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President Donald Trump announced Friday his intent to nominate Pennsylvania Rep. Tom Marino to oversee the Office of National Drug Control Policy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Trump Nominations Could Prompt Special Elections for Two GOP Seats

By Simone Pathé
Posted September 2, 2017 at 4:08pm
Activists protesting President Donald Trump's immigration policies march in Washington on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans Urge Trump to Let Congress Take Lead on DACA

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 1, 2017 at 4:46pm
Sen. Robert Menendez has lost a bid to alter his trial schedule. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Judge: Menendez No Different Than a Cab Driver

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 1, 2017 at 12:23pm
People take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center after flood waters from Hurricane Harvey inundated the city on Aug. 29 in Houston. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

White House Could Send $5.9B Harvey Request to Hill Friday

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 1, 2017 at 10:21am
A school group from Illinois touring the Newseum in Washington pauses in June to watch former FBI Director James Comey testify before senators. President Trump again attacked him Wednesday morning. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump Tweets Comey’s Early Clearing of Clinton Reveals ‘Rigged’ System

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 1, 2017 at 8:37am
Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., attends a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup in Rayburn Building in June. Collins is a shareholder in a biotech that's stock price recently plummeted. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Collins Defends Himself Against Ethics Claims

By Eric Garcia
Posted September 1, 2017 at 8:21am
Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., called his potential Republican primary opponent "a phony." (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Dent Calls Would-Be Primary Challenger ‘a Phony’

By Eric Garcia
Posted September 1, 2017 at 7:47am
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., seen in this May 2016 photo, are both planning to push again this fall for the D.C. statehood cause. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Push for D.C. Statehood Continues, Despite Odds

By Katanga Johnson
Posted September 1, 2017 at 5:03am
When the film crew met Reginald “Junior” Askew at age 17, he could barely read. Junior lives with his mother. His father went to prison for murder when Junior was 3. (Kartemquin Films and Beti Films)

Where Race, Poverty, and the Opportunity Gap Meet in Rural America

By Clyde McGrady
Posted September 1, 2017 at 5:00am
An aide to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, D-Calif., said he would be happy to talk to the Senate Intelligence Committee about information he said he got from Wikileaks on last year’s DNC hack — after he shares it with President Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Intel Committee Might Want to Hear From Rohrabacher on Russia

By Eric Garcia
Posted August 31, 2017 at 11:09am