COVID origins ‘may have been tied’ to China’s bioweapons program: GOP report
Republican House Intelligence Committee members allege in a report that there are indications that COVID-19 could be tied to China’s…
Can Congress wrap a complete budget before Christmas, or will they need a New Year’s (continuing) resolution?
Congress is down to the wire in funding the government through the end of the year, GOP are deciding whether…
Impeachment effort will only complicate the immigration puzzle
Immigration, always simmering in the American political conversation, could take on new importance with a "surge" at the border, the…
McCarthy and McConnell on collision course
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate…
Negotiators announce bipartisan framework agreement for government funding package
Top congressional negotiators announced Tuesday evening that an agreement had been reached for a framework that should allow lawmakers to…
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas travels to southern border as Republicans call for his impeachment
Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, went to Texas to speak with U.S. Customs and Border Protection about the…
20 House Republicans push Congress to impeach DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas
Twenty Republicans demanded on Tuesday that the U.S. House of Representatives impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas next…
Lawmakers should prepare for one-week funding stopgap as negotiations continue, Schumer says
The House and Senate are expected to pass a short-term extension to avert a government shutdown at the end of…
Milking the Clock — In Football, Futball, and Congress
Los Angeles Rams quarterback Baker Mayfield may not know a lot about how to avert a government shutdown; but Mayfield…
Seven more House Republicans threaten to oppose McCarthy without concessions on House rules
Seven more members of the House Freedom Caucus are threatening to oppose Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's ascension to speaker unless…