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Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., walks down the House steps after the last votes of the week on Feb. 28, 2020.

Negotiators seem open to trade-offs for coronavirus relief deal

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 15, 2020 at 6:01pm
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Reps. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., and Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on how COVID-19 disproportionately affects black Americans on April 23, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Butterfield wants Pelosi to require masks on the House floor

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 15, 2020 at 1:17pm
Rep. Steve Watkins, R-Kan., has been charged with three felonies connected to his voting in 2019 using an address at a UPS store. He called the timing of the charges three weeks before he is in a competitive primary suspicious.

Kansas GOP Rep. Steve Watkins charged with voter fraud

By Bridget Bowman
Posted July 14, 2020 at 8:19pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has worked with Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. to urge the Senate to add foreign aid to next COVID-19 relief bill.

Support grows for foreign aid in upcoming COVID-19 emergency bill

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 14, 2020 at 5:23pm
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in October 2019.

Convicted by software? Not so fast, says California lawmaker

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted July 14, 2020 at 6:00am
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (originally District of Columbia Stadium (D.C. Stadium), commonly RFK Stadium or RFK) is a multi-purpose stadium, located near the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers in Washington, D.C.

Domino effect: Washington football team’s name, statues in DC, in Capitol, face removal

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 13, 2020 at 6:24pm
Roger Stone, seen here leaving federal court in February.

Leahy to Barr: Is Roger Stone sentence commutation ‘a crime’?

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 13, 2020 at 4:40pm
Larry Kudlow, White House economic adviser, listens to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin deliver remarks on the coronavirus relief package on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Negotiators look for common ground on unemployment aid extension

By David Lerman
Posted July 13, 2020 at 3:31pm
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., pictured at Thursday's House Appropriations Committee markup in Longworth.

Appropriations gavel candidate pledges federal resources for minorities

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted July 13, 2020 at 2:55pm
The House Appropriations Committee gathers Friday for a markup. As lawmakers turn to their routine business of appropriations this month, consensus about how to handle the coronavirus crisis has eroded, and the political imperative has returned.

For Congress, rancor and politics overshadow consequential coronavirus relief

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 13, 2020 at 7:00am
Congress could improve its own operations and better serve constituents through a series of proposals in reports released on Friday.

Self-help guide to Congress: Reports detail ways the institution could better itself

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 10, 2020 at 4:22pm
Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Facebook, confers with aides before testifying during the House Financial Services hearing titled ““An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors”,” on Oct. 23, 2019.

Why can’t we define disinformation?

By Jinitzail Hernández and Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 10, 2020 at 11:49am
Illinois state police respond to protests outside of Trump Tower in Chicago on May 30, 2020.

Milley: We need a clear distinction between police and military

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 9, 2020 at 6:38pm
Oklahoma GOP Reps. Markwayne Mullin, left, and Kevin Hern both own firms that received PPP relief funds.

$14M in relief funds find members of Congress and family

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted July 8, 2020 at 7:01am, Updated July 9, 2020 at 6:03pm
Aerial view of the Pentagon building.

House Defense spending report shows bad blood with Pentagon

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2020 at 5:59pm
Members of Congress walk up the House steps for the vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act on June 25, 2020.

Capitol Police force faces lawmaker demands for change

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 9, 2020 at 5:38pm
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is the Democratic Caucus chairman. The caucus released its rules publicly on Thursday.

The answer? 42. The question? The number of House Democratic Caucus rules, finally made public

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 9, 2020 at 3:58pm
Bill Christeson holds up a sign that reads "Follow the Money" outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday.

Supreme Court caps congressional power to subpoena presidential records

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 9, 2020 at 12:59pm
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, arrives to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on June 30.

Republicans discussing coronavirus aid package contours

By David Lerman
Posted July 9, 2020 at 12:11pm
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx listen during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the U.S. Department of Education July 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. Vice President Pence and the task force members discussed the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic and the reopening of nation's schools in the Fall. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The ABCs of school reopening

By Thomas McKinless and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 9, 2020 at 12:00pm
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director of European affairs at the National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, testify during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump in Nov. 19, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Duckworth doesn’t back down following Vindman retirement

By Mark Satter
Posted July 8, 2020 at 3:27pm
Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., spent campaign funds on membership fees to a social club in Birmingham.

House lawmakers use campaign money for membership dues to plush clubs

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 8, 2020 at 2:59pm
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., a Senate appropriator, led the state's efforts to gather health-related earmarks in fiscal 2022.

House bid to remove Confederate statues at Capitol sets up fight with Senate

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 8, 2020 at 7:00am
Just like restaurants across the country, eateries within the Capitol, like the Dirksen Cafeteria, have been hit hard by the pandemic.

Layoff threats scare Senate food workers, but most spared until September

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 8, 2020 at 5:30am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., says that “there’s a reckoning around the seniority structures here in the House that are probably overdue.”

Committee chairs’ power questioned in and outside Congress

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 8, 2020 at 5:00am
UNITED STATES - JUNE 11: A statue of Robert E. Lee stands in the Crypt are of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Bill to remove Capitol’s Confederate statues OK’d by House panel

By Thomas McKinless
Posted July 7, 2020 at 4:35pm
Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform,is seen during a news conference in the Capitol in this archive photo. Norquist, is also president of the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, which received a Paycheck Protection Program loan.

Groups critical of taxes, spending not opposed to PPP loans

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 6, 2020 at 7:39pm, Updated July 7, 2020 at 11:31am
Tony Cárdenas standing in front of a window

House Democrats adopt caucus rule to encourage diverse hiring

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 6, 2020 at 6:34pm
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany answers questions during a press briefing at the White House on Monday.

White House claims remdesivir decreases coronavirus mortality rate

By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 6, 2020 at 5:19pm
Pages lead the procession of the Senate on Jan. 6, 2017, through the Capitol Rotunda into the House chamber with the Electoral College ballot boxes. The pages’ fall semester has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Senate page program suspended, fall semester canceled as COVID-19 persists

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 6, 2020 at 4:43pm