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COVID-19 cases are rising on Capitol Hill.

Campus Notebook: Capitol Hill COVID-19 cases now top 100

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 28, 2020 at 12:48pm
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., may have violated House rules by reproducing official material on his Senate campaign website.

Ethics no-no: Doug Collins Senate campaign takes from official page

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 27, 2020 at 6:11pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pictured after a television interview on Aug. 14.

No ground given in coronavirus aid talks after Pelosi mocks Meadows

By David Lerman
Posted August 27, 2020 at 12:39pm, Updated at 4:50pm
A health care professional applies a swab at a drive-thru coronavirus testing facility for residents who have an order from a provider on Quincy Street in Arlington, Va., on March 19, 2020.

Decoding approval vs. authorization for COVID-19 treatments

By Thomas McKinless
Posted August 26, 2020 at 5:19pm
Glass on the desk near a shattered window at the office of Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., in Corning, New York. The office was vandalized early Wednesday morning.

Someone threw a brick at GOP Rep. Tom Reed’s campaign office window

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 26, 2020 at 4:02pm
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, arrives at the Capitol for a meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on coronavirus aid on Aug. 4, 2020.

White House backs CR as part of coronavirus aid package, Meadows says

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 26, 2020 at 11:54am
Maine Sen. Susan Collins faces Democrat Sara Gideon in her bid for a fifth term.

Sen. Susan Collins supports Trump, head of Maine GOP says

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 25, 2020 at 3:17pm
“If we have to have a continuing resolution, one to March would be best,” Senate Appropriations Vice Chairman Patrick J. Leahy says.

Congress faces tough call next month on stopgap funding length

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 25, 2020 at 2:00pm
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing titled "Protecting the Timely Delivery of Mail, Medicine, and Mail-in Ballots," in the Rayburn House Office Building on Monday.

Trump slams mail-in voting, while DeJoy calls rhetoric ‘not helpful’

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 24, 2020 at 6:04pm
A USPS location on Brentwood Road in Washington on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020.

House passes Postal Service funding, service standards

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 22, 2020 at 6:50pm
The House Ethics Committee on Friday said a tweet by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida “did not violate witness tampering and obstruction of Congress laws, but did not reflect creditably upon the House of Representatives.”

Gaetz admonished by Ethics Committee for threatening tweet directed at Michael Cohen

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 21, 2020 at 1:57pm
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in the Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020.

Postmaster general: ‘Dramatic’ changes ahead, but confidence in election mail is strong

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 21, 2020 at 1:02pm
Rep. Tony Cárdenas, D-Calif., announced Friday he is running for assistant speaker, the fourth ranking position of Democratic leadership.

Leadership races begin as Cárdenas announces bid for assistant speaker

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 21, 2020 at 12:36pm
More than a thousand demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd outside of the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

People of color hold small percentage of top jobs in Senate

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 21, 2020 at 12:06pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer are both talking about flipping the Senate.

Schumer: Ditching filibuster not ‘off the table’ if Biden, Democrats win

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 20, 2020 at 5:02pm
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, center, leaves the Capitol on Aug. 5 after meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer.

Postal chief in Dems’ crosshairs has long record of Republican contributions

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 20, 2020 at 4:33pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., disinfects the gavel before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing for Mark W. Menezes, nominee to be deputy secretary of energy, in the Dirksen Building on May 20, 2020.

Sen. Bill Cassidy tests positive for COVID-19

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 20, 2020 at 3:50pm
Rep. Max Rose, D-N.Y., among the most endangered incumbents, says "failure is not an option" on virus aid.

Blue Dogs call for restart of relief negotiations

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 20, 2020 at 2:08pm
Democrats want to ensure that full service is restored at the U.S. Postal Service and to also shore up the cash-strapped agency’s finances.

Postal Service bill unveiled in House as Democrats ponder sweeteners

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 19, 2020 at 11:11am, Updated at 12:37pm
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., joined by other Democratic members of Congress, speaks during a news conference on postal service outside the U.S. Postal Service Headquarters on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

Postal Service postponing changes until after election

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 18, 2020 at 1:58pm, Updated at 4:43pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell makes his way to the Senate Republican luncheon in the Hart Building on Aug. 5, 2020.

Scaled-back GOP aid package would write off $10 billion postal loan

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 18, 2020 at 12:40pm, Updated at 4:40pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks to members of the press in the Senate Subway on July 22, 2020.

Senate report outlines ‘grave’ Russian threat in 2016 election interference probe

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted August 18, 2020 at 1:05pm
A U.S. Postal Service flag blows in the wind Monday at a U.S. Postal Service location in Washington.

House to take up $25B for Postal Service, other fixes amid election uproar

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 17, 2020 at 3:36pm
Massachusetts Rep. Richard E. Neal, shown here on July 24, is being challenged by Alex Morse in a Sept. 1 Democratic primary.

Progressives eye ‘sea change’ at powerful House committee

By Doug Sword and Andrew Siddons
Posted August 17, 2020 at 12:00pm
Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., during a 2015 joint hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Crawford plays legislative whack-a-mole with China-made buses, railcars

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 17, 2020 at 6:00am
A U.S. Postal Service worker picks up mail from a sidewalk mailbox in Washington in April.

House interrupting recess to act on Postal Service ‘sabotage’

By Katherine Tully-McManus and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 16, 2020 at 8:00pm
The U.S. Postal Service is expected to play an important role in the 2020 election amid the coronavirus pandemic, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers.

The 2020 fight over the Postal Service underscores its long-unaddressed challenges

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 14, 2020 at 6:56pm
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., says no deal is good news for "future generations."

Senate backlash on pandemic aid sets up September stopgap fight

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted August 14, 2020 at 11:32am
Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis participates in a conference call on July 21 while sitting in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

Constituent communications went digital due to COVID-19, and that could stick, report says

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 14, 2020 at 7:00am
Smaller regional airports like this one serving Dubuque, Iowa, could see a loss of service when the current pandemic relief program ends Sept. 30.

Smaller airports may see schedule cuts after Sept. 30

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 14, 2020 at 6:00am