House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said expanding Obamacare will be a top priority when breaking up President Biden's $1.75 trillion social welfare bill and climate bill to try to pass it in pieces. Published January 20, 2022
President Biden's decision to use executive action to deliver a racial justice overhaul of the country's policing policies is drawing protests and lawsuit threats from law enforcement officials. Published January 20, 2022
FBI agents raided the Laredo residence of Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, Wednesday night, the congressman's office confirmed. Published January 19, 2022
Senior Senate Democrats are insisting that universal mail-in ballots and voter drop boxes, measures included in their election overhaul legislation, help to fight racism. Published January 19, 2022
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday she is not worried that her administration's new vaccine passport mandate will hurt city businesses by driving customers into Virginia and Maryland. Published January 18, 2022
Congressional Democrats from New York are distancing themselves from the Manhattan district attorney's "stay out of jail free" policy that downgrades some felonies and abandons prison sentences for other crimes, a move that is wildly unpopular with city police and business leaders. Published January 17, 2022
More than a dozen House Republicans sent a letter Friday to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal threatening to hold social media companies accountable for censoring conservative voices. Published January 14, 2022
Democrats may be paving an eventual path to stiffer ballot standards if they trigger the "nuclear option" to carve out a special exception to Senate filibuster rules to approve voting rights legislation. Published January 14, 2022
A House Republican reintroduced legislation late Thursday that would require the director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Published January 14, 2022
Republican senators sent a letter Thursday demanding answers from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about reports that he played a key role in soliciting the National School Board Association (NSBA) to write a letter to President Biden that labeled parents as "domestic terrorists." Published January 13, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she thought President Biden's speech In Georgia about the GOP threat to voting rights was "wonderful" but that most Americans were ignorant about the significance of Bull Connor. Published January 13, 2022
A growing movement on the left is seeking to bar former President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers with alleged ties to last year's Capitol riot from running for future office, citing a Civil War-era constitutional amendment to try to brand them as traitors. Published January 11, 2022
The Wyoming Republican Party lashed out at Rep. Liz Cheney after said the top official in the state GOP was "quite radical." Published January 11, 2022
Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado announced Monday that he would not seek reelection next year, further complicating his Democratic Party's endeavor to maintain their majority. Published January 10, 2022
Key Democratic policy priorities are slipping in popularity, according to a new poll that measured Americans' concerns. Published January 10, 2022
A wave of retirements by House Democrats in solidly blue districts is paving the way for a vastly larger far-left "Squad" after the November midterm elections, according to liberal groups. Published January 10, 2022
Rep. Brenda Lawrence announced Tuesday night that she will not seek reelection this year, making her the 25th House Democrat to retire. Published January 5, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is concealing information about her culpability in the security breakdown during the Jan. 6 riot, according to Republican lawmakers who have been pursuing those documents since immediately after the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Published January 4, 2022
While Robert E. Lee's statue has been pulled down from the U.S. Capitol and lawmakers voted to expunge Confederate generals' names from military bases, the Senate still honors Richard B. Russell, a segregationist senator, with his name on its most prestigious office building. Published January 3, 2022
Rep. Lauren Boebert's first year in Congress firmly established her as a force of political defiance -- a virtual legislator outlaw. Published December 29, 2021
