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Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer, the lone remaining member of the seven-person U.S. Sentencing Commission. (U.S. Courts)

Help wanted: Revived commission could spark criminal justice changes

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 29, 2021 at 6:00am
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, is sworn in during a March 3 Senate hearing examining the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Maj. Gen. William J. Walker named House sergeant-at-arms, first Black man in post

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 26, 2021 at 4:47pm
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, here with House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer outside the Capitol on March 10, says his legislation would “end our rigged tax code.”

Sanders rolls out nearly $3 trillion in tax increase proposals

By Doug Sword
Posted March 25, 2021 at 8:45pm
A woman dressed up as a plague doctor holds a sign Thursday near the Capitol ahead of the House hearing on online disinformation.

Lawmakers alarmed at social media making money off ‘addiction’

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted March 25, 2021 at 6:41pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's ouster of a Black USDA official in 2010 was the only instance of a department employee being fired for discrimination, according to Shirley Miller Sherrod, the woman he forced out of a job.

House panel leader vows end to ‘racial discrimination’ at USDA

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted March 25, 2021 at 6:36pm
From left, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Sen. Roy Blunt hold a news conference Thursday to introduce their Capitol fencing legislation.

Lawmakers push to prohibit permanent fencing around the Capitol complex

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:36pm
President Joe Biden answers questions Thursday at the White House during his first news conference since taking office.

Senate Democrats welcome Biden ‘signal’ on nixing filibuster if Republicans obstruct

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:09pm
Cardin warned his Senate colleagues Thursday that adopting any amendments would probably mean expiration of the PPP.

Senate clears PPP bill, extending loan applications through May

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 25, 2021 at 2:21pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer holds his news conference on upcoming Senate business in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

Schumer lays out ambitious spring, early summer agenda

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 25, 2021 at 2:01pm
Fire trucks line Independence Avenue with the Capitol under lockdown on Jan. 6, 2021.

Emergency preparedness training is optional for lawmakers, staff, but some look for a mandate

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 25, 2021 at 5:30am
Pro-Trump rioters occupy the West Front of the Capitol and the inauguration stands on Jan. 6.

Lawmakers quibble over extent of military’s extremism problem

By Mark Satter
Posted March 24, 2021 at 5:14pm
Scott, the first African American to lead House Agriculture, will examine the state of Black farmers.

Hearing on Black farmers puts Vilsack’s past and future on view

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted March 24, 2021 at 3:50pm
A Capitol Hill resident runs through a portion of security fence along 3rd Street on Monday. Much of the outer fencing near the Capitol was removed over the weekend.

Outer fence surrounding the Capitol complex is down

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 24, 2021 at 2:35pm
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, is one of two Asian American and Pacific Islander senators who pushed the White House for more AAPI nominees.

White House promises Asian American liaison after Democrats threaten confirmation votes

By Niels Lesniewski and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 24, 2021 at 9:16am, Updated at 10:27am
House Appropriations Interior-Environment Subcommittee Chairwoman Chellie Pingree said the tools for addressing plastic waste are available now.

Democrats’ corporate responsibility bill targets plastic waste

By Joseph Morton
Posted March 24, 2021 at 7:00am
Rounds, who supports an alternative proposal, acknowledged Democrats may have enough support to clear a House PPP extension.

As deadline nears, Senate Democrats pick up GOP support to extend PPP

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 24, 2021 at 7:00am
Colored tape on the floor guides COVID-19 vaccine recipients at a neighborhood vaccination center in Washington on March 19.

Americans at military bases overseas struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine

By Mark Satter
Posted March 24, 2021 at 5:30am
Sen. Tammy Duckworth is seen in the Senate subway on Feb, 9, 2021.

Duckworth to vote ‘no’ on Biden nominees unless they are minorities, LGBTQ

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted March 23, 2021 at 6:53pm
Vivek H. Murthy adjusts his mask during his confirmation hearing on Feb. 25, 2021.

Senate confirms Murthy as surgeon general

By Ariel Cohen
Posted March 23, 2021 at 6:44pm
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power testifies Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

USAID nominee promises to prioritize anti-corruption work

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 23, 2021 at 6:06pm
Shalanda Young testifies during her Senate Budget Committee nomination hearing on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Young confirmed as OMB deputy director

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted March 23, 2021 at 3:30pm, Updated at 4:57pm
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said federal financial relief packages, especially provisions in the newest law, would address the “very deep pockets of pain” that remain in the economy.

Yellen, Powell say pandemic aid averted worst economic blow

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 23, 2021 at 3:26pm
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Lisa Monaco, far right, nominee for deputy attorney general, and Vanita Gupta, nominee for associate attorney general, on March 9.

New mass shootings reveal old divisions on gun control proposals

By Todd Ruger
Posted March 23, 2021 at 2:42pm
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer has compared short selling more shares than are available to playing “musical chairs with your money.”

GameStop hearing targets stock lending, social media

By Michael Shaw
Posted March 23, 2021 at 5:00am
D.C. statehood activists walk by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Memory of Capitol riot hangs over DC statehood hearing

By Chris Cioffi
Posted March 22, 2021 at 5:56pm
D.C. statehood activists gather Monday in front of the Capitol to show support ahead of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on a D.C. statehood bill.

Senate preps more confirmations as House goes for committee work week

By Erin Bacon
Posted March 22, 2021 at 11:25am
Just because they aren’t home to big defense interests doesn’t mean Minnesota and Montana will be left out in the cold when appropriators fund the Pentagon.

New defense cardinals, same game

By Andrew Clevenger
Posted March 22, 2021 at 10:30am
Both Charles E. Schumer and Richard J. Durbin recently linked the Senate filibuster to America’s long resistance to racial equality.

Democrats pushing to weaken the filibuster say it enables racism

By Shawn Zeller
Posted March 22, 2021 at 6:55am
Razor wire-topped riot fencing and vehicle barricades block Constitution Avenue by the Capitol on Monday.

Outer fence surrounding Capitol complex to be removed this weekend

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 19, 2021 at 7:27pm
Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., attends a news conference in Washington on Dec. 14, 2020.

Tom Reed misconduct accusation could be subject to ethics scrutiny

By Chris Marquette
Posted March 19, 2021 at 3:54pm