Congress
Blaming Democrats, Johnson won’t bring House back to pay air traffic controllers
Speaker Mike Johnson said he won’t bring the House back to vote to pay air traffic controllers and other essential…
Capitol agenda: Senators start getting stir-crazy as shutdown drags on
The shutdown is going into next week — at least. And senators are getting restless. There’s little hope of movement anytime…
How Senate Republicans finally said 'no' to Ingrassia
Senate Republicans spent months quietly raising the alarm with the White House about Paul Ingrassia’s nomination to lead the…
Food-aid cliff bears down on Democrats as shutdown nears 1-month mark
Missed paychecks, canceled infrastructure projects and mass firings haven’t yet convinced congressional Democrats to change…
Jeff Merkley wraps up marathon speech warning of ‘authoritarian’ rule
Sen. Jeff Merkley yielded the Senate floor after more than 22 hours Wednesday, capping off an overnight protest against the…
Thune meets with GOP senators on post-shutdown path
Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday as Republicans quietly discuss possible…
GOP leaders eye a spending punt into 2026
Republican congressional leaders are making plans for a new spending punt as the shutdown drags on, and any new version is…
Crockett weighing Texas Senate run
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is “strongly” considering running for Senate, she said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of…
K Street rakes in hundreds of millions off of Trump upheaval
Some of Washington’s biggest lobbying firms raked in unprecedented amounts of cash last quarter. But it’s the upstart firms…
Capitol agenda: Ingrassia reveals the GOP’s red line
The collapse of Paul Ingrassia’s Office of Special Counsel nomination is exposing an exasperated Senate GOP, where even the…