Abigail, 7 — and their mother, Shannon Terranova, pay respects Tuesday as he lies in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Evans died April 2 when a driver rammed the north barricade of the Capitol.

Hill mourns Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans

By Chris Marquette
Posted April 13, 2021 at 4:36pm
Brown said past infrastructure spending "excluded or directly harmed lower-wealth communities and communities of color."

Housing advocates want equity provisions in infrastructure bill

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 13, 2021 at 2:05pm