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Aly Raisman, an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics and survivor of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, spoke during a 2018 press conference in the Kennedy Caucus Room.

House clears sweeping Olympic and amateur sports oversight package

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 1, 2020 at 3:18pm
American Airlines furloughed 19,000 employees.

Airlines furlough tens of thousands as payroll support expires

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted October 1, 2020 at 1:36pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

Several lawmakers disclose opaque financial records

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 1, 2020 at 5:30am
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and Vice President Mike Pence arrive at the Capitol on Tuesday to meet with senators.

Supreme Court starts quiet term that could turn tumultuous

By Todd Ruger
Posted October 1, 2020 at 5:00am
Senate Appropriations Committee leaders Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., left, and Richard C. Shelby, R-Ala., arrive for a vote in the Capitol on Sept. 24, 2020.

Trump signs stopgap funding bill, averting government shutdown

By David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2020 at 6:03pm, Updated October 1, 2020 at 1:06am
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Sept. 22, 2020.

Exclusive: Mnuchin coronavirus relief plan includes more state, local funds

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 30, 2020 at 8:28pm
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York says Mnuchin's proposal moves negotiators closer together.

House delays vote on partisan virus aid bill amid last-ditch talks

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 30, 2020 at 11:18am, Updated at 5:39pm
Minority Leader Charles Schumer, shown Wednesday, is forcing a vote regarding the 2010 health care law.

Schumer goes around McConnell to set up vote defending Obamacare

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 30, 2020 at 4:27pm
The Voice of America building in Washington. The broadcasting service is part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

U.S. Agency for Global Media unrecognizable under Trump ally

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 30, 2020 at 1:25pm
Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, was among the members touting bipartisan policy recommendations as part of the House GOP's China Task Force.

House GOP’s China Task Force offers plenty of bipartisan proposals

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 30, 2020 at 12:08pm
The TikTok logo is seen on an iPhone 11 Pro max.

TikTok ‘not a great look’ for lawmakers, security experts say

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 30, 2020 at 6:00am
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on pandemic relief programs on Sept. 22, 2020.

House Democrats readying new virus aid package if GOP counter falls short

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 29, 2020 at 3:21pm, Updated at 7:42pm
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, is greeted by Vice President Mike Pence, left, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and White House counsel Pat Cipollone before being escorted to the Senate, where she will begin a series of meetings to prepare for her upcoming confirmation hearings, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.

Courtesy calls in the time of COVID-19: No handshakes, no Sherpa

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 29, 2020 at 6:56pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference on Sept. 9, 2020.

Senate ends debate on stopgap funding bill, final vote Wednesday

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 29, 2020 at 6:05pm
Carriers including American Airlines have said they will have no choice but to furlough employees if the aid is not renewed.

Democrats propose billions for airlines, transit in virus relief bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 29, 2020 at 8:39am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a House vote on the Democrats’ coronavirus measure was possible this week, though she’d “rather have a deal which puts money in people’s pockets than … have a rhetorical argument.”

Congress looks to avert shutdown amid Supreme Court fight

By Chris Cioffi and Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 29, 2020 at 5:30am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves Russell Building after an MSNBC interview on Monday, September 28, 2020.

Slimmer coronavirus aid package introduced in House

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 28, 2020 at 6:40pm, Updated at 8:17pm
Rep. John B. Larson, D-Conn., left, talks with Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., during a House Ways and Means hearing on March 3, 2020.

Pension negotiators restart talks with eyes on the calendar

By Doug Sword
Posted September 28, 2020 at 3:16pm
President Donald Trump announces his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House on September 26, 2020.

Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 26, 2020 at 5:19pm
Amy Coney Barrett is President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.

Trump expected to pick Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted September 25, 2020 at 6:02pm
The casket of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is placed in Statuary Hall in the Capitol to lie in state in Washington on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.

Capitol bids goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 25, 2020 at 1:35pm, Updated at 2:02pm
Census workers have until the end of October to finish up the 2020 count, according to a judge's order.

Judge orders Census Bureau to keep counting through October

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 25, 2020 at 9:53am
The Capitol could operate very differently if the House Modernization of Congress Committee can get some of its recommendations approved.

‘Fix Congress Committee’ launches framework for earmark revival

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 24, 2020 at 7:18pm
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., has been pushing for House Democrats to offer a new aid plan before leaving to campaign.

House Democrats drafting $2.4 trillion coronavirus relief bill

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted September 24, 2020 at 3:53pm
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, leaves the Senate Republican policy luncheon at the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Tuesday. Collins put out a statement Thursday saying she believes there will be a peaceful transition of power after this year's election.

GOP avoids T-word in transition pushback

By Chris Cioffi
Posted September 24, 2020 at 12:56pm
Reps. Max Rose, D-N.Y., left, and Dean Phillips, D-Minn., are among the Democrats trying to navigate COVID relief politics in their caucus and outside of it.

Moderate Dems’ willingness to push Pelosi faces test

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 24, 2020 at 11:25am
Abortion rights activists protest during a demonstration outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 4, as the court heard oral arguments regarding a Louisiana law about abortion access.

Election energy revs up on abortion policy

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 24, 2020 at 9:17am

Exclusive: Capitol Police disciplinary reports show pattern of misconduct

By Chris Marquette
Posted September 24, 2020 at 5:00am
People pay respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.

Trump wants new justice to be able to decide 2020 election

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 23, 2020 at 5:29pm
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on the Green New Deal Resolution outside the Capitol on Feb. 7, 2019.

For Democrats, infrastructure equals fighting climate change, creating jobs

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted September 23, 2020 at 11:29am