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White House adviser John Podesta described administration priorities for an overhaul of the federal permitting system during an event at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

White House outlines goals for permitting legislation

By David Jordan
Posted May 10, 2023 at 5:48pm
President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House as he departs for travel to New York on Wednesday.

Biden blasts debt limit plan in New York district the GOP flipped

By Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 10, 2023 at 11:56am, Updated at 3:47pm
House Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said a Biden Administration plan to forgive student loans would be a burden on people who never went to college.

House panel moves to block Biden student loan forgiveness plan

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 10, 2023 at 3:11pm
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference Wednesday on planning and operations in advance of the cessation of the Title 42 public health order. Also pictured is acting Assistant Secretary of State Ricardo Zuniga.

Mayorkas blames Congress as US preps for ‘difficult’ weeks at border

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted May 10, 2023 at 2:07pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaves the Capitol on his way to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit on Tuesday.

No debt deal, but Biden, Hill leaders agree to meet again

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 9, 2023 at 6:52pm, Updated at 7:37pm
Josh Bolten, right, CEO of the Business Roundtable, talks with now-retired Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker after a 2018 Senate hearing on trade and tariff policy.

Business groups weigh in on debt limit impasse ahead of meeting

By Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss
Posted May 9, 2023 at 3:17pm
A COVID-19 vaccination record card is pictured at the new mass vaccination site inside the former Lord & Taylor store at Tysons Corner Center in Virginia on April 19, 2021.

Biden dropping vaccination mandates for travelers, workers

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 9, 2023 at 2:29pm
Former President George W. Bush speaks during an event marking the 20th anniversary of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, at the United States Institute of Peace in February.

Lawmakers push for PEPFAR to stay steady during time of change

By Sandhya Raman
Posted May 9, 2023 at 7:30am
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaks during a convocation at Liberty University's Vines Center in Lynchburg, Va., on April 14.

Trump’s Hill backers often voted like DeSantis on entitlements

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted May 9, 2023 at 5:30am
President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., participate in the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol on March 17, 2023.

Debt limit veterans look for hopeful signs in Tuesday’s meeting

By Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 8, 2023 at 6:24pm
Rochelle Walensky, who announced she is leaving her job as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is shown testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in June 2022.

CDC director to depart in June

By Ariel Cohen and Lauren Clason
Posted May 5, 2023 at 3:12pm
President Joe Biden will meet with the top four congressional leaders in their first formal talks on raising the debt limit.

Presidential engagement

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 5, 2023 at 12:05pm
Tanden appears before the Senate Budget Committee on February 10, 2021 for a hearing on her unsuccessful nomination for director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Biden names Neera Tanden as White House domestic policy chief

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 5, 2023 at 12:04pm
President Joe Biden (left) and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the South Lawn of the White House on April 26.

‘End of whatever regime’: A nuclear-armed presidential threat isn’t what it used to be

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 5, 2023 at 6:02am
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson leaves the National Prayer Breakfast in the Capitol on Feb. 2, 2023.

Space agency’s GOP fans make their case to shield it from cuts

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 5, 2023 at 5:30am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries hold a news conference on the debt limit in the Capitol on March 23.

New debt limit forecast crashes into Capitol Hill

By David Lerman
Posted May 1, 2023 at 6:15pm, Updated at 7:47pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 16, 2023.

Yellen to lawmakers: Debt limit must be raised by June

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 1, 2023 at 4:58pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially announces his candidacy for president on April 19, 2023 in Boston.

Long shots for president? How about no shots

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted May 1, 2023 at 2:21pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., wants money to build a naval aircraft hangar in his district.

House GOP tops list of earmark seekers under new regime

By Aidan Quigley and Herb Jackson
Posted April 28, 2023 at 11:51am
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., the former No. 2 House Democrat, says at minimum "rational" spending limits would have to be on the table.

Common ground on the debt limit? Here’s what to look for

By Lindsey McPherson, Laura Weiss, David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted April 28, 2023 at 11:48am
President Joe Biden speaks with the media in the White House Rose Garden on April 24.

Joe Biden’s first 2024 foe: His enthusiasm problem with Democratic voters

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 28, 2023 at 6:00am
Venezuelan migrants try to cross the border by foot from Mexico to the United States on Tuesday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

US to expand migrant processing abroad after Title 42 policy ends

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted April 27, 2023 at 11:12am
Sen. Bob Casey D-Pa., is running for reelection in a state that will also be a presidential battleground in 2024.

You sunk my battleground! Campaign 2024 gets underway

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 27, 2023 at 10:51am
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., returns to his office after a vote on Wednesday.

House passes $1.5 trillion debt limit increase, spending cuts

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted April 26, 2023 at 5:49pm, Updated at 6:50pm
"The irony is, the prices of newer vehicles will escalate, incentivizing truckers and businesses to hold onto their older, higher-emitting trucks,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, sponsor of the resolution.

Senate passes measure to roll back truck emissions rule

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 26, 2023 at 6:07pm
President Joe Biden in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday.

Trillion-dollar deficits: Biden’s new normal

By David Winston
Posted April 26, 2023 at 2:38pm
Julie Su, the nominee for Labor secretary, was advanced by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in a party line vote Wednesday.

Senate panel advances Su for Labor secretary

By Caitlin Reilly and K. Sophie Will
Posted April 26, 2023 at 10:50am
The North Front of the White House is seen through the security fence on Oct. 6, 2022.

2024 presidential outlook: Meet the new race, same as the old race

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 26, 2023 at 9:49am
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., right, confers with an aide before the start of the House Rules Committee meeting on the debt limit bill on Tuesday.

GOP leaders try to woo holdouts ahead of debt limit vote

By Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss
Posted April 25, 2023 at 9:34pm
House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, leaves a meeting of committee chairs in the speaker's office on Tuesday.

Scope of COVID-19 funding cuts emerges as debt limit flashpoint

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 25, 2023 at 6:41pm