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Supporters and opponents of abortion rights rally outside the Supreme Court in June 2016. The fight over abortion restrictions will likely be a major flashpoint in appropriations debates and on the campaign trail.

Legislators, Advocates Prepare Ahead of Abortion Case

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 5, 2018 at 5:00am
A congressional delegation led by Sen. James M. Inhofe visited the DMZ recently as President Trump again shifted, saying he will talk to North Korea. (Photo by Niels Lesniewski/CQ Roll Call)

Even on North Korea, Trump Shifts Wildly

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 4, 2018 at 11:33am
President Trump on Sunday threatened to “shut down” the government if he doesn’t get his way on immigration. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Man Fatally Shoots Himself Outside North Fence of White House

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted March 3, 2018 at 1:21pm
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said he didn’t understand the need for furloughed federal workers to use food banks. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Beer, Auto and Plane Industries Could Be Hurt by Tariffs

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted March 2, 2018 at 5:30pm
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., left, and ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., helped make a deal on reauthorizing the FCC and forging a path for spectrum auctions. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan Deal Opens Path to Reauthorizing FCC, Spectrum Sale

By Alan K. Ota
Posted March 2, 2018 at 3:31pm
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy” in Rayburn Building on February 27, 2018. Behind him is a debt clock, which each federal deficit cycle adds to. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Budget Watchdog Sees $2 Trillion Deficits Within 10 Years

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 2, 2018 at 3:20pm
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s comment about the Civil War in a television interview Monday night started a slide off message — despite his staff’s plans for a day about tax reform and the president’s coming Asia trip. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kelly Again Alters White House Description of Porter Departure

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 2, 2018 at 3:04pm
Republicans think businessman Scott Van Binsbergen would be a strong recruit against 14-term DFL Rep. Collin Peterson, seen above in 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Minnesota Businessman Taking Another Look at Challenging Peterson

By Simone Pathé
Posted March 2, 2018 at 2:49pm
Senator Roy Blunt. R-Mo., greets newly elected Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (right) at a campaign event in 2016. A new television ad seeks to tie Hawley to recent scandals in the state.(Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images file photo)

Democratic Super PAC Ties Hawley to Scandals in New Ad

By Bridget Bowman
Posted March 2, 2018 at 1:16pm
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross blamed the market plunge on an overreaction to the tariff announcement. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Commerce Secretary Lectures Global Markets on ‘Overreaction’

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 2, 2018 at 11:33am