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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks during a press conference at the Treasury Department on Thursday.

Yellen: Avoid ‘semantic battle’ over definition of recession

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 28, 2022 at 3:27pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, center, and former Speaker Newt Gingrich participate in a discussion during the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit at the Marriott Marquis on Tuesday.

McCarthy offers GOP agenda preview ahead of Trump’s return to Washington

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 26, 2022 at 5:40pm
President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for a family photo during the GCC+3 summit in Jeddah on July 16.

‘I’m not going to meet with MBS’: Biden serves a rare presidential double fault in Saudi Arabia

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 22, 2022 at 11:59am
Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews, both former Trump White House aides, are sworn in Thursday night at the start of a House select committee hearing probing the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

Trump opted against calling off his loyalists during Jan. 6 Capitol riot, former aides tell select panel

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 21, 2022 at 11:34pm
President Joe Biden traveled to Somerset, Mass., on Wednesday before testing positive for COVID-19.

President Biden tests positive for COVID-19, isolating at White House

By Niels Lesniewski and Ariel Cohen
Posted July 21, 2022 at 10:52am, Updated at 3:36am
Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., will convene another prime-time hearing by the select Jan. 6 committee Thursday.

Jan. 6 committee to tell story of ‘187 minutes’ between former President Trump’s remarks

By Michael Macagnone and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 20, 2022 at 3:31pm
Far-right provocateur Alex Jones appears on a screen during a hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

To ‘get Trump,’ Jan. 6 committee would need to start connecting some dots — directly to him

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2022 at 11:31am
Steven Dettelbach was confirmed Tuesday to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Senate confirms former prosecutor to run agency overseeing gun laws

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 12, 2022 at 4:27pm
Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese speaks at a White House press briefing on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Biden administration tries to get ahead of red-hot inflation report

By David Lerman
Posted July 12, 2022 at 2:54pm
Anti-abortion protesters react outside the Supreme Court following its decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Eighteen states so far have passed laws to punish doctors who perform the procedure with jail time, leading doctors to worry about the implications for miscarriage care.

Roe reversal spurs worries about miscarriage care

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 12, 2022 at 5:00am
Rep. Stephanie Murphy greets Cassidy Hutchinson, a onetime aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, after she testified during the Jan. 6 committee hearing on June 28.

Jan. 6 panel to examine Trump’s role in galvanizing extremists

By Chris Marquette
Posted July 11, 2022 at 6:02pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an U.N. Biodiversity Conference last year.

GOP resists Democrats’ push for more UN funding despite China’s growing influence

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 11, 2022 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden signs an executive order on access to reproductive health care services as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra look on in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday.

Biden issues executive order responding to abortion ruling

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 8, 2022 at 3:39pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has shown the kind of fight Democrats aren't seeing in party leaders.

Fight club: As Democrats urge Biden to show some moxie, AOC’s ‘vigor’ offers an example

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2022 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., one of 17 recipients to receive the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

Biden medal picks push partisan issues, and bipartisanship

By Chris Cioffi
Posted July 7, 2022 at 6:15pm
A supporter of then-President Donald Trump holds a Confederate flag outside the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

Trump, the MAGA Jan. 6 battlefield and open questions on what’s next

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2022 at 6:00am
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan may find a narrow path for his agency's efforts to rein in climate change.

Court hobbles EPA on climate, and its options are limited

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted July 1, 2022 at 6:00am
Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee.

Three reasons Jan. 6 committee wants former White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s testimony

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 30, 2022 at 2:21pm
Immigration activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on April 26 as the justices hear oral arguments about whether President Joe Biden can end a Trump-era border policy that denies asylum-seekers entry to the U.S. while their case is reviewed.

Supreme Court greenlights end of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

By Suzanne Monyak
Posted June 30, 2022 at 12:09pm
President Joe Biden addresses media representatives during a press conference at the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid on Thursday.

Domestic agenda looms as Biden departs NATO Summit

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 30, 2022 at 11:08am
People consult about monkeypox vaccination at a temporary clinic on June 24 in New York City.

Public health experts warn monkeypox response is too little, too late

By Ariel Cohen
Posted June 30, 2022 at 10:08am
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's chief of staff, testifies before the House Jan. 6 select committee on Tuesday.

Trump wanted armed supporters allowed into Jan. 6 rally and to lead Capitol charge, aide says

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 28, 2022 at 5:34pm, Updated June 29, 2022 at 10:33am
The Biden administration is taking a series of steps aimed at minimizing the impact of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision.

Biden administration announces actions to protect abortion rights

By Sandhya Raman
Posted June 28, 2022 at 4:17pm
U.S. lawmakers say Turkish officials should not expect them to offer things like additional F-16 fighter jets in return for Ankara letting Sweden and Finland into NATO.

Turkish objections to NATO expansion find Hill skepticism

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 28, 2022 at 6:30am
For Democrats' chances in the midterm elections to improve, voter approval of President Joe Biden probably has to go up, and so far that has not happened, analyst Nathan L Gonzales.

How and when to assess abortion ruling’s campaign impact

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 27, 2022 at 6:00pm
A phone call between former President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is played during a Jan. 6 select committee on Tuesday.

Trump sent his supporters to the Capitol. They are still fighting ‘like hell’ and following his example

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 24, 2022 at 12:43pm
Former Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel, former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and former Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel are sworn in Thursday before the House Jan. 6 select committee.

Trump ignored lack of election fraud, pressured DOJ officials to ‘just say’ election was ‘corrupt’

By Chris Marquette
Posted June 23, 2022 at 7:57pm
Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm at Wednesday's daily White House press briefing.

‘Constructive’ talk but no deal as Granholm meets oil execs

By David Jordan
Posted June 23, 2022 at 5:22pm
House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern has pushed for the hunger conference, calling it a chance to break down bureaucratic barriers to policy development.

Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted June 23, 2022 at 5:30am
President Joe Biden will ask Congress to suspend federal gas taxes.

Biden to call for three-month suspension of federal gas taxes

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 22, 2022 at 5:00am