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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., arrive in the Capitol on May 12, 2020. Stabenow and Schumer published a new report Wednesday to highlight the role of "dark money" groups in judicial appointments.

Senate Democrats look to turn tables on GOP regarding judicial nominees

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 27, 2020 at 5:06pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., with lawmakers from both parties, wants to remake U.S. research and development spending to counter China.

Bipartisan bill seeks to counter China on emerging technology with $100 billion

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted May 27, 2020 at 4:28pm

Drug overdose deaths are increasing during the pandemic

By Sandhya Raman and Thomas McKinless
Posted May 27, 2020 at 4:02pm
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., has proposed a key amendment to the Senate-passed bill.

House divisions, veto threat imperil FISA surveillance deal

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 27, 2020 at 11:00am
Fire departments say they've been shortchanged by lack of funding, red tape.

Firefighters seek rough parity with police in virus aid efforts

By David Lerman
Posted May 27, 2020 at 7:00am
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, here talking with reporters in the Capitol on March 13, says members voting by proxy will be ‘voting just as real, just as effectively’ as those in the chamber.

Road ahead: Proxy voting begins as House takes up FISA, PPP bills

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 27, 2020 at 5:00am
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sued Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday over the new proxy voting rules.

House Republicans sue Nancy Pelosi to block proxy voting rule

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 26, 2020 at 7:19pm
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., shown here, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., have introduced a bill that would impose financial sanctions on Chinese individuals and banks.

Bipartisan Senate bill would punish Chinese banks over Hong Kong crackdown

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 26, 2020 at 6:19pm
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., is no longer under DOJ scrutiny.

Justice Department closes investigations into Loeffler, Feinstein, Inhofe

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 26, 2020 at 5:16pm
Glenn Fine, acting Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Defense, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Dec. 6, 2017.

U.S. government’s most experienced watchdog steps down

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 26, 2020 at 12:26pm
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is among the champions of the Park Service legislation.

Senate leaves for Memorial Day break; full June agenda awaits on return

By Niels Lesniewski and Tia Yang
Posted May 21, 2020 at 6:46pm
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, believes there will be an effort in the Senate Thursday to pass changes to the so-called Paycheck Protection Program.

Senate deal on small-business loan fixes on hold, for now

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 21, 2020 at 1:14pm, Updated at 5:42pm
Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senate Foreign Relations advances controversial Trump nominee in party-line vote

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 21, 2020 at 2:11pm
UNITED STATES - MAY 12: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, elbow bumps Marc Perrone, International President of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Examining Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic” on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Is there a ‘wave of COVID-19’ lawsuits coming?

By Emily Kopp and Thomas McKinless
Posted May 21, 2020 at 1:04pm
Rep. Steven Horsford, a Nevada Democrat, had an extramarital affair with a former Senate intern.

Horsford’s extramarital affair with former Senate intern shows how narrow House rules are

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 21, 2020 at 12:56pm
Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, was confirmed as director of national intelligence.

Ratcliffe wins Senate approval to be intelligence director

By Niels Lesniewski and Bridget Bowman
Posted May 21, 2020 at 12:50pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hold a socially distanced press in April. As death tolls continue to rise, the Democrats have urged President Donald Trump to lower flags when the death toll passes 100,000.

As coronavirus deaths pass 100K, Trump should lower flags, Pelosi, Schumer say

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 21, 2020 at 10:08am
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., in happier times, speaking with reporters after a news conference on the Land and Water Conservation Fund in March.

GOP senator: No recess without coronavirus aid package

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted May 20, 2020 at 6:17pm
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on May 20.

EPA’s Wheeler defends pandemic moves as Markey demands apology

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 20, 2020 at 6:17pm
Former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III testifies during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on July 24, 2019.

Supreme Court halts disclosure of Mueller grand jury materials to House

By Todd Ruger
Posted May 20, 2020 at 5:21pm
Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is among the lawmakers pushing the job training tax credits.

Senators propose job-training tax credit for those left unemployed by pandemic

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 20, 2020 at 3:00pm
Chairman Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, left, and ranking member Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., talk before the start of a Senate Foreign Relations hearing in 2019.

Foreign Relations chairman denounced for dispensing with Senate courtesies

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 20, 2020 at 2:23pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Pelosi activates 45-day authorization for proxy voting, remote committee meetings

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 20, 2020 at 2:00pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

House to vote on stand-alone small-business loan program fixes

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 20, 2020 at 1:49pm
Women stand in line in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for food aid during the coronavirus lockdown in April.

Experts fear worsening global food crisis if US does not lead

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 20, 2020 at 1:35pm
Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is expected to face questions Wednesday from members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

EPA chief faces panel amid criticism of regulatory rollbacks

By Caroline Tanner
Posted May 20, 2020 at 6:30am
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., is a strong opponent of storing nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada.

Energy nominee likely to face questions on Yucca

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 20, 2020 at 6:00am
Del. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas, D-Guam, has been under investigation for improper use of campaign funds.

Ex-aide dishes to investigators about Guam delegate’s alleged affair with staffer

By Chris Marquette
Posted May 20, 2020 at 5:00am
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

Democrats raise ruckus over demoted Transportation watchdog

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 19, 2020 at 7:40pm
Rep. Ted Budd, R-N.C., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol in this archived photo. A letter from Budd argues that members should be allowed to sleep in their office amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This GOP member defends sleeping in his office, says it isn’t a health hazard

By Chris Cioffi
Posted May 19, 2020 at 5:39pm