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Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer conduct a news conference on coronavirus aid in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, August 6, 2020.

Virus aid talks break down as White House weighs unilateral action

By Lindsey McPherson and Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 7, 2020 at 2:37pm, Updated at 5:02pm
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is being directed to reimburse her campaign account for post-election salary.

Rep. Tlaib directed to reimburse campaign for $10,800 in postelection paychecks

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 7, 2020 at 11:56am
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, who sleeps in his office, tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week.

Should lawmakers be sleeping in their offices during a pandemic?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 7, 2020 at 10:49am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer make their way to a news conference on coronavirus aid in the Capitol Visitor Center on August 6, 2020.

Virus aid talks teeter on brink of collapse

By Jennifer Shutt and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 6, 2020 at 3:09pm, Updated at 9:42pm
Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., participates in a conference call while sitting in Statuary Hall in the Capitol on July 21, 2020.

Rodney Davis maintains opposition to proxy voting after positive COVID-19 test

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 6, 2020 at 5:09pm, Updated at 7:55pm
Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., appeard skeptical of IG nominee Eric Soskin's answers.

Democrats press DOT watchdog nominee on independence

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 6, 2020 at 3:59pm
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference after the Senate Republican luncheon in Washington on Tuesday.

McConnell won’t force senators to stick around until there’s a coronavirus relief deal

By Chris Cioffi
Posted August 6, 2020 at 12:41pm
William Perry Pendley

After a year on job, public lands chief overdue for confirmation hearing, Democrats say

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted August 6, 2020 at 11:29am
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrive for a meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer in the Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020.

White House: Friday or bust for virus aid deal

By Jennifer Shutt, Lindsey McPherson and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted August 5, 2020 at 5:02pm, Updated at 7:04pm
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks to reporters during a break in a meeting on COVID-19 aid in the Capitol on July 21, 2020.

Interest groups press Senate appropriators to allow livestream video

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted August 5, 2020 at 1:32pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attends the Senate Judiciary Committee markup on the “Civil Justice for Victims of COVID Act,” and judicial nominations in Russell Building on July 30, 2020.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Witnesses testify at Senate Judiciary hearing on protests

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted August 5, 2020 at 11:35am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, speaks during a news conference after the Senate Republican luncheon in the Hart building Tuesday.

Virus aid talks inch forward; Mnuchin says deal possible by end of week

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 4, 2020 at 4:33pm, Updated at 7:07pm
Rep. Chris Collins, seen here in 2016 at a rally for Donald Trump, has requested a delay in his reporting to prison in Florida, citing the danger of the coronavirus pandemic.

Citing worsening pandemic, Chris Collins asks for another delay in reporting to prison

By Chris Marquette
Posted August 4, 2020 at 4:55pm
State-level highway planners are worried about a fall in gas tax revenue.

Highway work at risk as Congress considers next recovery bill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 4, 2020 at 6:00am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is questioning the timing of some Kodak stock transactions.

Warren asks SEC about insider trading in Trump’s Kodak pharmaceuticals announcement

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 4, 2020 at 5:30am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, on their way to brief reporters about the relief bill talks on Capitol Hill on Aug. 3, 2020.

Sides cite ‘productive’ but slow-moving coronavirus aid talks

By Jennifer Shutt and Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 3, 2020 at 6:14pm
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr., D-Ga., is under scrutiny for his use of taxpayer funds and campaign cash.

Spending on Christmas parties among allegations in ethics report on Sanford Bishop

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 31, 2020 at 4:34pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday. On Friday she said the Capitol physician has not yet said that he thinks Capitol complex employees should be regularly tested for coronavirus.

Should the Capitol start COVID-19 testing for staff and members?

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 31, 2020 at 3:59pm
White House Chief of Staff Meadows said at a briefing Friday that congressional Democrats haven't made any counter offers to Republicans for another pandemic relief bill.

Coronavirus relief talks stuck on scope of aid

By Lindsey McPherson and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 31, 2020 at 2:24pm
Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill. received a death threat.

Campus Notebook: Illinois man pleads guilty for threats to Rep. Rodney Davis

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 31, 2020 at 11:08am
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrive in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Sanders this week warmed to a suggestion by former President Barack Obama to overhaul the Senate's filibuster rules.

Could Obama’s call to end Senate filibuster shift the tide?

By Lindsey McPherson and Clyde McGrady
Posted July 31, 2020 at 10:56am
Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., was reprimanded on the House floor Friday, the first such instance since 2012.

Rep. Schweikert sanctioned in rare action on House floor

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 31, 2020 at 10:55am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., started the process to set up votes on reviving expanded unemployment benefits.

No ‘skinny’ deal on coronavirus relief in late-night meeting

By Niels Lesniewski and Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 30, 2020 at 3:22pm, Updated at 10:50pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks Thursday at the funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

John Lewis’ best friends in Congress attend his funeral

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 30, 2020 at 4:01pm
The Ethics Committee released a report on Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz. Thursday.

Misuse of taxpayer funds leads Ethics Committee to reprimand and fine Rep. Schweikert

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 30, 2020 at 1:53pm
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., introduced the amendment, which passed by voice vote.

House votes to end military ban on transgender troops

By Mark Satter
Posted July 30, 2020 at 1:36pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the press after attending a Senate Republican Policy Luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, May 19. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump doesn’t have authority to change election date alone

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 30, 2020 at 11:50am
An Air Force flight test squadron monitors an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

GAO: Higher nuke budgets won’t add much capability

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 30, 2020 at 11:19am
Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., canceled the hearing at the last minute, saying senators did not know enough about the controversial nominee.

Armed Services panel cancels hearing for controversial Pentagon nominee

By Mark Satter
Posted July 30, 2020 at 10:17am
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., has offered an amendment to the fiscal 2021 Defense spending bill that would overturn the Trump administration's ban on transgender servicemembers in the military.

House would overturn Trump’s transgender ban in military

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 30, 2020 at 10:03am